Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 1993, 11:45 PM CDT for McPherson County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1993, 11:45 PM CDT (04:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1993, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties McPherson County, KS, Rice County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 140446 FFWCNK KSC113-159-140645- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1145 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...MCPHERSON COUNTY...RICE COUNTY AT 1143 PM CDT CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE CONTINUING TO FLOOD OVER ALL OF RICE AND MCPHERSON COUNTIES WITH NUMEROUS CITY AND COUNTY ROADS AT OR IN THE PROCESS OF GOING UNDERWATER. WITH ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY RAINFALL IN THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING THROUGH 100 AM IN THESE AREAS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE EXTENDED FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY AND ISSUED THROUGH 145 AM CDT FOR RICE COUNTY. 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 FOOT. WHITMORE
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, 9:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
KSZ011-014-140241- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 941 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 658 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...CENTRAL... DICKINSON ELLSWORTH SALINE ...EAST CENTRAL... LYON MORRIS THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... EMPORIA fSALINA + THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS HAS ENDED AS THE MOST INTESNE ACTIVITY HAS MOVED TO THE SOUTH OF THIS AREA. HOWEVER...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. BARLOW
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 10:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-140330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1017 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1 AM FOR ALL OF CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...SALINE...ELLSWORTH AND DICKINSON COUNTIES... AT 1015 PM RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CLAY CENTER TO SALINA TO GREAT BEND. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST MCPHERSON COUNTY AND FROM SALINA EAST TO ABILENE AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR SMITH CENTER TO BURR OAK. IF THREATENING APPROACHES...MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY 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, 10:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-140330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1017 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1 AM FOR ALL OF CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...SALINE...ELLSWORTH AND DICKINSON COUNTIES... AT 1015 PM RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CLAY CENTER TO SALINA TO GREAT BEND. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST MCPHERSON COUNTY AND FROM SALINA EAST TO ABILENE AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR SMITH CENTER TO BURR OAK. IF THREATENING APPROACHES...MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY 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, 11:03 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
KSZ008-011-014-140403- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1102 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 658 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...CENTRAL... BARTON MCPHERSON RICE RUSSELL ...EAST CENTRAL... CHASE THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... GREAT BEND MCPHERSON RUSSELL + SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. BARLOW
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:14 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-140515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1114 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 1 AM CDT...HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH THE NIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1112 PM RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CLAY CENTER TO MINNEAPOLIS TO STOCKTON AND WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SW
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:15 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-140515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1114 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 1 AM CDT...HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH THE NIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1112 PM RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CLAY CENTER TO MINNEAPOLIS TO STOCKTON AND WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SW
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, 8:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | McPherson | 3 hr |
| 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 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
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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.