Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 27, 1994, 9:21 PM CDT for Elk County, Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 1994, 9:21 PM CDT (02:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1994, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 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 280222 FFWICT KSC049-073-280600- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 921 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS ...NORTHERN ELK COUNTY...SOUTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHERN GREENWOOD AND NORTHERN ELK COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW BETWEEN 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE AREA IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN APPEARS TO HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN PIEDMONT AND SEVERY OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EL DORADO. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICALS IN GREENWOOD COUNTY SAY WATER IS BEGINNING TO GO ACROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS AT THIS TIME. 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 SMAL(L ONE...ON FOOT.
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 27, 4:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
KSZ032-033-047-048-049-050-051-052-053-067-068-069-070-082-083- 091-092-093-272300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 401 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE OVER CENTRAL KASNAS... AT 355 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME STANDING WATER...AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS ACTIVITY WAS RAPIDLY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. MOST OF THE STORMS WERE EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR GREAT BEND...TO MEDICINE LODGE. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROCHES...MOVE INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. ALSO...IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER COVERED ROADWAYS...TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE. HYSELL
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 5:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
KSZ071-072-073-094-095-096-097-098-099-100-101-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 459 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 453 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. MANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS. THIS AREA OF STORMS EXTENDED NORTH OF A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF PITTSBURG...TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF HOWARD...OR 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EL DORADO. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING AT THIS TIME...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS. *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #154 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT.* HYSELL
Local storm report, Apr 27, 5:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
515 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FOR 4/27/94
ALL TIMES CDT
TIME COUNTY REPORT
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1056 AM HARVEY DIME SIZE HAIL 5E NEWTON
1058 AM SEDGWICK NICKEL SIZE HAIL NORTHEAST WICHITA (HWY 254 OFF
GREENWICH- SPOTTER)
1114 AM BUTLER DIME SIZE HAIL 3E AUGUSTA (SHERIFF)
1110 AM BUTLER GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN DOUGLASS (RADION STN)
1130 AM SUMNER 3/4 INCH HAIL IN ARGONIA
200 PM CHAUTAUQUA 3/4 INCH HAIL AT SEDAN
207 PM MONTGOMERY DIME SIZE HAIL 3SE ELK CITY
220 PM SUMNER DIME SIZE HAIL 5NW CALDWELL
242 PM SUMNER GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 3SE SOUTH HAVEN
245 PM MONTGOMERY DIME SIZE HAIL 3SE ELK CITY
255 PM COWLEY 3/4 INCH HAIL IN ARKANSAS CITY (HAM)
307 PM KINGMAN NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN NORWICH (SPOTTER)
CLC/MJRLocal storm report, Apr 27, 5:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
530 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FOR 4/27/94
ALL TIMES CDT
TIME COUNTY REPORT
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1056 AM HARVEY DIME SIZE HAIL 5E NEWTON
1058 AM SEDGWICK NICKEL SIZE HAIL NORTHEAST WICHITA (HWY 254 OFF
GREENWICH- SPOTTER)
1114 AM BUTLER DIME SIZE HAIL 3E AUGUSTA (SHERIFF)
1110 AM BUTLER GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN DOUGLASS (RADIO STN)
1130 AM SUMNER 3/4 INCH HAIL IN ARGONIA
1255 PM SEDGWICK 50 KT WIND MEASURED AT ICT NWS
200 PM CHAUTAUQUA 3/4 INCH HAIL AT SEDAN
207 PM MONTGOMERY DIME SIZE HAIL 3SE ELK CITY
220 PM SUMNER DIME SIZE HAIL 5NW CALDWELL
242 PM SUMNER GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 3SE SOUTH HAVEN
245 PM MONTGOMERY DIME SIZE HAIL 3SE ELK CITY
255 PM COWLEY 3/4 INCH HAIL IN ARKANSAS CI>TY (HAM)
307 PM KINGMAN NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN NORWICH (SPOTTER)
CLC/MJRLocal storm report, Apr 27, 8:22 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
820 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FOR 4/27/94
ALL TIMES CDT
TIME COUNTY REPORT
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523 PM SUMNER TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL 11/2 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CALDWELL
525 PM SUMNER 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED IN CALDWELL BY SUMNER COUNTY EP
547 PM SUMNER 1 INCH HAIL IN BELLE PLAINE REPORTED BY THE SUMNER COUNTY
EP
550 PM SUMNER 1 INCH HAIL 3 MILES NORTH OF BELLE PLAINE REPORTED BY
THE SUMNER COUNTY EP
603 PM SEDGWICK DIME SIZE HA$IL REPORTED BY A TRAINED SPOTTER IN
DERBY
655 PM COWLEY DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY A TRAINED SPOTTER IN
WINFIELD.
ROSNERSpecial weather statement, Apr 27, 8:57 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
KSC001-019-021-035-037-049-073-099-125-133-191-205-207-280300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 856 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #154 FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL BE ALLOW TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH THE NIGHT BUT WITH HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL AND SMALL HAIL.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 1:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson | 3 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.