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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Topeka, KS

July 11, 1993Barton County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 1993, 3:00 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 1993, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 1993, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Barton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1993-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 239 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1993-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 354 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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, 1:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 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.

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 1:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 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, 1 hour 13 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, 2:24 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
KSZ008-112030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
224 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER BARTON COUNTY...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CONTINUED OVER BARTON
COUNTY...GENERALLY FROM JUST SOUTH OF GALATIA TO JUST NORTH OF GREAT
BEND.  PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST NORTHEAST OF ALBERT SHORTLY AFTER
2 PM.

HEAVY RAINS OCCURRING OVER THE AREA COULD CAUSE SOME WATER
PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY IF THE RAINS CONTINUE TO PERSIST.  WATER FOR ANY
HIGH WATER OVER THE REGION AND REPORT THEM TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:26 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
KSZ008-112030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
224 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER BARTON COUNTY...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CONTINUED OVER BARTON
COUNTY...GENERALLY FROM JUST SOUTH OF GALATIA TO JUST NORTH OF GREAT
BEND.  PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST NORTHEAST OF ALBERT SHORTLY AFTER
2 PM.

HEAVY RAINS OCCU2RRING OVER THE AREA COULD CAUSE SOME WATER
PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY IF THE RAINS CONTINUE TO PERSIST.  WATER FOR ANY
HIGH WATER OVER THE REGION AND REPORT THEM TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

NOLES
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:28 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
KSZ008-112030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT               CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
224 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER BARTON COUNTY...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CONTINUED OVER BARTON
COUNTY...GENERALLY FROM JUST SOUTH OF GALATIA TO JUST NORTH OF GREAT
BEND.  PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST NORTHEAST OF ALBERT SHORTLY AFTER
2 PM.

HEAVY RAINS OCCURRING OVER THE AREA COULD CAUSE SOME WATER
PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY IF THE RAINS CONTINUE TO PERSIST.  WATCH FOR ANY
HIGH WATER OVER THE REGION AND REPORT IT TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

NORLES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 7:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPBrown116 min
Jul 10, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson42 min
Jul 10, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAtchison52 min
Jul 10, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAtchison41 min
Jul 11, 11:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPLincoln59 min
Jul 11, 11:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRussell3 hr
Jul 11, 12:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPSaline50 min
Jul 11, 12:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRussell3 hr
Jul 11, 1:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPEllsworth2 hr
Jul 11, 2:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPEllsworth, Russell, Saline3 hr
Jul 11, 3:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPSaline115 min
Jul 11, 3:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMcPherson2 hr
Jul 11, 4:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPSaline97 min
Jul 11, 4:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRice112 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.