Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2004, 4:18 PM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Wabaunsee County, 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
- Jul 2, 2004, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2004, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Pottawatomie County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 4:36 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Wamego, KS | HEAVY RAIN RESULTED IN WATER FLOWING IN THE STREETS OF WAMEGO. |
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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KTOP 022119
FFWTOP
KSC149-197-030015-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
418 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 416 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS
NEARLY STATIONARY FROM OLSBURG TO WAMEGO TO ST. MARYS AND PAXICO.
A STORM SPOTTER IN WAMEGO REPORTED 1.4 INCHES OF RAIN FALLING
BETWEEN 315 PM AND 410 PM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAPLE HILL
WAMEGO
ST. GEORGE
PAXICO
RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.
LAT...LON 3940 9661 3928 9605 3912 9605 3909 9596
3904 9597 3906 9638 3918 9640 3920 9653
$$
382 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KTOP 022218
FFSTOP
KSC149-197-030015-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
518 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
WABAUNSEE AND SOUTHERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES...
AT 516 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...OVER
SOUTHERN POTTAWATOMIE AND NORTHERN WABAUNSEE COUNTIES. THE STORMS
WERE SLOWLY SAGGING TO THE SOUTH ACROSS WABAUNSEE COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOUISVILLE
BELVUE
ST. MARYS
WAMEGO
ST. GEORGE
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO
CROSS FLOWING WATER IN A CAR OR ON FOOT.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.
LAT...LON 3940 9661 3928 9605 3912 9605 3909 9596
3904 9597 3906 9638 3918 9640 3920 9653
$$000
WGUS73 KTOP 022250
FFSTOP
KSC149-197-030015-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
550 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN WABAUNSEE AND SOUTHERN
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
AT 548 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED THE HEAVY RAINS HAD ENDED OVER
SOUTHERN POTTAWATOMIE AND NORTHERN WABAUNSEE COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH
OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
EVENING HOURS...THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING RAINS APPEARS TO HAVE
DIMINISHED. CONSEQUENTLY...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING FLOODING POTENTIAL.
LAT...LON 3940 9661 3928 9605 3912 9605 3909 9596
3904 9597 3906 9638 3918 9640 3920 9653
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 12:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 2 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.