Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2004, 3:55 AM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 110 min. 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 9, 2004, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2004, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 110 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clay County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 4:10 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 N Bennington, KS | WATER OVER HWY 93 |
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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 1519 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 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 090858 FFWTOP KSC027-041-061-143-149-161-091045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 355 AM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS NORTHERN GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SOUTHERN OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS * UNTIL 545 AM CDT * AT 350 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM WESTMORELAND TO MANHATTAN TO JUNCTION CITY TO ABILENE. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ABILENE RILEY LEONARDVILLE MANHATTAN TUTTLE CREEK LAKE OLSBURG WESTMORELAND ONAGA STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3899 9788 3894 9668 3953 9606 3954 9689 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic, Washington | 66 min |
| Jul 9, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Ottawa, Republic, Washington | 61 min |
| Jul 9, 2:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Marshall, Ottawa, Riley | 54 min |
| Jul 9, 3:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Ottawa, Republic, Washington | 116 min |
| Jul 9, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley | 58 min |
| Jul 9, 3:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 4:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Geary, Jackson, Morris, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 115 min |
| Jul 9, 4:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Ottawa, Republic, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 5:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage | 61 min |
| Jul 9, 6:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 8:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.