Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 91, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 1993, 5:47 PM CDT for Marshall County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 1993, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 1993, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marshall County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOP 172247 FFWTOP KSC117-180200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 547 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ...MARSHALL COUNTY THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS MARSHALL COUNTY AT 535 PM. MARSHALL COUNTY SHERIFF RECEIVED A REPORT OF AROUND 2 INCHES RAINFALL IN ABOUT AN HOURS TIME FROM A CITIZEN IN MARYSVILLE AROUND 530 PM. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED LOCAL RAINFALLS OF 11/2 TO AROUND 2 INCHES WERE POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGER STORMS. AT ABOUT 540 PM A OBSERVER FROM BEATTIE...ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF MARYSVILLE...REPORTED 2.30 OF RAINFALL IN ABOUT AN HOURS TIME AS WELL. REMEMBER IF ENCOUNTERING WATER OVER ROADWAYS DUE NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS. THE ROADWAY MAY BE WASHED OUT AND THE WATER DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. 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. FRANTZ &
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, 4:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 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, 39 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, 38 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, 23 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
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 5:46 PM CDT, 1 minute before
KSZ007-008-010-011-172345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 546 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #668 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT MCPHERSON COUNTY... AT 545 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A BROAD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE TO BELOIT TO HAYS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTH OF CONCORDIA. AT THIS TIME TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THESE STORMS ARE 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. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 5:47 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-172345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 546 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #668 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT MCPHERSON COUNTY... AT 545 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A BROAD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE TO BELOIT TO HAYS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTH OF CONCORDIA. AT THIS TIME TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THESE STORMS ARE 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. PACKETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell, Republic | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 48 min |
| Jul 17, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 4:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 68 min |
| Jul 17, 5:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 6:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Washington | 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.