Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 11, 2003, 1:29 AM CDT for Cloud County, Ottawa 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 11, 2003, 1:29 AM CDT (06:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2003, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cloud County, KS, Ottawa County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:30 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KTOP 110629 FFWTOP KSC029-143-110930- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 129 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 430 AM CDT * AT 128 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN CLOUD COUNTY WITH AT LEAST ONE ROAD CLOSED AND WATER OVER SEVERAL OTHER ROADWAYS. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED... ADA CLYDE JAMESTOWN AURORA AT 128 AM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CLOUD AND OTTAWA COUNTIES. RAINS OF 2 TO LOCALLY OVER 5 INCHES HAVE BEEN PRODUCED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. 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. 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. 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. LAT...LON 3964 9737 3898 9739 3898 9791 3964 9791 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KTOP 110833 FFSTOP KSC029-143-110930- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 330 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CLOUD AND OTTAWA COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT... THE RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION. RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL STORMS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER. $$
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 10, 10:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic, Washington | 3 hr |
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.