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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Topeka, KS

September 10, 2003Cloud County, Republic County, Washington County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 10, 2003, 10:33 PM CDT for Cloud County, Republic County, Washington 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 10, 2003, 10:33 PM CDT (03:33 UTC)
Expired: Sep 11, 2003, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cloud County, KS, Republic County, KS, Washington County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 102 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -186 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KTOP 110335
FFWTOP
KSC029-157-201-110630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1033 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1032 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN PARTS OF CLOUD AND 
  REPUBLIC
  COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  MAHASKA
  NARKA
  MUNDEN
  REPUBLIC

AT 1030 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLAR RADAR INDICATED 
RAINFALLS OF NEARLY 3 INCHES HAD FALLEN IN PARTS OF 
CLOUD...REPUBLIC...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.  ADDITIONAL RAIN IS 
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE 
FLASH FLOODING.

AT 1030 PM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN CLOUD COUNTY REPORTED  
HIGHWAY 28 HAD BEEN CLOSED BECAUSE OF WATER OVER THE ROADWAY.
 
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.

LAT...LON 3998 9701 3962 9738 3933 9738 3932 9790
          3998 9792

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KTOP 110416
FFSTOP
KSC029-157-201-110630-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1115 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR REPUBLIC...NORTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON AND CLOUD COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...

AT 1115 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN CLOUDY COUNTY.  LAW 
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGHWAY 28 WAS STILL CLOSED DUE TO 
WATER OVER THE ROADWAY WEST OF CONCORDIA.

AT 1115 PM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN 
CLOUD AND REPUBLIC COUNTIES AS WELL AS NORTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY.
RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS
TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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

$$

000 
WGUS73 KTOP 110530
FFSTOP
KSC029-157-201-110630-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1229 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR REPUBLIC...NORTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON AND CLOUD COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...

AT 1229 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN CLOUD COUNTY.  LAW 
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGHWAY 28 WAS STILL CLOSED DUE TO 
WATER OVER THE ROADWAY WEST OF CONCORDIA.  HIGHWAY 9 SOUTHWEST OF 
CONCORDIA ALSO HAD WATER OVER THE ROADWAY.

AT 1229 AM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN 
CLOUD AND REPUBLIC COUNTIES AS WELL AS NORTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY.
RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS
TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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
Sep 10, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	50 min
Sep 10, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic	45 min
Sep 10, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic	46 min
Sep 11, 1:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Cloud, Ottawa	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2003 Every 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.