Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2003, 9:22 PM CDT for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 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
- Jun 22, 2003, 9:22 PM CDT (02:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2003, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Republic County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:23 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 196 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3473 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 400 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.2
- Supercell composite
- 44.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KTOP 230224 FFWTOP KSC157-230615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 922 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 115 AM CDT * AT 919 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED... NARKA MUNDEN REPUBLIC CUBA BELLEVILLE 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 INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KTOP 230324 FFSTOP KSC157-230615- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1021 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR REPUBLIC COUNTY UNTIL 115 AM CDT... AT 1019 PM CDT...RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN REPUBLIC COUNTY IN THE LAST THREE HOURS. ADDITIONAL TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT. RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER MAY BE VERY DEEP. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER. $$
000 WGUS73 KTOP 230422 FFSTOP KSC157-230615- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1119 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR REPUBLIC COUNTY UNTIL 115 AM CDT... AT 1114 PM CDT...RADAR ESTIMATES WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES WITH SOME LOCAL SPOTS UP TO 10 INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY MAKE CONDITIONS WORSE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. VEHICLES AND PEOPLE CAN EASILY BE SWEPT AWAY. 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 INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 53 min |
| Jun 22, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 65 min |
| Jun 22, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 63 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.