Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 28, 1994, 6:53 AM CDT for Anderson County, Franklin County, Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 1994, 6:53 AM CDT (11:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1994, 11:55 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Anderson County, KS, Franklin County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:52 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 KTOP 281155 FFWTOP KSC003-059-281700- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 653 AM CDT THU APR 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...ANDERSON COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS FRANKLIN AND ANDERSON COUNTIES SINCE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS RAINFALL HAS CAUSED MANY CREEKS AND STREAM TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE. THE ANDERSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER OVER US HIGHWAY 59 SOUTH OF GARNETT. THE FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MANY COUNTY ROADS WERE UNDER WATER ACROSS FRANKLIN COUNTY. 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. WALAWENDER &
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 28, 3:05 AM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
KSZ010>012-022>026-036>040-054>056-058-059-281000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 305 AM CDT THU APR 28 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR ANDERSON COUNTY UN
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:46 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
KSZ089-281000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 346 AM CDT THU APR 28 1994 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 164 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY... ...SOUTH CENTRAL... COMANCHE WALAWENDER
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 4:07 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
KSZ090-281000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 407 AM CDT THU APR 28 1994 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 164 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER& IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY... ...SOUTH CENTRAL... BARBER THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... MEDICINE LODGE WALAWENDER
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 4:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZALL-281100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 458 AM CDT THU APR 28 1994 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 162 EXPIRES AT 5AM CDT AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 164 HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD OCCUR OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS THIS MORNING BUT THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. KAYS
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 5:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
KSZ010>012-022>026-036>040-054>056-058-059-281130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 527 AM CDT THU APR 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 518 AM...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMPORIA...NEAR DUNLAP TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF EMPORIA ...NEAR MADISON. THESE STORMS WERE NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH EMPORIA...BURLINGTON...ADMIRE AND DUNLAP BY 6 AM. GUSTY WINDS...PEA SIZED HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR EASTERN KANSAS UNTIL NOON. WALAWENDER
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 6:08 AM CDT, 45 minutes before
KSZ010>012-022>026-036>040-054>056-058-059-281210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 607 AM CDT THU APR 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RACE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 6 AM...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 25 MILES WEST OF OTTAWA...NEAR LYNDON TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF OTTAWA...NEAR COLONY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH GARNETT...OTTAWA AND POMONA BY 630 AM. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...PEA SIZED HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KANSAS UNTIL NOON. WALAWENDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Osage | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 7:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 7:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Coffey | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin | 27 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.