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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Topeka, KS

May 27, 2002Douglas County, Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2002, 2:32 AM CDT for Douglas County, Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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
May 27, 2002, 2:32 AM CDT (07:32 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2002, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Osage County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 2002-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 159 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 2002-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-292 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KTOP 270732
FFWTOP
KSC045-059-139-271030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
232 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 230 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED            
  THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...MOVING ACROSS AREAS   
  THAT HAD FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINS TWO NIGHTS AGO. ANOTHER ONE TO  
  TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.
          

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  MELVERN LAKE
  CLINTON LAKE
  POMONA LAKE
  EUDORA

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
May 26, 11:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRepublic, Washington84 min
May 26, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOP61 min
May 27, 2:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOP36 min
May 27, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOP46 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.