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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Topeka, KS

May 12, 2004Republic County, Washington County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2004, 10:17 PM CDT for Republic County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 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: May 12, 2004, 10:17 PM CDT (03:17 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2004, 2:15 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Republic County, KS, Washington County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2232 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 2.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KTOP 130318
FFWTOP
KSC157-201-130715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1017 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 1013 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
  INDICATED LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS
  PORTIONS OF EASTERN REPUBLIC AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES.
  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS OVER THIS 
  AREA WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING THROUGH 2 AM CDT.    

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MUNDEN
  HADDAM
  NARKA
  MAHASKA
  MORROWVILLE
  WASHINGTON
  HOLLENBURG
  HANOVER
  BELLEVILLE

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER.

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

LAT...LON 3999 9680 3993 9680 3969 9718 3968 9762
          4000 9771 4000 9732

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KTOP 130431
FFSTOP
KSC157-201-130730-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1130 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN REPUBLIC AND NORTHERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CDT...

AT 1130 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING 
NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH FROM EAST OF BELLEVILLE TO NORTH OF 
WASHINGTON. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OVER 
AREAS WITH SATURATED GROUND...WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH 
FLOODING.

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 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.

$$

000 
WGUS73 KTOP 130645
FFSTOP
KSC157-201-130730-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
142 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN REPUBLIC AND NORTHERN 
WASHINGTON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN FROM EARLIER IN THE NIGHT HAS EXITED NORTH CENTRAL 
KANSAS.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE 
EARLY MORNING AND A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH NOON.  HOWEVER... 
THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED.  

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

$$

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.