Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Nov 3, 2003, 11:04 PM CST (05:04 UTC)

Expired

Nov 4, 2003, 2:00 AM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Riley County, KS, Washington County, KS

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1104 PM CST MON NOV 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
  NORTHERN RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 200 AM CST

* AT 1058 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN
  OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAD FALLEN ON ALREADY NEARLY SATURATED SOIL FROM 
  RAINS OF LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
  IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. SHORTLY BEFORE
  10 PM WATER WAS REPORTED ON THE STREETS IN HOME WHICH IS ABOUT 6
  MILES EAST OF MARYSVILLE.  

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  VINING
  OKETO
  HANOVER
  BEATTIE
  HOME

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.

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

LAT...LON 3998 9625 3945 9672 3937 9734 3956 9735
          3998 9678

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1243 AM CST TUE NOV 4 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...
NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL...NORTHERN CLAY AND NORTHERN RILEY COUNTIES
UNTIL 200 AM CST...

AT 1243 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO 
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE AREA OVER THE PAST FEW 
HOURS...WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS MOVING IN. SATURATED GROUND 
CONDITIONS DUE TO RAINS OVER RECENT DAYS WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW 
SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING. 

RUNOFF 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.

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

$$

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
203 AM CST TUE NOV 4 2003

..THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...
NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL...NORTHERN CLAY AND NORTHERN 
RILEY COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA AND ADDITIONAL 
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS NOT ANTICIPATED. THE THREAT OF FLOODING HAS 
GREATLY DIMINISHED...HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM THE RAINS MAY CAUSE MINOR 
FLOODING OF DITCHES AND LOW LYING ROADWAYS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING 
HOURS.

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

$$

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.