Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Aug 23, 2004, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)

Expired

Aug 24, 2004, 12:15 AM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, KS, Geary County, KS, Riley County, KS

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1015 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  SOUTHERN RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1012 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN OF 3 TO 7 INCHES HAD FALLEN IN CENTRAL AND 
SOUTHERN RILEY COUNTY.  AT 10 PM 3.73 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED IN 
SOUTHWEST MANHATTAN.  STREETS HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN SOUTHERN PARTS OF 
MANHATTAN.  WHILE REPORTS FROM RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 
RILEY COUNTY HAVE NOT BEEN RECEIVED...FLASH FLOODING CAN BE 
EXPECTED.  ADDITIONALLY...PARTS OF SOUTHEAST CLAY COUNTY AND 
NORTHWEST GEARY COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED 2 TO 5 INCHES IN TWO HOURS WITH 
FLASH FLOODING LIKELY IN THOSE COUNTIES AS WELL.  MORE RAIN CAN BE 
EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAKEFIELD
  MILFORD LAKE
  MILFORD
  RILEY
  KEATS
  OGDEN
  TUTTLE CREEK LAKE
  MANHATTAN

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.

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

LAT...LON 3932 9711 3913 9713 3908 9670 3906 9649
      3904 9639 3917 9639 3920 9656 3937 9669

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1051 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
GEARY...SOUTHERN RILEY AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES...

AT 1043 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN 
EASTERN PARTS OF MANHATTAN.  THIRD STREET WAS REPORTED COMPLETELY 
SUBMERGED IN WATER.  MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER 
SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY TO THE WEST OF MANHATTAN AND WILL MOVE INTO 
RILEY COUNTY AND NORTHWEST GEARY COUNTY PRODUCING MORE FLASH 
FLOODING THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KEATS
  RILEY
  WAKEFIELD
  MANHATTAN

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 3932 9711 3913 9713 3908 9670 3906 9649
      3904 9639 3916 9639 3920 9656 3937 9669

$$

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1121 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
GEARY...SOUTHERN RILEY AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES...

AT 1114 PM CDT...RILEY COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 
WILDCAT CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS WEST OF MANHATTAN.  MORE STORMS 
HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY AND WILL MOVE 
ACROSS NORTHWEST GEARY AND SOUTHERN RILEY COUNTIES...SO MORE FLASH 
FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...KEATS...WAKEFIELD...MANHATTAN.

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 THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...VEHICLES CAN QUICKLY 
BE SWEPT AWAY.

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

LAT...LON 3932 9711 3913 9713 3908 9670 3906 9649
      3904 9639 3916 9639 3920 9656 3937 9669

$$

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.