Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 98, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 1993, 3:40 AM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1993, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1993, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1773 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 190840 FFWCNK KSC009-191045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 340 AM CDT MON JUL 19 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...BARTON COUNTY HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING IN BARTON COUNTY AT THIS TIME AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST OF GREAT BEND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER AREAS RECEIVING HEAVY RAINS AT THIS TIME AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. 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. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS WATER-COVERED ROADWAYS. THE WATER DEPTH AND CURRENT MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULDf BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. NOLES
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 19, 2:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-190845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 237 AM CDT MON JUL 19 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS NOW INTO CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 237 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF GREAT BEND AT ALBERT AND ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREAT BEND NEAR STERLING IN SOUTHWEST RICE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE GREAT BEND AREA CAN EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS BY 3 AM. DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS AND THE RELATIVELY SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CREATE YET ADDITIONAL WATER PROBLEMS. KEEP UP ON THE LATEST STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FROM NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES. NOLES
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-190845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 237 AM CDT MON JUL 19 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS NOW INTO CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 237 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF GREAT BEND AT ALBERT AND ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREAT BEND NEAR STERLING IN SOUTHWEST RICE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE GREAT BEND AREA CAN EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS BY 3 AM. DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS AND THE RELATIVELY SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CREATE YET ADDITIONAL WATER PROBLEMS. KEEP UP ON THE LATEST STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FROM NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES. NOLES
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:11 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-190915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 311 AM CDT MON JUL 19 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 311 AM CDT RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF RUSSELL...FROM GREAT BEND TO 10 MILES NORTH OF GREAT BEND NEAR HOISINGTON AND 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALINA NEAR LITTLE RIVER. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST SOUTH OF THE RICE COUNTY LINE 10 TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON. THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED IN RUSSEL BY 330 AM AND MAY DEVELOP INTO THE MCPHERSON AND SALINA AREAS BY 5 AM THIS MORNING. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND WAS PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED BACK INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS. NOLES
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:11 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-190915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 311 AM CDT MON JUL 19 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 311 AM CDT RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF RUSSELL...FROM GREAT BEND TO 10 MILES NORTH OF GREAT BEND NEAR HOISINGTON AND 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALINA NEAR LITTLE RIVER. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST SOUTH OF THE RICE COUNTY LINE 10 TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON. THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED IN RUSSEL BY 330 AM AND MAY DEVELOP INTO THE MCPHERSON AND SALINA AREAS BY 5 AM THIS MORNING. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND WAS PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED BACK INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS. NOLES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 5:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Saline | 119 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.