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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS

June 14, 2004Marshall County, Nemaha County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2004-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5020 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2004-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson63 min
Jun 14, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha37 min
Jun 14, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington42 min
Jun 14, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Marshall, Nemaha49 min
Jun 14, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson, Nemaha61 min
Jun 14, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson45 min
Jun 14, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington33 min
Jun 15, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Riley, Washington46 min
Jun 15, 12:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPWashington3 hr
Jun 15, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary54 min
Jun 15, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Pottawatomie, Riley61 min
Jun 15, 1:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary3 hr
Jun 15, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary45 min
Jun 15, 2:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMarshall, Washington4 hr
Jun 15, 2:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRiley4 hr
Jun 15, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Geary45 min
Jun 15, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic60 min
Jun 15, 3:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee55 min
Jun 15, 4:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary3 hr
Jun 15, 4:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Shawnee52 min
Jun 15, 4:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMorris3 hr
Jun 15, 5:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon59 min
Jun 15, 5:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPWabaunsee3 hr
Jun 15, 5:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPLyon3 hr
Jun 15, 5:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris42 min
Jun 15, 6:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon, Osage63 min
Jun 15, 6:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMarshall, Republic, Washington3 hr
Jun 15, 8:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPLyon92 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.