Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 1993, 12:42 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1993, 12:42 PM CDT (17:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1993, 1:32 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saline County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 226 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, 11:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 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, 1 hour 17 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, 1 hour 8 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, 1 hour 7 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, 12:19 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-111815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1220 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR RUSSELL AND LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM... AT 1220 PM CDT RADAR INDICATES A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM ABILENE TO RUSSELL. STRONGER STORMS WERE IN A 10 MILE WIDE AREA FROM SALINA TO 10 MILES EAST OF RUSSELL WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINS5 5 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SALINA AND JUST EAST OF LAKE WILSON. THE AREA HAS REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THESE SAME LOCATIONS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF NEWELY DEVELOPED THUvNDERSTORMS WAS 30 MILES SOUTH OF HAYS MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST BARTON CONTY AROUND GALATIA. NOLES
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 12:20 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-111815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1220 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR RUSSELL AND LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM... AT 1220 PM CDT RADAR INDICATES A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM ABILENE TO RUSSELL. STRONGER STORMS WERE IN A 10 MILE WIDE AREA FROM SALINA TO 10 MILES EAST OF RUSSELL WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINS5 5 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SALINA AND JUST EAST OF LAKE WILSON. THE AREA HAS REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THESE SAME LOCATIONS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF NEWELY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORMS WAS 30 MILES SOUTH OF HAYS MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST BARTON CONTY AROUND GALATIA. 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, 11:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Russell | 3 hr |
| 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.