Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 1994, 1:07 AM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 1994, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 1994, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ottawa County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 070608 FFWCNK KSC143-070815- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 107 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...EASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY AS OF 100 AM RADAR ESTIMATES IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES WERE NOTED OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF OTTAWA COUNTY AS A RESULT OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITHIN ONE AND ONE HALF HOURS...LIKELY CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN EASTERN OTTAWA 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. BAKER
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, Aug 6, 11:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION TO TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1102 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CLAY COUNTY... AT 1100 PM...RADAR INDICATED A 15 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY. ONE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST CLAY COUNTY...8 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF GREEN. SMALL HAIL AND BREIF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERTORM BEFORE IT EXITS THE COUNTY BY 1115 PM. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY...7 MILES WEST OF CLAY CENTER. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT PASSES TO THE WEST OF CLAY CENTER BY 1110 PM. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...TAKER SHELTER INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. . BAKER
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 11:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1102 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CLAY COUNTY... AT 1000 PM...RADAR INDICATED A 15 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY. ONE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST CLAY COUNTY...8 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF GREEN. SMALL HAIL AND BREIF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERTORM BEFORE IT EXITS THE COUNTY BY 1115 PM. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY...7 MILES WEST OF CLAY CENTER. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT PASSES TO THE WEST OF CLAY CENTER BY 1110 PM. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...TAKER SHELTER INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. . BAKER
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 11:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION TO TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1102 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CLAY COUNTY... AT 1100 PM...RADAR INDICATED A 15 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY. ONE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST CLAY COUNTY...8 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF GREEN. SMALL HAIL AND BREIF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERTORM BEFORE IT EXITS THE COUNTY BY 1115 PM. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY...7 MILES WEST OF CLAY CENTER. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT PASSES TO THE WEST OF CLAY CENTER BY 1110 PM. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...TAKER SHELTER INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. . BAKER
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 11:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
KSZ010>012-022>026-036>040-054>056-058-059-070520- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1116 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN RILEY COUNTY... AT 1110 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANHATTAN...OR JUST WEST RANDOLPH. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL HAVE AFFECTED THE TOWNS OF RANDOLPH AND LEONARDVILLE AS WELL AS TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. PERSONS IN NORTHERN RILEY AND WESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH. PHILLIPS
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 11:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
KSZ010>012-022>026-036>040-054>056-058-059-070520- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1116 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN RILEY COUNTY... AT 1110 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANHATTAN...OR JUST WEST RANDOLPH. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL HAVE AFFECTED THE TOWNS OF RANDOLPH AND LEONARDVILLE AS WELL AS TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. PERSONS IN NORTHERN RILEY AND WESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH. PHILLIPS
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 11:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-070545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1143 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1141 PM...RADAR INDICATED A 20 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS COVERED EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CLOUD COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY... AND WEST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. PERSONS IN THE OAKHILL AND LONGFORD AREAS CAN EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN THEIR AREA BY 1150 PM. WINDS OVER 35 MPH...BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...TAKER SHELTER INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. BAKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 3:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 68 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.