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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS

April 23, 2004Anderson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 23, 2004, 10:28 PM CDT for Anderson 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
Apr 23, 2004, 10:28 PM CDT (03:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2004, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Anderson County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2004-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 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 240327
FFWTOP
KSC003-240630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1028 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1025 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR KINCAID...OR ABOUT 16
  MILES NORTHEAST OF IOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE COUNTY AND SLOWLY MOVE EAST...BUT RUNOFF
  WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 3823 9550 3805 9551 3805 9507 3823 9508

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KTOP 240500
FFSTOP
KSC003-240630-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1159 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
ANDERSON COUNTY...

AT 1156 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 
RUNNING OVER HIGHWAY 169 NEAR WELDA.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER.

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.

LAT...LON 3823 9550 3805 9551 3805 9507 3823 9508

$$
000 
WGUS73 KTOP 240630
FFSTOP
KSC003-240638-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
130 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 130 AM CDT...

FLOODING HAS SUBSIDED IN SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY. SOME PONDING OF 
WATER ACROSS ROADS IS STILL POSSIBLE. 

A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM SATURDAY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 3823 9550 3805 9551 3805 9507 3823 9508

$$

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.