Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 10, 1994, 6:55 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1994, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1994, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 564 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 102357 FFWICT KSC125-110400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 655 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY AT 650 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY NEAR COFFEYVILLE SINCE 600 PM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK OVER MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS. COFFEYVILLE POLICE REPORTED THAT THE SYCAMORE CREEK ON THE WEST SIDE OF COFFEYVILLE WAS BEGINNING TO CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING...AND WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...MORE FLOODING IS LIKELY. PEOPLE IN LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AND LOW LYING AREAS..OR ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE. REMEMBER...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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS TO RISE. NOONAN &
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, Apr 10, 3:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
KSZ092-093-094-095-096-097-098-099-100-101-102115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 311 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE ON THE WAY... AT 310 PM...A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WERE RAPIDLY MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERNMOST PART OF KANSAS FROM SOUTH HAVEN...20 MILES WEST OF ARKANSAS CITY TO COFFEYVILLE BY 4 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF THEATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR MORE INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. O`GREN
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 3:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
KSZ092-093-094-095-096-097-098-099-100-101-102115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO FIRST SENTENCE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 311 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE ON THE WAY... AT 310 PM...A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WERE RAPIDLY MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERNMOST PART OF KANSAS FROM SOUTH HAVEN...20 MILES WEST OF ARKANSAS CITY TO COFFEYVILLE BY 4 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF THEATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR MORE INFORM|ATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OGREN
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 3:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
KSZ052-053-068-069-070-071-072-073-083-092-093-094-095-096-097- 098-099-100-101-102145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 345 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 65 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MOST OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 340 PM... THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO KANSAS FROM OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO KANSAS MAINLY EAST OF WELLINGTON BY 445 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN SOUTHCENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENING... BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. CAMPBELL
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 4:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
KSZ052-053-068-069-070-071-072-073-083-092-093-094-095-096-097- 098-099-100-101-102215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 410 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 410 PM... THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING SOUTHEAST KANSAS... EAST FROM ARKANSAS CITY TO COFFEYVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL COVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY 5 PM. IF YOU ARE IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENING... BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED... OR A WARNING ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF RIVERS AND LOW LYING AREAS. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A CREEK... OR IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA... BE READY TO QUICKLY MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF YOU OBSERVE FLOODING... OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 65 IS IN EFFECT FOR A GO*OD PART OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM. CAMPBELL
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 4:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
KSZ069-070-071-072-073-083-092-093-094-095-096-097-098-099-100- 101-102300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 451 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 ...ANOTHER STRONG BATCH OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE KANSAS/ OKLAHOMA BORDER... AT 445 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES WIDE...JUST SOUTH OF THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF ARKANSAS CITY TO 20 MILES EAST OF COFFEYVILLE. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE WEAKENING AS THE MOVED FURTHER NORTH INTO KANSAS. HOWEVER...THE HEAVY RAINS WERE FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE OR LOW LYING AREAS...OR ALONG A RIVERS AND STREAMS BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 65 CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY... NOONAN
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:35 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
KSZ052-053-068-069-070-071-072-073-083-092-093-094-095-096-097- 098-099-100-101-110300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 635 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 65 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MOST OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 635 PM... THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS... MAINLY EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY AND EUREKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH 730 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN SOUTHCENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENING... BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. CAMPBELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 55 min |
| Apr 9, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 61 min |
| Apr 9, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 56 min |
| Apr 9, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 57 min |
| Apr 9, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 66 min |
| Apr 9, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 56 min |
| Apr 9, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Wilson | 67 min |
| Apr 9, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho | 68 min |
| Apr 9, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 57 min |
| Apr 9, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Bourbon, Crawford | 65 min |
| Apr 9, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson | 55 min |
| Apr 9, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 58 min |
| Apr 9, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 59 min |
| Apr 9, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Crawford | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 63 min |
| Apr 9, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson, Woodson | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee | 57 min |
| Apr 10, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 65 min |
Nearby
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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.