Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 92, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 1993, 6:40 PM CDT for Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 1993, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 1993, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 KCNK 172341 FFWCNK KSC201-180245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 640 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 638 PM CDT WASHINGTON COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS HIGHWAY K-148 UNDER WATER FIVE MILES EAST OF THE WASHINGTON REPUBLIC COUNTY LINE. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA AND MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED WHICH WILL ONLY AGGREVATE THE FLOODING PROBLEM. 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. JR
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, 5:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 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, 1 hour 31 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, 1 hour 16 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, 54 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
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 5:47 PM CDT, 53 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
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 6:18 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-180015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 618 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 605 PM RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON A LINE FROM JUST EAST OF HIAWATHA TO CORNING...ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA TO ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF MANHATTAN OVER TUTTLE CREEK LAKE. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE ABOUT 15 MILES TO THE WEST OF CORNING. LOCAL RAINFALLS OF OVER 2 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORNGER THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR AN WOULD PUT THEM ON A LINE FROM ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA...NEAR ATCHISON TO ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA...NEAR ST MARYS BY OR SHORTLY AFTER 7 PM CDT. ADDITIONALLY SOME WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE JUST AHEAD OF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR MARSHALL COUNTY ...ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH COVERS ALL OF NORTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH THE NIGHT. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED NOT TO CROSS WATER FLOWING OVER RAODWAYS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCHES ALSO COVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. FRANTZ &
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, 5:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 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.