Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 2004, 8:28 PM CDT for Douglas 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
- Aug 27, 2004, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2004, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Douglas County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 9:02 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lawrence, KS | SOME STREETS IN LAWRENCE FLOODING |
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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 3473 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1317 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.8
- Supercell composite
- 28.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KTOP 280132
FFWTOP
KSC045-280415-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
828 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 823 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING NORTHEAST TO
SOUTHWEST ACROSS DOUGLAS COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER TWO
INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY RADAR SINCE 630 PM BETWEEN LAWRENCE
AND EUDORA. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
NORTHEAST ACROSS DOUGLAS COUNTY AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY
MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER ONE TO
THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH 10 PM ACROSS DOUGLAS COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAWRENCE
EUDORA
RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.
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.
LAT...LON 3892 9546 3874 9547 3875 9507 3895 9507
3895 9520 3901 9520 3899 9534
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KTOP 280214
FFSTOP
KSC045-280415-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
914 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR DOUGLAS
COUNTY...
AT 902 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING AT SEVERAL
INTERSECTIONS IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE.
AT 912 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW HEAVY RAIN FROM A NEARLY STATIONARY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS DOUGLAS COUNTY. RADAR
ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE OCCURRING
SOUTHEAST OF A CLINTON LAKE TO LAWRENCE LINE. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAINFALL MAY OCCUR ACROSS EASTERN AND CENTRAL DOUGLAS
COUNTY THROUGH 1030 PM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLINTON LAKE
EUDORA
CLINTON
LAWRENCE
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN PRODUCED FROM THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND
UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER
MAY BE VERY DEEP. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS
TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.
LAT...LON 3892 9546 3874 9547 3875 9507 3895 9507
3895 9520 3901 9520 3899 9534
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 54 min |
| Aug 27, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson | 50 min |
| Aug 27, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 49 min |
| Aug 27, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 14 min |
| Aug 27, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 28 min |
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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.