Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 82, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 1993, 8:42 PM CDT for McPherson County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1993, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1993, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County McPherson County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 2058 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 140144 FFWCNK KSC113-140445- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 842 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...MCPHERSON COUNTY AT 840 PM REPORTS OF UP TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MCPHERSON COUNTY. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROADS UNDER WATER AND SEVERE STREET FLOODING HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED. PERSONS ACROSS MCPHERSON COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY. 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD 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 F:OOT. PACKETT
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, 6:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
KSZ013>016-140030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 635 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 630 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADR INDICATED THAT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRNG IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...HOWEVER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE NEAR AXTELL TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANHATTAN NEAR RANDOLPH. THIS LINE OF PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE TOWNS OF FRANKFORT...BLAINE AND RILEY MAY SEE A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM BY 730 PM. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 15 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA NEAR MELVERN TO NEAR OTTAWA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTOMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS OTTAWA AND LYNDON BETWEEN 7 AND 730 PM. + THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TO BE BRIEF...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS. DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAYS THAT ARE COVERED BY WATER. BARLOW
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-140100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 654 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT FOR SMITH AND OSBORNE COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE UNTIL 730 PM FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY AND UNTIL 8 PM FOR MITCHELL COUNTY... AT 651 PM CDT RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF MANHATTAN TO 10 MILES NORTH OF SALINA TO 30 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL... GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WERE LOCATED 30 MILES EAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR PALMER...35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR CLAY CENTER... 15 MILES NORTH OF SALINA NEAR BENNINGTON AND 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR ASH GROVE. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INSIDE OF A REINFORCED BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RDIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFOR- MATION AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SW
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-140100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 654 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT FOR SMITH AND OSBORNE COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE UNTIL 730 PM FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY AND UNTIL 8 PM FOR MITCHELL COUNTY... AT 651 PM CDT RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF MANHATTAN TO 10 MILES NORTH OF SALINA TO 30 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL... GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WERE LOCATED 30 MILES EAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR PALMER...35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR CLAY CENTER... 15 MILES NORTH OF SALINA NEAR BENNINGTON AND 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR ASH GROVE. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INSIDE OF A REINFORCED BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RDIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFOR- MATION AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SW
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 7:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
KSZ013>016-140130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 735 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 730 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...HOWEVER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES WEST OF HIAWATHA NEAR SENECA TO MANHATTAN TO 15 MILES WEST OF JUNCTION CITY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY NEAR MILFORD LAKE. THIS STORM WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS JUNCTION CITY AROUND 815 PM. THIS PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH... AND SHOULD AFFECT THE TOWNS OF SABETHA...ONAGA...MANHATTAN AND JUNCTION CITY BETWEEN 8 AND 830 PM. THE SHOWERS NEAR OTTAWA HAD WEAKENED AND NEARLY DISSIPATED. + THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TO BE BRIEF...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS. DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAYS THAT ARE COVERED BY WATER. BARLOW
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 7:47 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
KSZ010-011-140047- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 745 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 655 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...NORTH CENTRAL... CLAY CLOUD JEWELL MITCHELL OTTAWA REPUBLIC WASHINGTON ...CENTRAL... LINCOLN THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... CONCORDIA THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM THESE AREAS...SO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. BARLOW
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 8:34 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
KSZ013>016-140230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 833 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 830 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO SEVERE WEATHER OCCURRING IN NORTHEAST KANSAS. HOWEVER SHOWERS AND SCATTERED MODERATE INTENSITY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF HIAWATHA TO NEAR HOLTON TO MANHATTAN TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF JUCNCTION CITY JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF WHITE CITY. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. CURRENT MOVEMENT WOULD TAKE THESE STORMS ACROSS COUNCIL GROVE LAKE AND THE CITY OF COUNCIL GROVE BY 915 PM. BOATERS AT COUNCIL GROVE LAKE SHOULD GET OFF THE LAKE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TO BE BRIEF...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS. ALSO...MOTORISTS ARE CAUTIONED TO NOT DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAYS COVERED BY WATER. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK AND COULD WASH YOUR CAR OFF THE ROAD AND INTO THE DITCH OR STREAMBED. BILLS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Saline | 48 min |
| Jul 13, 7:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Russell | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Saline | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 10:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Saline | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Russell | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | McPherson, Rice | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | McPherson | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | McPherson | 3 hr |
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.