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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Topeka, KS

May 23, 1995Shawnee County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 1995, 8:20 AM CDT for Shawnee County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 1995, 8:20 AM CDT (13:20 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 1995, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 29 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1995-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 332 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1995-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 394 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
332 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
394 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
447 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
7.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 231321
FFWTOP
KSC177-197-231715-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
820 AM CDT TUE MAY 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING       EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...SHAWNEE COUNTY...WABAUNSEE COUNTY
 
AT 817 AM...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
DURING THE LAST HOUR ACROSS TOPEKA SOUTHWEST INTO WABAUNSEE COUNTY.
 
MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS.  FLASH FLOODING
WILL OCCUR AS MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THESE AREAS.
 
STREET FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN TOPEKA.
 
MOST FLOOD.ING 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
 
&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee32 min
May 23, 7:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee62 min
May 23, 8:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDickinson3 hr
May 23, 9:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMorris4 hr
May 23, 11:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDickinson3 hr

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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.