Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 93, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 1993, 7:18 PM CDT for Clay County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 1993, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 1993, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clay County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 3147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1235 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 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 180019 FFWCNK KSC027-180315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 718 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...CLAY COUNTY AT 715 CLAY COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS TORRENTIAL RAINS FALLING ACROSS THE AREA WITH TWO TO FOUR INCHES ALREADY REPORTED UPSTREAM FROM CLAY COUNTY. WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING...FLOODING WILL SOON BECOME A PROBLEM ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. PERSONS ACROSS CLAY COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY. 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. PACKETT
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, 5:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 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, 1 hour 31 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, 1 hour 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 &
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 7:09 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-170100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 709 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 705 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A BROAD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM JUNCTION CITY TO MINNEAPOLIS TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF HAYS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST 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 TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 7:10 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-170100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 709 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 705 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A BROAD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM JUNCTION CITY TO MINNEAPOLIS TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF HAYS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST 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 SHELTERn IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 7:18 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-180115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 718 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 1993 ...HEAVY RAINS WERE CONTINUING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 705 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA...NEAR ATCHISON TO ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA NEAR ST MARYS TO NEAR MANHATTAN. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA NEAR CIRCLEVILLE TO ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA NEAR EMMETT. RAINFALLS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WERE POSSIBLE IN A SHORT TIME FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE ALSO REPORTED AT AROUND 7 PM ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF HIAWATHA OR TO THE SOUTH OF SENECA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH HAD HAVE SHOWED SOME DECREASE IN COVERAGE SINCE ABOUT 645 PM. IF THE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER THEY WOULD BE ON A LINE NEAR LEAVENWORTH TO ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA NEAR SILVER LAKE BY AROUND 8 PM CDT. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MARSHALL COUNTY...ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA UNTIL 9 PM CDT. IF YOUR PLAN TO BE DRIVING ACROSS ANY OF THE NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENIN.G BE ALERT FOR WATER OVER ROADWAYS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCHES ALSO ARE IN FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST THROUGH MUCH OF 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, 8:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jewell | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 8:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 115 min |
| Jul 17, 10:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 10:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jewell | 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.