Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 78, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 1993, 4:57 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1993, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1993, 7:57 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mitchell County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 1109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
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 13, 2:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-132100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 258 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO BUILD RAPIDLY OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 255 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING GENERALLY ALONG AND TO THE NORTHWEST OF A WASHINGTON TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA TO HAYS LINE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 40 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF IONIA...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA JUST NORTH OF FORMOSA AND ON THE NEBRASKA BORDER JUST EAST OF MAHASKA IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDSAND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION. SW
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-132100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 258 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO BUILD RAPIDLY OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 255 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING GENERALLY ALONG AND TO THE NORTHWEST OF A WASHINGTON TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA TO HAYS LINE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 40 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF IONIA...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA JUST NORTH OF FORMOSA AND ON THE NEBRASKA BORDER JUST EAST OF MAHASKA IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDSAND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE TO `THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION. SW
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
KSZ013>016-132115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 315 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 315 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE MARYSVILLE AREA BY 415 PM CDT. REMAIN INDOORS IF THE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH STANDING WATER. HOLDERBACH
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:15 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-132215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 415 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 415 RADAR INDICATES A BROAD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON TO RUSSELL. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA JUST WEST OF BELOIT...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR SCANDIA...AND 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR MAHASKA TO NEAR HOLLENBURG. HAIL...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ONTHE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF NECESSARY. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:17 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-132215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 415 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 415 RADAR INDICATES A BROAD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON TO RUSSELL. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA JUST WEST OF BELOIT...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR SCANDIA...AND 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR MAHASKA TO NEAR HOLLENBURG. HAIL...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ONTHE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF NECESSARY. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:36 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
KSZ013>016-132230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 434 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 430 PM CDT...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...BUT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE TO CONCORDIA TO RUSSELL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. MARSHALL COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE...CAN EXPECT THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BETWEEN 5 AND 530 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING APPEARS TO BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. BUT SOME GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. DEADLY LIGHTNING IS ALSO LIKELY. PERSONS IN MARSHALL COUNTY IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH YOUR AREA. DON'T ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER ROADW&AYS COVERED BY WATER. BARLOW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 10:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Brown | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 4:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 4:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud, Jewell | 88 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.