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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Topeka, KS

May 17, 1995Douglas County, Osage County, Shawnee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 1995, 1:21 AM CDT for Douglas County, Osage County, Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 17, 1995, 1:21 AM CDT (06:21 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 1995, 4:30 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Douglas County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 16 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 170622 RRA
FFWTOP
KSC045-059-139-177-170930-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
121 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING       EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY
   ...NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY...SOUTHERN SHAWNEE COUNTY
 
HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN LATE TUESDAY EVENING CONTINUED TO CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING. NUMEROUS ROADS WERE UNDER WATER IN THE WARNED COUNTIES AND
FURTHER RAINS COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS FLOODING WITH POSSIBLE EVACUATIONS
IS SOME AREAS. FURTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD 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.
 
KAYS

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

Local storm report, May 16, 11:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1132 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

TIME****   LOCATION OF EVENT*******  ST   TYPE OF EVENT/DAMAGE******
DATE****   COUNTY INVOLVED*********       FATALITIES AND INJURIES***
                                          REMARKS*******************
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1621       61ST & VALENCIA ROAD      KS   60 MPH WIND
5/16/95    WAUBAUNSEE

1937       51/2 SE WHITE CITY        KS   2.00+ HAIL, WINDOWS KNOCKED
5/16/95    MORRIS                         OUT,  POSSIBLE FUNNEL

2110       3N BURLINGAME             KS   SMALL TREES (6 INCH DIAM)
5/16/95    OSAGE                          DOWN, HAIL 2 INCHES DEEP

2115       45TH AND STUBBS           KS   POSSIBLE FUNNEL
5/16/95    SHAWNEE
LWS

Local storm report, May 16, 11:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1148 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

TIME****   LOCATION OF EVENT*******  ST   TYPE OF EVENT/DAMAGE******
DATE****   COUNTY INVOLVED*********       FATALITIES AND INJURIES***
                                          REMARKS*******************
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2103       HARVEYVILLE               KS   K-31 HIGHWAY CLOSED EAST
5/16/95    WAUBAUNSEE                     OF TOWN FROM RUNOFF

2105       N OF BURLINGAME           KS   TREES DOWN
5/16/95    OSAGE

2115       45TH AND STUBBS           KS   POSSIBLE FUNNEL
5/16/95    SHAWNEE

2122       1E 45TH & STUBBS          KS   POSSIBLE FUNNEL
5/16/95    DOUGLASS
LWS

Local storm report, May 16, 11:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1156 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

TIME****   LOCATION OF EVENT*******  ST   TYPE OF EVENT/DAMAGE******
DATE****   COUNTY INVOLVED*********       FATALITIES AND INJURIES***
                                          REMARKS*******************
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2135       1W 61ST & WANAMAKER       KS   FLOODING
5/16/95    SHAWNEE

2136       BALDWIN CITY              KS   1.75 HAIL
5/16/95    DOUGLAS

2145       SW OF BALDWIN CITY        KS   ALL WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF
5/16/95    DOUGLAS                        HOUSE

2147       NEAR BALDWIN CITY         KS   POSSIBLE TORNADO, PART$ OF
5/16/95    DOUGLAS                        ROOF BLOWN OFF OF BARN
LWS

Local storm report, May 17, 12:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY REPORT FOR THE 16TH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1207 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1995

TIME****   LOCATION OF EVENT*******  ST   TYPE OF EVENT/DAMAGE******
DATE****   COUNTY INVOLVED*********       FATALITIES AND INJURIES***
                                          REMARKS*******************
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2015       NEAR ADMIRE               KS   TORNADO
5/16/95  l  LYON

2200       1E HIWY 56/59 JCT         KS   MOTOR HOME OVERTURNED
5/16/95    DOUGLAS

2230       6E BALDWIN CITY           KS   ROOF BLOWN OFF AND WINDOWS
5/16/95    DOUGLAS                        BLOWN OUT OF HOUSE
LWS

Local storm report, May 17, 12:24 AM CDT, 57 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1223 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1995

TIME****   LOCATION OF EVENT*******  ST   TYPE OF EVENT/DAMAGE******
DATE****   COUNTY INVOLVED*********       FATALITIES AND INJURIES***
                                          REMARKS*******************
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1620       61ST & VALENCIA           KS   60 MPH WIND, TREES DOWN
5/16/95    WAUBAUNSEE

2048       MILEPOST 156 OF TURNPIKE  KS   TRUCK FLIPPED OVER BY
5/16/95    OSAGE                          TORNADO

2120       NORTHWEST CORNER          KS   60 MPH WIND
5/16/95    FRANKLIN
LWS

Local storm report, May 17, 12:43 AM CDT, 38 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1243 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1995

TIME****   LOCATION OF EVENT*******  ST   TYPE OF EVENT/DAMAGE******
DATE****   COUNTY INVOLVED*********       FATALITIES AND INJURIES***
                                          REMARKS*******************
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2253       CENTROPOLIS TO OTTAWA     KS   CREEK OUT OF BANKS WITH
5/16/95    FRANKLIN                       AGRICULTURAL FLOODING

2330       LYNDON                    KS   FUNNEL CLOUD
5/16/95    OSAGE

2340       SW OF LYNDON              KS   0.75 HAIL
5/16/95    OSAGE

0000       OTTAWA                    KS   2.75 HAIL
5/17/95    FRANKLIN
LWS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 7:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Morris	53 min
May 16, 7:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson	4 hr
May 16, 7:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Lyon, Wabaunsee	33 min
May 16, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary	55 min
May 16, 8:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Osage	26 min
May 16, 8:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Douglas, Osage	46 min
May 16, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	53 min
May 16, 9:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris	4 hr
May 16, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary	40 min
May 16, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Franklin	48 min
May 16, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	43 min
May 16, 9:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Osage, Shawnee	4 hr
May 16, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas	36 min
May 16, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee	41 min
May 16, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage	36 min
May 16, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin	32 min
May 17, 1:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary	3 hr
May 17, 1:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Franklin	3 hr
May 17, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	49 min
May 17, 1:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	44 min
May 17, 1:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	48 min
May 17, 2:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson	25 min
May 17, 2:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Geary	41 min
May 17, 2:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay	44 min
May 17, 2:51 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	39 min
May 17, 2:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	3 hr
May 17, 3:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Shawnee	34 min
May 17, 3:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	37 min
May 17, 3:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Morris	35 min
May 17, 3:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	30 min
May 17, 3:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary	4 hr
May 17, 4:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin, Osage, Shawnee	4 hr
May 17, 4:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Morris	28 min
May 17, 4:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Lyon	37 min
May 17, 4:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	4 hr
May 17, 5:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage	36 min
May 17, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Coffey	25 min

Nearby

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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.