Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 1993, 1:51 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1993, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1993, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ellsworth County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 111852 FFWCNK KSC053-112100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 151 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...ELLSWORTH COUNTY ESTIMATES OF UP TO 1.8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE COME OUT OF NORTHERN INTO CENTRAL ELLSWORTH COUNTY AND RADAR INDCIATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO PERSIST OVER THESE SAME AREAS GENERALLY FROM SOUTH OF CARNERIO TO WILSON. MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES... DIPS... OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. NOLES
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, 11:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 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, 1 hour 32 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, 1 hour 31 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
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 1:17 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
KSZ013>016-111930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 117 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1 PM...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED SOUTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA...NEAR COTTONWOOD FALLS AND ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF EMPORIA... NEAR AMERICUS. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. MG
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 1:45 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-111945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 145 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BARTON COUNTY... AT 145 PM CDT RADAR INDICATES A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN BARTON COUNTY JUST NORTH OF ALBERT OR 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAYS. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. NOLES
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 1:47 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-111945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 145 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BARTON COUNTY... AT 145 PM CDT RADAR INDICATES A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN BARTON COUNTY JUST NORTH OF ALBERT OR 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAYS. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 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, 11:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Russell | 3 hr |
| 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, 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
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.