Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2004, 11:33 PM CDT for Marshall County, Nemaha 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
- Jun 14, 2004, 11:33 PM CDT (04:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2004, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:35 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 5020 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.8
- Supercell composite
- 14.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KTOP 150435
FFWTOP
KSC117-131-150730-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1133 PM CDT MON JUN 14 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
SOUTHERN NEMAHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT
* AT 1131 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOFF TO 8 MILES WEST OF MARYSVILLE...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIAWATHA TO 8 MILES WEST
OF MARYSVILLE. THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEARLY
STATIONARY. HEAVY RAINS...ESTIMATED AT ONE TO THREE INCHES...
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BAILEYVILLE
OKETO
AXTELL
BEATTIE
CENTRALIA
VERMILLION
GOFF
CORNING
SENECA
MARYSVILLE
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.
LAT...LON 3958 9581 3959 9675 4000 9680 3997 9648
3980 9591
$$2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KTOP 150606 FFSTOP KSC117-131-150730- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 106 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN NEMAHA AND MARSHALL COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM CDT... AT 105 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...WERE CONTINUING ACROSS MARSHALL COUNTY AND WILL LIKELY SPREAD BACK ACROSS SOUTHERN NEMAHA COUNTY THROUGH 2 AM. RADAR INDICATES HEAVY RAINS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES HAD FALLEN FROM THE COUNTY LINE WEST OF MARYSVILLE EAST AND SOUTHEAST TO ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF BLUE RAPIDS WITH ONE TO THREE INCHES OVER THE REST OF MARSHALL AND MUCH OF NEMAHA COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER. $$
000 WGUS73 KTOP 150739 FFSTOP KSC131-150830- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 237 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN NEMAHA COUNTY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 230 AM CDT... AT 236 AM CDT...THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NEMAHA COUNTY. NO FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED. CONSEQUENTLY...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 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 14, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 37 min |
| Jun 14, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Marshall, Nemaha | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Riley, Washington | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 12:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary | 54 min |
| Jun 15, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley | 61 min |
| Jun 15, 1:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Geary | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 2:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Riley | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 60 min |
| Jun 15, 3:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee | 55 min |
| Jun 15, 4:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Geary | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage, Shawnee | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 4:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Morris | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 5:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 6:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage | 63 min |
| Jun 15, 6:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall, Republic, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 8:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 92 min |
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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.