Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 1994, 1:01 AM CDT for Harper County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1994, 1:01 AM CDT (06:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1994, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harper County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 3089 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 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 KICT 060604 FFWICT KSC077-060900- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 101 AM CDT MON JUN 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...SOUTHWESTERN HARPER COUNTY AT 100 AM...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN HARPER COUNTY. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED MORE THAN 5 INCHES OF RAIN...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM THE HARPER/BARBER COUNTY LINE AT US HIGHWAY 160...TO THE OKLHAOMA BORDER SOUTH OF ANTHONY. NEW THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA UNTIL AROUND 3 AM. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO CREATE A FLASH FLOODING HAZARD UNTIL AROUND 4 AM. 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. HEDGES
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
Local storm report, Jun 6, 12:23 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1225 AM CDT MON JUN 6 1994
STORM REPORTS FROM 6/5/94
ALL TIMES CDT
TIME COUNTY REPORT
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1635 BARTON 3/4 INCH HAIL 2S ALBERT
1728 MCPHERSON 3/4 INCH HAIL 4NE LINDSBORG (CHASER)
1738 MCPHERSON 1 INCH HAIL 4NE LINDSBORG (CHASER)
1800 RICE 60 MPH WINDDDS CASSUED LATOS OF TREE DAMAGE FROM
GENESEO TO CRAWFORD (DEPUTY)
1820 MCPHERSON BASEBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY A HAM
1828 MCPHERSON WIND EST 70 MPH 1S CANTON (CHASER)
1840 RENO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL JUST SE NICKERSON
1843 MARION OVER 60 MPH WINDS AT GOESSEL
1845 MARION BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AT LEHIGH (CHASER)
1846 MARION TREE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS KS HIGHWAY 5SW LEHIGH
(CHASER)
1847 MARION 118 MPH WIND MEASURED 1W HILLSBORO
1857 MARION 1E GOESSEL WIND 60 MPH AND 8 INICH DIAM TREE
SNAPPED OFF JUST ABV THE GROUND (CHASER)
1915 HARVEY 60 MPH WINDS AT HALSTEAD
1917 MARION 60 MPH WINDS AT PEABODY
1919 HARVEY 60 MPH WINDS AND A TREE DOWN (CHASER)
1925 RENO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 12W HUTCHINSON (E.P)
1930 RENO 3/4 INCH HAIL 10 SW HUTCHINSON (E.P.)
2030 BUTLER WINDS TO 70 MPH AND 1 INCH HAIL FROM ROSE HILL
TO EL DORADO
2058 HARPER NICKEL HAIL AT ATTICA AND HARPER (CHASER)
2136 COWLEY WIND TO 68 MPH AND GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT ARKANSAS
CITY
1935 SEDGWICK OFF DUTY NWS EL TECH HAD 65 MPH WINDS IN NE ICT
1947 SEDGWICK 75 MPH WINDS VALLEY CENTER (HAM)
1950 SEDGWICK 60 MPH WINDS PARK CITY (HAM)
2015 RENO 3/4 INCH HAIL IN ARLINGTON (HAM)
2023 SEDGWICK WINDS TO 58 MPH AT GADDARD (CHANNEL 10 TV)
2030 SEDGWICK 60-70 MPH WINDS AT DERBY (P.D.)
2035 CHASE 60 MPH WINDS AT STRONG CITY..SOME POWER POLES
DOWN AND TREE DAMAGE
2040 HARPER DIME HAIL AT ATTICA
2100 SUMNER 75 MPH WINDS JUST SOUTH OF VIOLA (HAM)
CHRISTENSONLocal storm report, Jun 6, 12:25 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1225 AM CDT MON JUN 6 1994
STORM REPORTS FROM 6/5/94
ALL TIMES CDT
TIME COUNTY REPORT
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1635 BARTON 3/4 INCH HAIL 2S ALBERT
1728 MCPHERSON 3/4 INCH HAIL 4NE LINDSBORG (CHASER)
1738 MCPHERSON 1 INCH HAIL 4NE LINDSBORG (CHASER)
1800 RICE 60 MPH WINDDDS CASSUED LATOS OF TREE DAMAGE FROM
GENESEO TO CRAWFORD (DEPUTY)
1820 MCPHERSON BASEBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY A HAM
1828 MCPHERSON WIND EST 70 MPH 1S CANTON (CHASER)
1840 RENO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL JUST SE NICKERSON
1843 MARION OVER 60 MPH WINDS AT GOESSEL
1845 MARION BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AT LEHIGH (CHASER)
1846 MARION TREE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS KS HIGHWAY 5SW LEHIGH
(CHASER)
1847 MARION 118 MPH WIND MEASURED 1W HILLSBORO
1857 MARION 1E GOESSEL WIND 60 MPH AND 8 INICH DIAM TREE
SNAPPED OFF JUST ABV THE GROUND (CHASER)
