Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 30, 2004, 7:03 AM CDT for Jackson 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 30, 2004, 7:03 AM CDT (12:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2004, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jackson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KTOP 301205
FFWTOP
KSC085-301500-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
703 AM CDT FRI APR 30 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 657 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY TO
THE SOUTH OF HOLTON. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH
JACKSON COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 9 AM. WATER WAS ALSO COVERING
HIGHWAY 75 BETWEEN HOLTON AND MAYETTA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOLTON
DENISON
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 3944 9557 3929 9561 3923 9582 3939 9596
3953 9569 3956 9560
$$3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KTOP 301250 FFSTOP KSC085-301500- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 748 AM CDT FRI APR 30 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL 1000 AM CDT... AT 745 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED OVER CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY WITH WATER OVER HIGHWAY 75 DUE TO HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS. RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE WARNING AREA SINCE AROUND 5 AM THIS MORNING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER MAY BE VERY DEEP. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER. $$
000 WGUS73 KTOP 301354 FFSTOP KSC085-301500- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 855 AM CDT FRI APR 30 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL 1000 AM CDT... AT 852 AM CDT...HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAD ENDED OVER JACKSON COUNTY, ALTHOUGH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST UNTIL ABOUT 10 OR 11 THIS MORNING. WATER WAS NO LONGER REPORTED ACROSS HIGHWAY 75, BUT DITCHES, CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE RUNNING NEAR BANK FULL, AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD CAUSE QUICK FLOODING. MOTORISTS IN RURAL AREAS SHOULD BE VERY CAUTIOUS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS, AND OTHER AREAS WERE FLOODING OCCURS EASILY. 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. $$ 36
000 WGUS73 KTOP 301511 FFSTOP KSC085-301520- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1010 AM CDT FRI APR 30 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JACKSON COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... ALTHOUGH THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JACKSON COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE BALANCE OF THE MORNING HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD STILL HAVE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER OVER ROADWAYS AND LOOK FOR ALTERNATE ROUTES IF ENCOUNTERED...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER. $$ PF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 9:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.