Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2004, 10:10 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2004, 10:10 AM CDT (15:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2004, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:11 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 10:25 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Overbrook, KS | WATER OVER ROADS IN TOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 277 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
- 127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 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 271515 FFWTOP KSC045-059-139-177-197-271815- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1010 AM CDT SUN JUN 27 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS SOUTHERN SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS SOUTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 115 PM CDT * AT 1010 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM ESKRIDGE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY IN THESE AREAS WHERE UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HARVEYVILLE DOVER BURLINGAME AUBURN SCRANTON CARBONDALE OVERBROOK CLINTON LAKE BALDWIN CITY 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 3905 9617 3878 9618 3858 9509 3893 9510 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KTOP 271644 FFSTOP KSC045-059-139-177-197-271815- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1140 AM CDT SUN JUN 27 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN FRANKLIN...NORTHERN OSAGE...DOUGLAS...SOUTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE AND SOUTHERN SHAWNEE COUNTIES... AT 1130 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD AT BURLINGAME ROAD AND SOUTHWEST ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST STREET IN SOUTHERN SHAWNEE COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING EAST AROUNG 25 MPH IN THE AREA BETWEEN AUBURN TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCE. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CLINTON LAKE DOVER AUBURN RICHLAND ESKRIDGE DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER MAY BE VERY DEEP. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3905 9617 3878 9618 3858 9509 3893 9510 $$
000 WGUS73 KTOP 271815 FFSTOP KSC045-059-139-177-197-271830- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 115 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN FRANKLIN...NORTHERN OSAGE...DOUGLAS...SOUTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE AND SOUTHERN SHAWNEE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON BUT FLASH FLOODING IS NOT IMMINENT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3905 9617 3878 9618 3858 9509 3893 9510 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Ottawa, Riley | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 6:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Morris | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.