Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2004, 6:30 PM CDT for Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 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, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2004, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Morris County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Wilsey, KS | FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSING |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 299 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
- 45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1002 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 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 272330 FFWTOP KSC127-280130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 630 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 629 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN MORRIS COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WILSEY COUNCIL GROVE LAKE COUNCIL GROVE DIAMOND SPRINGS TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS... INTERSECTIONS AND RURAL ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND IN RURAL AREAS ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS IN SOUTHERN MORRIS COUNTY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3872 9683 3853 9689 3853 9636 3872 9643 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KTOP 280036 FFSTOP KSC127-280130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 735 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN MORRIS COUNTY... AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN MORRIS COUNTY. HOWEVER...THE STORMS WERE STILL CAPABLE OF DROPPING HEAVY RAINS THAT MAY CAUSE FLOODING AS THEY MOVED EAST AT 30 MPH. HIGH WATER WAS REPORTED UP TO THE ROAD NEAR DUNLAP. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WILSEY COUNCIL GROVE DUNLAP DIAMOND SPRINGS TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF INTERSECTIONS AND ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER MAY BE VERY DEEP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3872 9683 3853 9689 3853 9636 3872 9643 $$
000 WGUS73 KTOP 280130 FFSTOP KSC127-280145- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 831 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MORRIS COUNTY EXPIRED AT 830 PM CDT AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED... HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF SOUTHERN MORRIS COUNTY AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER A THREAT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT...BUT FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. LAT...LON 3872 9683 3853 9689 3853 9636 3872 9643 $$ 36
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, 10:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 3 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.