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Flash Flood Warning 86, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 1993, 12:25 AM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1993, 12:25 AM CDT (05:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1993, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dickinson County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 269 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
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, 10:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 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, 2 hours 7 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, 1 hour 22 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, 1 hour 11 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, 1 hour 10 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 14, 12:21 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
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</html>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 13, 11:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | McPherson, Rice | 2 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 |
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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.