Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS
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.
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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.
- 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
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 $$
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.