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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Topeka, KS

September 16, 2001Jackson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 16, 2001, 10:40 PM CDT for Jackson County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 16, 2001, 10:40 PM CDT (03:40 UTC)
Expired
Sep 17, 2001, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 2001-09-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 930 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2001-09-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
930 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KTOP 170340
FFWTOP
FFWTOP
KSC085-170600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1040 PM CDT SUN SEP 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1036 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 2 TO 4 INCHES
  OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY FROM EARLIER STORMS.
  MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS COULD DROP ANOTHER
  2 INCHES OF RAIN.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  NETAWAKA
  WHITING
  SOLDIER
  CIRCLEVILLE

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING OCCURS MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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
Sep 16, 9:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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.