Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

May 22, 1999, 11:25 PM CDT (04:25 UTC)

Expired

May 23, 1999, 2:15 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1125 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ABILENE
  GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JUNCTION CITY

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 1114 PM CDT...THE SHERIFF REPORTS A FOOT OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 
40 TO THE WEST OF CHAPMAN OR JUST EAST OF ABILENE. ALSO RAINFALL 
REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...OF OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN 
SOUTHERN GEARY COUNTY...JUST NORTHEAST OF OLSON. RAIN WAS STILL 
FALLING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY 
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 
TOPEKA.

LAT...LON 3885 9734 3886 9650 3907 9649 3908 9691
          3906 9734

NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 22, 2:49 PM CDT, 8 hours 36 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
249 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1999

PRECIP TONIGHT MAIN FORECAST CONCERN.

19Z SURFACE MAP SHOWED SYNOPTIC COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO NORTHWESTERN
NEBRASKA.  LOW 60S DEW POINTS WERE BEGINNING TO POOL AHEAD OF THIS
FEATURE IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FIRING IN
THIS AREA.  FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS OUR CWA...MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUD
DEBRIS FROM EARLIER MCS WAS HOLDING TEMPS DOWN A BIT...AND A FEW
LINGERING SHOWERS WERE DISSIPATING.  HOWEVER SEVERAL BOUNDARIES HAVE
BEEN LAID DOWN FROM EARLIER CONVECTION AND COULD FOCUS REIGNITION OF
STORMS THIS EVENING.

AXIS OF BEST INSTABILITY HAS SET UP OVER WESTERN KANSAS INTO WESTERN
NEBRASKA.  MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IN NORTHWEST KS/SOUTHWEST NE WAS
BEING OVERRUN BY MID LEVEL COOL AIR/SHORT WAVE.  EXPECT CONVECTION
TO FIRE THERE SHORTLY THEN DRIFT EAST TO EAST-SOUTHEAST.  AS COLD
FRONT DROPS SOUTHEAST TONIGHT EXPECT CLUSTER OF STORMS TO
DEVELOP/MOVE EASTWARD AS FOCUS OF INSTABILITY SHIFTS EAST.  THOUGH
THERE COULD BE SOME SCATTERED CONVECTION AHEAD OF COLD
FRONT/MCS...EXPECT MAIN THRUST OF RAIN TO BE ALONG THE BOUNDARY.
CONSIDERED FLASH FLOOD/FLOOD WATCH OVER PARTS OF THE CWA BASED
ON LOW FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES...HOWEVER WITH PROGRESSIVE
MOVEMENT OF THE SYSTEM...WILL NOT ISSUE ONE NOW.

AFTER COLD FRONT CLEARS THE CWA BY SUNDAY MORNING...SURFACE HIGH
SETTLES OVER THE PLAINS BY AFTERNOON.  CLEARING SKIES AND DRIER AIR
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY.  FWC/FAN TEMP FORECASTS ARE NOT
TOO FAR OFF AND CANT ARGUE WITH THEM AT THE MOMENT.

.TOP...NONE

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