Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 1994, 3:07 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, 3:07 AM CDT (08:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 1994, 5:15 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, 8.1 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 7, 2:35 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-070800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT COR 1ST LINE 2ND PAR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 235 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 1994 THE ONSLAUGHT OF RAIN CONTINUES OVER NORTHEAST OTTAWA COUNTY. RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHEAST OF MINNEAPOLIS AND SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR. THIS STORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY. THE INTENSITY OF THE STORM IS FLUXUATING...PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AT TIMES. DOPPLER RADAR DATA OUT OF TOPEKA KANSAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUTS OF 6 TO 7 INCHES JUST NORTHEAST OF MINNEAPOLIS AND SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR. SIGNIFICANT LOW LAND FLOODING IS LIKELY. THE STORMS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH 315 AM. DO NOT CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS. SWIFT SHALLOW CURRENTS CAN LITERALLY MOVE A CAR. YOU MAY NOT KNOW HOW DEEP THE WATER IS. FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR EASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY. NOLES
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 2:36 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-070800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT COR 1ST LINE 2ND PAR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 235 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 1994 THE ONSLAUGHT OF RAIN CONTINUES OVER NORTHEAST OTTAWA COUNTY. RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHEAST OF MINNEAPOLIS AND SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR. THIS STORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY. THE INTENSITY OF THE STORM IS FLUXUATING...PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AT TIMES. DOPPLER RADAR DATA OUT OF TOPEKA KANSAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUTS OF 6 TO 7 INCHES JUST NORTHEAST OF MINNEAPOLIS AND SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR. SIGNIFICANT LOW LAND FLOODING IS LIKELY. THE STORMS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH 315 AM. DO NOT CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS. SWIFT SHALLOW CURRENTS CAN LITERALLY MOVE A CAR. YOU MAY NOT KNOW HOW DEEP THE WATER IS. FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR EASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY. NOLES
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 2:57 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
KSZALL-060900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 257 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 1994 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 700 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...NORTH CENTRAL... OTTAWA ...CENTRAL... DICKINSON ELLSWORTH LINCOLN MARION MCPHERSON RICE SALINE ...EAST CENTRAL... ANDERSON CHASE COFFEY FRANKLIN LINN LYON MORRIS OSAGE ...SOUTH CENTRAL... HARPER HARVEY KINGMAN RENO SEDGWICK SUMNER ...SOUTHEAST... BUTLER COWLEY GREENWOOD THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... ABILINE ARKANSAS CITY EL DORADO EMPORIA HUTCHINSON MCPHERSON NEWTON OTTAWA SALINA WICHITA KISNER
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 2:58 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
KSZALL-060900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 257 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 1994 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 700 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...NORTH CENTRAL... OTTAWA ...CENTRAL... DICKINSON ELLSWORTH LINCOLN MARION MCPHERSON RICE SALINE ...EAST CENTRAL... ANDERSON CHASE COFFEY FRANKLIN LINN LYON MORRIS OSAGE ...SOUTH CENTRAL... HARPER HARVEY KINGMAN RENO SEDGWICK SUMNER ...SOUTHEAST... BUTLER COWLEY GREENWOOD THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... ABILINE ARKANSAS CITY EL DORADO EMPORIA HUTCHINSON MCPHERSON NEWTON OTTAWA SALINA WICHITA KISNER
Local storm report, Aug 7, 3:05 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 305 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 1994 SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FOR EARLY MORNING SUNDAY AUG 7 1994 TIME EVENT COUNTY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1255 AM 3/4 INCH HAIL 2 MILES NORTH OF WELLS OTTAWA 100 AM 3/4 INCH HAIL IN WELLS OTTAWA 100 AM 3/4 INCH HAIL 4 MILES EAST OF MINNEAPOLIS OTTAWA END..
Local storm report, Aug 7, 3:06 AM CDT, 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 305 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 1994 SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FOR EARLY MORNING SUNDAY AUG 7 1994 TIME EVENT COUNTY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1255 AM 3/4 INCH HAIL 2 MILES NORTH OF WELLS OTTAWA 100 AM 3/4 INCH HAIL IN WELLS OTTAWA 100 AM 3/4 INCH HAIL 4 MILES EAST OF MINNEAPOLIS OTTAWA END..
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, 1:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 68 min |
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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.