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Flash Flood Warning 90, NWS Topeka, KS

July 17, 1993Cloud County, Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 1993, 5:30 PM CDT for Cloud County, Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 1993, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 1993, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cloud County, KS, Republic County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1993-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1993-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1303 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 17, 1:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-171930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
136 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS DROPPING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS IN PORTIONS OF JEWELL COUNTY...

AT 130 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER IN NORTHWESTERN
JEWELL COUNTY JUST WEST OF BURR OAK OR 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN INTENSITY SINCE 115 PM...BUT
ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
MOVEMENT CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF
A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

PERSONS IN NORTHERN JEWELL COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF PERIODS HEAVY
RAIN...POSSIBLY CAUSING LOWLAND FLOODING...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
IF NECESSARY.

BAKER
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 1:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-171930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
136 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS DROPPING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS IN PORTIONS OF JEWELL COUNTY...

AT 130 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER IN NORTHWESTERN
JEWELL COUNTY JUST WEST OF BURR OAK OR 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN INTENSITY SINCE 115 PM...BUT
ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
MOVEMENT CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF
A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

PERSONS IN NORTHERN JEWELL COUNTY SHOULD BE PR*EPARED FOR BRIEF PERIODS HEAVY
RAIN...POSSIBLY CAUSING LOWLAND FLOODING...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
IF NECESSARY.

BAKER
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 4:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
KSZ013>016-172230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
418 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 410 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY
DEVELOPING IN THE MARYSVILLE AREA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TOWNS OF FRANKFORT...BAILEYVILLE AND
SENECA BETWEEN 430 AND 530 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS SHOWN AT THIS TIME
...BUT PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT BRIEF VERY HEAVY
RAIN...WINDS TO 40 MPH AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERTORM WATCH IS POSTED UNTIL 10 PM FOR COUNTIES ALONG
THE NEBRASKA BORDER.

THE REM|AINDER OF NORTHEAST KANSAS WAS RAIN-FREE AS OF 415 PM...BUT
MORE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS..ESPECIALLY IN THE
MANHATTAN...JUNCTION CITY AND HIAWATHA AREAS.

BARLOW
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 5:08 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-172300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
508 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #667 FOR CLOUD...REPUBLIC AND WASHINGTON
   COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 500 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A BROAD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A
LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF HAYS NEAR PLAINVILLE...TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CONCORDIA NEAR AURORA...TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR CLAY
CENTER. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA NEAR
TALMO...AND 10 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR SCOTTSVILLE. THESE STORMS ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER
IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

RABERDING
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 5:09 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-172300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
508 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #667 FOR CLOUD...REPUBLIC AND WASHINGTON
   COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 500 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A BROAD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A
LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF HAYS NEAR PLAINVILLE...TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CONCORDIA NEAR AURORA...TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR CLAY
CENTER. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA NEAR
TALMO...AND 10 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR SCOTTSVILLE. THESE STORMS ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER
IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

RABERDING
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 5:24 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-172330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
524 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 515 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF HIAWATHA NEAR SABETHA TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OMANHATTAN NEAR RANDOLPH. RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS
OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY IN SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY NEAR BLUE RAPIDS
AND NORTHERN RILEY COUNTY NEAR RANDOLPH.

THSES STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS THE TOWNS OF FRANKFORT...BLAINE AND
VERMILLION BETWEEN 530 AND 6 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN
EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY
SOME SMALL HAIL.

THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF ROADWAYS IN
MARSHALL AND NEMAHA COUNTIES. PERSONS SHOULD USE CAUTION IF TRAVELLING
IN THESE AREAS AND DON'T TRY TO DRIVE ACROSS ROADS THAT ARE COVERED BY
WATER.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS THE COUNTIES NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER
UNTIL 10 PM AND FOR RILEY AND GEARY COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM.

BARLOW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJewell, Republic47 min
Jul 17, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMitchell44 min
Jul 17, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic48 min
Jul 17, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMitchell26 min
Jul 17, 4:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMitchell68 min
Jul 17, 5:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMarshall3 hr
Jul 17, 6:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPWashington3 hr

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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.