Tornado Warning 19, NWS Topeka, KS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1259 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 227 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART
OF KANSAS.  THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

...NORTHEAST...
BROWN           DONIPHAN        JACKSON

...EAST CENTRAL...
GEARY           LYON            MORRIS          SHAWNEE
WABAUNSEE

THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WTATCH...

EMPORIA         JUNCTION CITY   TOPEKA
LWS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
111 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993

...SHOWERS SLOWLY LIFTING OUT OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENRTRAL KANSAS..

AT 105 PM CONCORDIA RADAR SHOWED ONLY LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE
SHOWER ACTIVITY MAINLY EAST OF A WICHITA TO SALINA TO 10 MILES EAST OF
CONCORDIA LINE. THE PRECIPITATION HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY AS IT HAS
MOVED TO THE NORTH-NORHTEAST AT 30 MPH. AT 100 PM ONLY SCATTERED HIGH
CLOUDS WERE BEING REPORTED IN THE RUSSELL AND GREAT BEND AREAS.

AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BEGIN TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION ONCE AGAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE AS SEVERE AS IN PROVIOUS AFTERNOONS...BUT THEY MAY PRODUCE
HEAVY RAINS OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS.

PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO LISTEN TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
CONCERNING ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
AND BE PREPARED FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER SHOULD
HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST OVER YOUR AREA.

BAKER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
111 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 227 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THAT
PART OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS GENERALLY EAST OF LINE FROM
NEAR ATCHISON TO NEAR LAWRENCE TO NEAR LYNDON TO NEAR BURLINGTON...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 227 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THOSE
AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR ATCHISON TO NEAR LAWRENCE TO NEAR
LYNDON TO NEAR BURLINGTON.  THE CANCELLED AREAS INCLUDE TOPEKA,
JUNCTION CITY AND EMPORIA...

...AND URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY COVERS ALL OF NORTHEAST
AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 5PM THIS AFTERNOON...

...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL
  KANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT...

AT 110 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH
WERE LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA NEAR CARBONDALE...AND 50 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA NEAR THE GARNETT AND RICHMOND AREAS.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING
INTO THE TOPEKA AND OTTAWA AREAS BY 130PM.  PEOPLE IN THE TOPEKA AND
OTTAWA AREAS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WINDS TO 40 MPH AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS THROUGH.

AT 110 PM AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE INTENSITY RAIN COVERED NORTHEAST
KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM OTTAWA TO TOPEKA TO MARYSVILLE.  THE RAIN WAS
MOVING TO THE NORTH AROUND 40 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
135 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993

...AND URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY COVERS ALL OF NORTHEAST
AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 5PM THIS AFTERNOON...

...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL
  KANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT...

CONTINUING RAINS ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS HAVE SWOLLEN RIVERS AND
STREAMS. THE BLACK VERMILLION RIVER AT FRANKFORT IN MARSHALL COUNTY
IS WELL OVER ITS BANKS AND SENDING WATER INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

FLOOD STAGE AT FRANKFORT IS 19 FEET AND THE 1:30 PM READING WAS 27.71.
A CREST OF OVER 30 FEET IS LIKELY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

OTHER STREAMS AND RIVERS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ARE NEAR BANKFULL WITH
SOME FLOODING OF FIELDS ALSO REPORTED. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA AND ARE
EXPECTED TO DO SO THE REST OF TODAY.

IF YOU LIVE ALONG OR NEAR STREAMS OR RIVERS IN NORTHEAST
KANSAS..BE PREPARED FOR CONTINUED RISING WATER LEVELS AND
POSSIBLE FLOODING LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

KML...1838Z

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
209 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS HAS EXPIRED.

AREAS OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD
ACROSS THE AREA.  WHILE THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS HAS
ENDED BUT THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING FROM ADDITIONAL RAIN CONTINUES.

KML..1909Z

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
313 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993

...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN REPORTED OVER A PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 310 PM CONCORDIA RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN 55 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA OR JUST TO THE
SOUTH AND EAST OF SMITH CENTER. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY CAUSE BRIEF URBAN
FLOODING IN THE CITY OF SMITH CENTER AND CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES ON
AREA HIGHWAYS AS IT TRACKS TO THE NORTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

PERSONS IN SMITH COUTNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN
DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMP TO CROSS ANY AREA OF WATER ON FOOT
OR BY CAR. THESE THU,NDERSTORMS SHOULD PERSIST IN THE SMITH COUNTY AREA
FOR APPROXIMATELY THE NEXT 45 MINUTES.

BAKER