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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Topeka, KS

June 4, 2005Geary County, Pottawatomie County, Riley County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2005, 5:42 PM CDT for Geary County, Pottawatomie County, Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2005, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Geary County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 79 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2005-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2005-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 167 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KTOP 042244
FFWTOP
KSC061-149-161-042345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
542 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  WESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
  SOUTHERN RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 539 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE FROM THUNDERSTORMS    
  OVER THE WARNED AREA.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS  
  THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JUNCTION CITY...
  MANHATTAN...
  WESTMORELAND...
  OGDEN...
  RILEY...
  BLAINE...
  TUTTLE CREEK LAKE...

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.

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

LAT...LON 3889 9688 3888 9654 3924 9644 3927 9622
      3938 9620 3949 9621 3952 9637 3930 9688

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KTOP 042308
FFSTOP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
606 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

KSC061-149-161-042345-
RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-GEARY-
606 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR GEARY...
WESTERN POTTAWATOMIE AND SOUTHERN RILEY COUNTIES...

AT 605 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 
AREA.  RADAR INDICATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE 
AREA. 

AT 552...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN JUNCTION CITY.  
SEVERAL CARS WERE STRANDED DUE TO THE RISING WATER.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JUNCTION CITY...MANHATTAN...WESTMORELAND...OGDEN...RILEY...WHEATON...
KEATS...BLAINE AND TUTTLE CREEK LAKE.

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.

LAT...LON 3889 9688 3888 9654 3924 9644 3927 9622
      3938 9620 3949 9621 3952 9637 3930 9688

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson, Nemaha49 min
Jun 4, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown47 min
Jun 4, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Pottawatomie24 min
Jun 4, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson39 min
Jun 4, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPBrown52 min
Jun 4, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha27 min
Jun 4, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley44 min
Jun 4, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha42 min
Jun 4, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson42 min
Jun 4, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPBrown33 min
Jun 4, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPNemaha12 min
Jun 4, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley52 min
Jun 4, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha43 min
Jun 4, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown32 min
Jun 4, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPPottawatomie15 min
Jun 4, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee51 min
Jun 4, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha25 min
Jun 4, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Jackson, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, Wabaunsee49 min
Jun 4, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Washington55 min
Jun 4, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson33 min
Jun 4, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee30 min
Jun 4, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPJackson24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.