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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Topeka, KS

June 9, 1995Anderson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 1995, 11:55 PM CDT for Anderson County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1995, 11:55 PM CDT (04:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1995, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Anderson County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 198 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 213 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
198 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-203 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1388 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 100455
FFWTOP
KSC003-100800-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1155 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...ANDERSON COUNTY
 
A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 3AM SATURDAY MORNING FOR
ANDERSON COUNTY. A CHECK WITH THE ANDERSON COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE
INDICATES THAT SOME ROADWAYS CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HIGH WATER IN
ANDERSON COUNTY. IN ADDITION OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE THE REST OF THE NIGHT WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS WATER-COVEREDz ROADWAYS. THE
WATER DEPTH AND CURRENT MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.
 
LWS
 
 
 
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.