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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Topeka, KS

July 2, 2004Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2004, 12:11 PM CDT for Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr. 3 reports 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
Jul 2, 2004, 12:11 PM CDT (17:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2004, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Douglas County, KS, Jefferson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 12:38 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 N Williamstown, KSJCT OF HIGHWAYS 59/24 BARRACADED DUE TO RISING WATER.
Jul 2, 1:07 PM CDTFLASH FLOODPerry, KSNEARLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN AROUND 2 HOURS WITH WATER OVER STREET CURBS IN PERRY.
Jul 2, 1:24 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 Nw Lawrence, KSWATER REPORTED ONE AND ONE HALF FEET DEEP OVER ROADWAY AT LAKEVIEW.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 18 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 12:00Z on 2004-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 210 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2004-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
210 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 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 021712
FFWTOP
KSC045-087-021915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1211 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 1203 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WILLIAMSTOWN
  LECOMPTON
  PERRY
  PERRY LAKE

RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS
ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT
TO FLASH FLOODING.

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

LAT...LON 3894 9552 3899 9519 3919 9519 3918 9559
      3909 9557 3906 9550

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KTOP 021733
FFSTOP
KSC045-087-021915-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE LAWRENCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1233 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
DOUGLAS AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 1226 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LAWRENCE...OR ABOUT OVER LAWRENCE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT
10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAWRENCE
  WILLIAMSTOWN
  LECOMPTON
  PERRY
  PERRY LAKE
  MERIDEN

RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS
ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT
TO FLASH FLOODING.

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

LAT...LON 3892 9550 3892 9517 3919 9519 3918 9559
      3909 9557 3906 9550

$$
000 
WGUS73 KTOP 021741
FFSTOP
KSC045-087-021915-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1240 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
DOUGLAS AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 1232 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNING AREA. REPORTS AROUND 1230 PM 
FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN LAWRENCE INDICATED DRIVERS WERE 
STRANDED IN FLOODED VEHICLES WITHIN THE CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS 
PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOODING WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PERRY
  PERRY LAKE
  MERIDEN
  LAWRENCE

RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS
ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT
TO FLASH FLOODING.

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 3894 9552 3894 9519 3919 9519 3919 9559
      3909 9557 3907 9550

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 2:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson2 hr
Jul 2, 4:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPPottawatomie, Wabaunsee3 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.