1915 HARVEY 60 MPH WINDS AT HALSTEAD
1917 MARION 60 MPH WINDS AT PEABODY
1919 HARVEY 60 MPH WINDS AND A TREE DOWN (CHASER)
1925 RENO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 12W HUTCHINSON (E.P)
1930 RENO 3/4 INCH HAIL 10 SW HUTCHINSON (E.P.)
2030 BUTLER WINDS TO 70 MPH AND 1 INCH HAIL FROM ROSE HILL
TO EL DORADO
2058 HARPER NICKEL HAIL AT ATTICA AND HARPER (CHASER)
2136 COWLEY WIND TO 68 MPH AND GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT ARKANSAS
CITY
1935 SEDGWICK OFF DUTY NWS EL TECH HAD 65 MPH WINDS IN NE ICT
1947 SEDGWICK 75 MPH WINDS VALLEY CENTER (HAM)
1950 SEDGWICK 60 MPH WINDS PARK CITY (HAM)
2015 RENO 3/4 INCH HAIL IN ARLINGTON (HAM)
2023 SEDGWICK WINDS TO 58 MPH AT GADDARD (CHANNEL 10 TV)
2030 SEDGWICK 60-70 MPH WINDS AT DERBY (P.D.)
2035 CHASE 60 MPH WINDS AT STRONG CITY..SOME POWER POLES
DOWN AND TREE DAMAGE
2040 HARPER DIME HAIL AT ATTICA
2100 SUMNER 75 MPH WINDS JUST SOUTH OF VIOLA (HAM)
CHRISTENSONLocal storm report, Jun 6, 12:27 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTIONS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1230 AM CDT MON JUN 6 1994
STORM REPORTS FROM 6/5/94
ALL TIMES CDT
TIME COUNTY REPORT
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1635 BARTON 3/4 INCH HAIL 2S ALBERT
1728 MCPHERSON 3/4 INCH HAIL 4NE LINDSBORG (CHASER)
1738 MCPHERSON 1 INCH HAIL 4NE LINDSBORG (CHASER)
1800 RICE 60 MPH WINDS CAUSED LATOS OF TREE DAMAGE FROM
GENESEO TO CRAWFORD (DEPUTY)
1820 MCPHERSON BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AT CANTON (HAM)
1828 MCPHERSON WIND EST 70 MPH 1S CANTON (CHASER)
1840 RENO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL JUST SE NICKERSON
1843 MARION OVER 60 MPH WINDS AT GOESSEL
1845 MARION BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AT LEHIGH (CHASER)
1846 MARION TREE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS KS HIGHWAY 5SW LEHIGH
(CHASER)
1847 MARION 118 MPH WIND MEASURED 1W HILLSBORO
1857 MARION 1E GOESSEL WIND 60 MPH AND 8 INCH DIAM TREE
SNAPPED OFF JUST ABV THE GROUND (CHASER)
