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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Topeka, KS

July 6, 2004Cloud County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2004, 12:55 AM CDT for Cloud 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 6, 2004, 12:55 AM CDT (05:55 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2004, 4:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cloud County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 6, 1:34 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	8 Sse Jamestown, KS	COUNTY DISPATCHER REPORTED THAT A MOTORIST WITNESSED WATER RUNNING OVER ROAD NEAR MACYVILLE.

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 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1253 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KTOP 060557
FFWTOP
KSC029-060900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1255 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 1253 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN CLOUD COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES 
OF AROUND 3 INCHES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AURORA
  MILTONVALE
  CLYDE
  CONCORDIA
  JAMESTOWN

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.

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

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

LAT...LON 3963 9791 3932 9791 3932 9738 3964 9738

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS73 KTOP 060645
FFSTOP
KSC029-060900-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
145 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR CLOUD
COUNTY...

AT 100 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER 
ROADS NEAR MACYVILLE. RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER 
CLOUD COUNTY WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN CLOUD COUNTY 
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO 
INCHES PER HOUR.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLYDE
  JAMESTOWN
  CONCORDIA
  AURORA
  MILTONVALE

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

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER
MAY BE VERY DEEP. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED.

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

LAT...LON 3963 9791 3932 9791 3932 9738 3964 9738

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 11:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud	63 min
Jul 6, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	40 min
Jul 6, 1:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	54 min
Jul 6, 1:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage, Shawnee	62 min
Jul 6, 2:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley	55 min
Jul 6, 2:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Morris	48 min
Jul 6, 3:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Wabaunsee	40 min
Jul 6, 3:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Clay, Pottawatomie, Riley	3 hr
Jul 6, 3:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage, Shawnee	46 min
Jul 6, 3:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage, Shawnee	41 min
Jul 6, 3:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson	50 min
Jul 6, 4:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2004 Every 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.