Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 2005, 5:44 PM CDT for Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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 11, 2005, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2005, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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 152 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
- 1968 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 714 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KTOP 112246 FFWTOP KSC201-120145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 544 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 543 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WASHINGTON... PALMER... LINN... BARNES... GREENLEAF... HADDAM... MORROWVILLE... HANOVER... DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3960 9730 3960 9684 3996 9684 3997 9733 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KTOP 112344 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 644 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 KSC201-120145- WASHINGTON- 644 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 632 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF WASHINGTON. WATER WAS FLOWING OVER ROADS AND DITCHES WERE OVERFLOWING. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WASHINGTON...PALMER...LINN...BARNES...GREENLEAF...HADDAM... MORROWVILLE AND HANOVER. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS WASHINGTON COUNTY THROUGH 8 PM. RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. LAT...LON 3960 9730 3960 9684 3996 9684 3997 9733 $$
000 WGUS73 KTOP 120146 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 845 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 KSC201-120145- WASHINGTON- 845 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 840 PM CDT...THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED ACROSS THE COUNTY. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 845 PM. LAT...LON 3960 9730 3960 9684 3996 9684 3997 9733 $$
000 WGUS73 KTOP 120148 CCA FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 845 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 KSC201-120200- WASHINGTON- 845 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 840 PM CDT...THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED ACROSS THE COUNTY. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 845 PM. LAT...LON 3960 9730 3960 9684 3996 9684 3997 9733 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 58 min |
| May 11, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 43 min |
| May 11, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 40 min |
| May 11, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 41 min |
| May 11, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 50 min |
| May 11, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 67 min |
| May 11, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson | 28 min |
| May 11, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 64 min |
| May 11, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 49 min |
| May 11, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 49 min |
| May 11, 5:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 3 hr |
| May 11, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 51 min |
| May 11, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 30 min |
| May 11, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 26 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.