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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Topeka, KS

June 27, 20045 counties in Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 10:25 AM CDTFLASH FLOODOverbrook, KSWATER 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2004-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 127 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2004-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 7:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Ottawa, Riley6 hr
Jun 27, 6:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMorris2 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.