Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Jun 27, 1999, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)

Expired

Jun 28, 1999, 6:00 AM CDT

In force

10 hr

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Jefferson County, KS

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
747 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS

* UNTIL 6 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING

* AT 730 PM CDT...AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THE DELAWARE
  RIVER WAS FLOODING IN NORTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY.

* HEAVY RAINS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER THE DELAWARE RIVER BASIN HAVE
  CAUSED THE RIVER TO FLOOD IN NORTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE
  DELAWARE RIVER WAS REPORTED TO BE FLOODING SOME COUNTY ROADS
  NORTH OF VALLEY FALLS AT 730 PM. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO
  CONTINUE TO FLOOD AT LEAST THROUGH TONIGHT.

MOTORISTS ARE CAUTIONED TO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS!  MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGER OF FLOODING.

PB

NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 27, 3:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
323 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 1999

SHALLOW...NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY RUNNING FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH
CENTRAL INTO EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.  WARM ADVECTION OVER THIS BOUNDARY
HAS LED TO TRAINING OF STORMS ACROSS NORTHERN TWO TIERS OF COUNTIES
IN CWA AND FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NARROW BAND OF
RAINFALLS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES TODAY.  BOUNDARY NOT FORECAST TO
MOVE MUCH AND LOW-LEVEL JET SHOULD FEED INTO BOUNDARY RESULTING IN
MORE HEAVY RAINS TONIGHT.  THUS, HAVE ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
TONIGHT FOR ENTIRE CWA.  TO THE SOUTH, CAPPING INVERSION IN PLACE
BUT APPEARS TO BE WEAKENING WITH MID-LEVEL DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING
SOUTH OF ABILENE.  WITH PERSISTENT MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IN THIS
AREA, RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED THIS EVENING.  SINCE
SURFACE BASED CAPES AT OR ABOVE 4000 J/KG TO THE SOUTH OF THE
BOUNDARY, SEVERE ALSO LIKELY.

BEYOND TONIGHT...MCS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF NORTHEAST/EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS DURING MONDAY MORNING AND SUBSIDENCE BEHIND WAVE AND DRYING
IN LOWER LAYERS ASSOCIATED WITH FRONT FINALLY PUSHING WELL TO THE
SOUTH, SHOULD LEAD TO DRY WEATHER FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.  UPSLOPE FLOW BEGINS SETTING UP AGAIN ON TUESDAY AND
DEVELOPMENT OF ANOTHER MCS COULD BE IN THE WORKS FOR TUESDAY NIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY.

NGM LOOKS TOO DRY TONIGHT AND TOO WARM ON MONDAY GIVEN EXPECTED MCS
AND RESIDUAL CLOUD COVER.  BEYOND THAT NGM/AVN STATISTICAL
GUIDANCE SIMILAR AND FOLLOWED.

.TOP...FFA FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL, NORTHEAST, AND EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT.

GDP

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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.