1915 HARVEY 60 MPH WINDS AT HALSTEAD
1917 MARION 60 MPH WINDS AT PEABODY
1919 HARVEY 60 MPH WINDS AND A TREE DOWN (CHASER)
1925 RENO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 12W HUTCHINSON (E.P)
1930 RENO 3/4 INCH HAIL 10 SW HUTCHINSON (E.P.)
2030 BUTLER WINDS TO 70 MPH AND 1 INCH HAIL FROM ROSE HILL
TO EL DORADO
2058 HARPER NICKEL HAIL AT ATTICA AND HARPER (CHASER)
2136 COWLEY WIND TO 68 MPH AND GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT ARKANSAS
CITY
1935 SEDGWICK OFF DUTY NWS EL TECH HAD 65 MPH WINDS IN NE ICT
1947 SEDGWICK 75 MPH WINDS VALLEY CENTER (HAM)
1950 SEDGWICK 60 MPH WINDS PARK CITY (HAM)
2015 RENO 3/4 INCH HAIL IN ARLINGTON (HAM)
2023 SEDGWICK WINDS TO 58 MPH AT GODDARD (CHANNEL 10 TV)
2030 SEDGWICK 60-70 MPH WINDS AT DERBY (P.D.)
2035 CHASE 60 MPH WINDS AT STRONG CITY..SOME POWER POLES
DOWN AND TREE DAMAGE
2040 HARPER DIME HAIL AT ATTICA
2100 SUMNER 75 MPH WINDS JUST SOUTH OF VIOLA (HAM)
CHRISTENSONLocal storm report, Jun 6, 12:30 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTIONS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1230 AM CDT MON JUN 6 1994
STORM REPORTS FROM 6/5/94
ALL TIMES CDT
TIME COUNTY REPORT
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1635 BARTON 3/4 INCH HAIL 2S ALBERT
1728 MCPHERSON 3/4 INCH HAIL 4NE LINDSBORG (CHASER)
1738 MCPHERSON 1 INCH HAIL 4NE LINDSBORG (CHASER)
1800 RICE 60 MPH WINDS CAUSED LATOS OF TREE DAMAGE FROM
GENESEO TO CRAWFORD (DEPUTY)
1820 MCPHERSON BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AT CANTON (HAM)
1828 MCPHERSON WIND EST 70 MPH 1S CANTON (CHASER)
1840 RENO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL JUST SE NICKERSON
1843 MARION OVER 60 MPH WINDS AT GOESSEL
1845 MARION BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AT LEHIGH (CHASER)
1846 MARION TREE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS KS HIGHWAY 5SW LEHIGH
(CHASER)
1847 MARION 118 MPH WIND MEASURED 1W HILLSBORO
1857 MARION 1E GOESSEL WIND 60 MPH AND 8 INCH DIAM TREE
SNAPPED OFF JUST ABV THE GROUND (CHASER)
1915 HARVEY 60 MPH WINDS AT HALSTEAD
1917 MARION 60 MPH WINDS AT PEABODY
1919 HARVEY 60 MPH WINDS AND A TREE DOWN (CHASER)
1925 RENO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 12W HUTCHINSON (E.P)
1930 RENO 3/4 INCH HAIL 10 SW HUTCHINSON (E.P.)
2030 BUTLER WINDS TO 70 MPH AND 1 INCH HAIL FROM ROSE HILL
TO EL DORADO
2058 HARPER NICKEL HAIL AT ATTICA AND HARPER (CHASER)
2136 COWLEY WIND TO 68 MPH AND GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT ARKANSAS
CITY
1935 SEDGWICK OFF DUTY NWS EL TECH HAD 65 MPH WINDS IN NE ICT
1947 SEDGWICK 75 MPH WINDS VALLEY CENTER (HAM)
1950 SEDGWICK 60 MPH WINDS PARK CITY (HAM)
2015 RENO 3/4 INCH HAIL IN ARLINGTON (HAM)
2023 SEDGWICK WINDS TO 58 MPH AT GODDARD (CHANNEL 10 TV)
2030 SEDGWICK 60-70 MPH WINDS AT DERBY (P.D.)
2035 CHASE 60 MPH WINDS AT STRONG CITY..SOME POWER POLES
DOWN AND TREE DAMAGE
2040 HARPER DIME HAIL AT ATTICA
2100 SUMNER 75 MPH WINDS JUST SOUTH OF VIOLA (HAM)
CHRISTENSONSpecial weather statement, Jun 6, 12:49 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
KSZ091-060650- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1249 AM CDT MON JUN 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST HARPER COUNTY... AT 1245 AM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHWEST OF CORWIN...IN SOUTHWEST HARPER COUNTY. CORWIN IS 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO MARBLE SIZE...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST HARPER COUNTY UNTIL 4 AM. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. HEDGES
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 12:51 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
KSZ091-060650- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1249 AM CDT MON JUN 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST HARPER COUNTY... AT 1245 AM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHWEST OF CORWIN...IN SOUTHWEST HARPER COUNTY. CORWIN IS 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO MARBLE SIZE...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST HARPER COUNTY UNTIL 4 AM. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN lALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. HEDGES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 69 min |
| Jun 5, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 57 min |
| Jun 5, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 56 min |
| Jun 5, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 35 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994
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.