Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2004, 4:50 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 115 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, 4:50 AM CDT (09:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2004, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Morris County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 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, 5:41 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W Dwight, KS | WATER REPORTED AS SWIFTLY MOVING OVER HWY 4 |
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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 090953
FFWTOP
KSC061-085-127-177-197-091145-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
450 AM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
NORTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
* UNTIL 645 AM CDT
* AT 445 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS FROM TOPEKA TO WHITE CITY.
FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROSSVILLE
SILVER LAKE
DELIA
TOPEKA
POTAWATOMI RESERVATION
MAYETTA
ESKRIDGE
WHITE CITY
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.
LAT...LON 3890 9691 3853 9690 3899 9564 3936 9561
3936 9599 3914 9599
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KTOP 091104
FFSTOP
KSC061-085-127-177-197-091145-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
605 AM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
MORRIS...WABAUNSEE...SHAWNEE...SOUTHERN GEARY AND SOUTHERN JACKSON
COUNTIES...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POTAWATOMI RESERVATION
MAYETTA
HOYT
DELIA
ROSSVILLE
SILVER LAKE
WILLARD
MAPLE HILL
PAXICO
MCFARLAND
VOLLAND
ALTA VISTA
DWIGHT
ALMA
RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN ONE-HALF AND ONE INCH OF RAIN WERE
COMMON FROM NORTH OF TOPEKA TO NEAR COUNCIL GROVE. SEVERAL
LOCATIONS RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES...WHICH IS ENOUGH TO
PRODUCE FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS
WHERE FIELDS MAY DRAIN ACROSS ROADWAYS.
RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS
ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT
TO FLASH FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER
MAY BE VERY DEEP. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED...TURN AROUND AND DONT DROWN.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.
LAT...LON 3890 9691 3853 9690 3899 9564 3936 9561
3936 9599 3914 9599
$$000
WGUS73 KTOP 091145
FFSTOP
KSC061-085-127-177-197-091158-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
645 AM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MORRIS...WABAUNSEE...
...SHAWNEE...SOUTHERN GEARY AND SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 645 AM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED
EARLIER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA. MORNING MOTORISTS SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND ARE ADVISED TO SLOW
DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO GET TO THEIR DESTINATIONS. IN ADDITION
SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW SOME RISES INTO THE
MID MORNING HOURS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.
LAT...LON 3890 9691 3853 9690 3899 9564 3936 9561
3936 9599 3914 9599
$$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, 3:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Ottawa, Pottawatomie, Riley | 110 min |
| Jul 9, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris | 60 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
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.