Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 1993, 11:53 AM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1993, 11:53 AM CDT (16:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1993, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Russell County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -477 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 11:00 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-111700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1056 AM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1056 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF LURAY OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUSSELL. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR WILSON...BETWEEN WILSON AND WESTFALL AND IN THE VICINITY OF WESTFALL OR 40 TO 50 MILES WEST OF SALINA. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS GENERALLY EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS AREA OF STORMS WAS PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JUNCTION CITY TO JUST NORTH OF MINNEAPOLIS TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL. WIDELY SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS FROM JUST WEST OF CONCORDIA BACK TO PHILLIPSBURG. NOLES
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 11:21 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
KSZ013>016-111720- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1120 AM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1115 AM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM AROUND AND JUST TO THE NORTH OF EMPORIA...EAST TO THE OTTAWA AND GARNETT AREAS. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FROM AROUND EMPORIA EAST ACROSS BURLINGTON TO GARNETT AND OTTAWA THROUGH 1 PM. THE SHOWERS IN THE JUNCTI:ON CITY...TOPEKA AND LAWRENCE AREAS SHOULD END BY 2 PM. BILLS
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 11:24 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-112300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1125 AM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS BARTON RICE MCPHERSON RUSSELL ELLSWORTH SALINE DICKINSON LINCOLN AND IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SMITH JEWELL REPUBLIC WASHINGTON OSBORNE MITCHELL CLOUD CLAY OTTAWA SYNOPSIS: A COLD FRONT FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE STATE HAS BEEN THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT SLOWLY SAGS TO THE SOUTH. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS AS THE STORMS BEGIN TO TRACK OVER NEARLY THE SAME AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE FOR A STORM OR TWO TO BEFCOME SEVERE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS...SO SPOTTER ACTIVATION CANNOT BE RULED OUT. NOLES
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 11:25 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-112300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1125 AM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS BARTON RICE MCPHERSON RUSSELL ELLSWORTH SALINE DICKINSON LINCOLN AND IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SMITH JEWELL REPUBLIC WASHINGTON OSBORNE MITCHELL CLOUD CLAY OTTAWA SYNOPSIS: A COLD FRONT FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE STATE HAS BEEN THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT SLOWLY SAGS TO THE SOUTH. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS AS THE STORMS BEGIN TO TRACK OVER NEARLY THE SAME AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE FOR A STORM OR TWO TO BECOME SEVERE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS...SO SPOTTER ACTIVATION CANNOT BE RULED OUT. NOLES
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 11:34 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-111730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1134 AM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1135 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING SOUTH OF SYLVIAN GROVE OR 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA IN SOUTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY. MOVEMENT IS EAST AT 20 MPH. NOLES
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 11:35 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-111730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1134 AM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1135 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING SOUTH OF SYLVIAN GROVE OR 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA IN SOUTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY. MOVEMENT IS EAST AT 20 MPH. NOLES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Brown | 116 min |
| Jul 10, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison | 41 min |
| Jul 11, 11:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lincoln | 59 min |
| Jul 11, 12:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Saline | 50 min |
| Jul 11, 12:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Russell | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Ellsworth | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 2:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Ellsworth, Russell, Saline | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Barton | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Saline | 115 min |
| Jul 11, 3:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | McPherson | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 4:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Saline | 97 min |
| Jul 11, 4:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Rice | 112 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.