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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS

June 20, 2000Douglas County, Shawnee County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 20, 2000, 7:02 AM CDT for Douglas County, Shawnee County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 118 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2000, 7:02 AM CDT (12:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2000, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Douglas County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:03 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 268 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2000-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2000-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
989 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KTOP 201202
FFWTOP
KSC045-177-197-201400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
702 AM CDT TUE JUN 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 658 AM CDT...THE WABAUNSEE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FLOODING 
ALONG INTERSTATE 70 NEAR MAPLE HILL. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALSO WAS 
OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF SHAWNEE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES. 

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  ESKRIDGE
  ALMA
  PAXICO
  DOVER
  AUBURN
  MAPLE HILL
  RICHLAND
  TOPEKA
  CLINTON
  CLINTON LAKE
  LAWRENCE

RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS
ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT
TO FLASH FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER
MAY BE VERY DEEP. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST( WEATHER INFORMATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 2:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson, Nemaha58 min
Jun 20, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson28 min
Jun 20, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin26 min
Jun 20, 5:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPFranklin4 hr
Jun 20, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson33 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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.