Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2004, 6:57 PM CDT for Republic 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
- May 29, 2004, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2004, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Republic County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 8:22 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Belleville, KS | WATER REPORTED OVER THE ROADS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE COUNTY. |
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 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 2060 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 792 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KTOP 292358 FFWTOP KSC157-300300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 657 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 652 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORWAY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BELLEVILLE AGENDA CUBA MUNDEN NARKA TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF INTERSECTIONS AND ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TOPEKA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3982 9790 3967 9790 3967 9740 3999 9741 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KTOP 300109 FFSTOP KSC157-300300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 804 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR REPUBLIC COUNTY... AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO ESTIMATE BETWEEN TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL PER HOUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN REPUBLIC COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN BELLEVILLE AND MUNDEN...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SCANDIA BELLEVILLE CUBA MUNDEN NARKA TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF INTERSECTIONS AND ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER MAY BE VERY DEEP. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3999 9782 3971 9784 3971 9738 3999 9741 $$
000 WGUS73 KTOP 300128 FFSTOP KSC157-300300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 823 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR REPUBLIC COUNTY... AT 820 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WERE REPORTED ACROSS REPUBLIC COUNTY. MANY ROADS ACROSS REPUBLIC COUNTY HAD WATER OVER THEM. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN BELLEVILLE AND NARKA...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SCANDIA BELLEVILLE CUBA MUNDEN NARKA TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF INTERSECTIONS AND ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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 3999 9782 3971 9784 3971 9738 3999 9741 $$
000 WGUS73 KTOP 300301 FFSTOP KSC157-300315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1000 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR REPUBLIC COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER THE AREA AND THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT...AND MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3982 9790 3967 9790 3967 9740 3999 9741 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 24 min |
| May 29, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 38 min |
| May 29, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud | 55 min |
| May 29, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 64 min |
| May 29, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 17 min |
| May 29, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 58 min |
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.