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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2005, 3:37 PM CDT for Douglas County, Jefferson County, Shawnee 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
- Jun 12, 2005, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Douglas County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Shawnee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 4:23 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1 | 4 Nne Topeka, KS | 1 INCH OF RAIN MEASURED IN 15 MINUTES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 10 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1252 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KTOP 122040
FFWTOP
KSC045-087-177-122330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
337 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 337 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
TORRENTIAL RAINS FROM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL OF ONE TO
2 INCHES IN LESS THAN ONE HOURS TIME WILL PRODUCE
FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS AND OTHER
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. STREETS...ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS WILL
FLOOD QUICKLY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAWRENCE...
TOPEKA...
OSKALOOSA...
BALDWIN CITY...
AUBURN...
CLINTON...
EUDORA...
LECOMPTON...
SILVER LAKE...
ROSSVILLE...
OZAWKIE...
VALLEY FALLS...
PERRY LAKE...
CLINTON 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.
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO
CROSS FLOWING WATER IN A CAR OR ON FOOT.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.
LAT...LON 3888 9592 3887 9550 3875 9549 3874 9505
3894 9506 3897 9519 3940 9518 3940 9556
3921 9558 3920 9599 3901 9593
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KTOP 122156
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
455 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005
KSC045-087-177-003-059-031-111-139-122345-
JEFFERSON-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-ANDERSON-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-OSAGE-LYON-
455 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
DOUGLAS...SHAWNEE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES...FOR COFFEY...LYON AND
OSAGE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM...AND FOR ANDERSON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES
UNTIL 645 PM...
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAWRENCE...TOPEKA...EMPORIA...OSKALOOSA...EUDORA...VALLEY FALLS...
PERRY LAKE...BURLINGTON...CLINTON LAKE AND GARNETT AND OTTAWA.
AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH POCKETS OF VERY HEAVY
RAIN....EXTENDING GENERALLY FROM THE KANSAS CITY AREA SOUTH TO THE
OKLAHOMA BORDER...AND WEST INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. RADAR ESTIMATED
BETWEEN ABOUT ONE INCH TO NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER
PARTS OF THE AREA SINCE ABOUT 2 PM.
FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN LYON COUNTY WHERE WATER HAD
CLOSED SOME ROADS...AND IN OSAGE COUNTY AT OSAGE CITY. NUMEROUS
OTHER COUNTIES HAVE REPORTED WATER RUNNING OVER ROADS...BANKFUL
DITCHES AND PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS.
THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ENTIRE AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.
RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS
ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT
TO FLASH FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3888 9592 3887 9550 3875 9549 3874 9505
3894 9506 3897 9519 3940 9518 3940 9556
3921 9558 3920 9599 3901 9593
$$What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 12, 4:50 AM CDT, 10 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 4:50 AM CDT, 10 hours 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 450 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005 .DISCUSSION... LOTS OF WATER ALREADY FALLEN AND SOME MORE YET TO COME. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES CONTINUE FCST HIGH...150-175% OF NORMAL. WITH GOOD DYNAMICS COMING INTO PLAY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...MUCH OF THIS WATER WILL BE RELEASED AS HEAVY RAIN. A FLOOD WATCH WAS HOISTED SATURDAY EVENING AND I WILL CONTINUE IT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. FFG VALUES NOT MUCH ABOVE 1 INCH AT BEST...SO ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ONLY ADD TO THE PROBLEMS. WITH CLOUDS AND PCPN AROUND THIS MRNG...NOT SURE HOW MUCH SUN WILL BREAK THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE OPTED TO HEDGE DOWN A BIT ON TEMPERATURES WITH LARGE PRECIP SHIELD HANGING TOUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING...THEN CLOUDS SLOWLY BREAKING THIS AFTN. WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE GFS FCST THIS CYCLE. THUS WOULD EXPECT INCREASING SHEAR BY MONDAY...BUT SFC BNDRY MAY BE EAST OF US BY LATE AFTN. IF IT SHOULD SLOW A BIT...COULD BE REGENERATION OF SEVERE STORMS ALONG BNDRY BY LATE AFTN ERN KS OR WRN MO. TIME WILL TELL. FOR NOW...WILL DROP ANY MENTION OF PCPN AFTER TMRW AFTN. DRYER AIR MOVING IN ON WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. REST OF WEEK LOOKS QUIET AS UPPER RDG BUILDS INTO PLAINS AND BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY OVER HIGH PLAINS. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH ALL OF CWA TODAY AND TONIGHT. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 9:38 AM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 938 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-131000- ANDERSON-BROWN-CLAY-CLOUD-COFFEY-DICKINSON-DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN-GEARY- JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LYON-MARSHALL-MORRIS-NEMAHA-OSAGE-OTTAWA- POTTAWATOMIE-REPUBLIC-RILEY-SHAWNEE-WABAUNSEE-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...CLAY CENTER...CONCORDIA... EMPORIA...HIAWATHA...JUNCTION CITY...LAWRENCE...MANHATTAN... MARYSVILLE...OTTAWA AND TOPEKA 938 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXITING NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AT MID MORNING...MORE STORMS WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE ENTIRE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WILL LINGER OVERNIGHT AND AGAIN PRODUCE POCKETS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. ONLY A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...WHILE THE MAIN HAZARD WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING. SOME RIVERS AND COUNTIES ARE ALREADY IN FLOOD SO CHECK FLOOD STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS...SOME AGAIN WITH HEAVY RAIN...WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY MORNING...MAINLY OVER NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS BUT THE MAIN HAZARD WILL BE FLOODING. AFTER MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...AND THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP (ALL LOWER CASE)
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 12, 2:47 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
247 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0244 PM HAIL 6 N EMPORIA 38.49N 96.18W
06/12/2005 0.88 INCH LYON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CAVANAUGHLocal storm report, Jun 12, 2:51 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
251 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0251 PM HAIL 4 SSE BUSHONG 38.59N 96.23W
06/12/2005 0.75 INCH LYON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL LASTED ABOUT 1 MINUTE.
&&
STRASSBERGLocal storm report, Jun 12, 3:19 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
319 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0318 PM TSTM WND GST 2 E OSAGE CITY 38.63N 95.79W
06/12/2005 65 MPH OSAGE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
STRASSBERGLocal storm report, Jun 12, 3:20 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
320 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 PM HAIL OSAGE CITY 38.63N 95.83W
06/12/2005 0.88 INCH OSAGE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA TO SOME NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN OSAGE CITY.
&&
STRASSBERGLocal storm report, Jun 12, 3:22 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
322 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0321 PM TSTM WND GST OSAGE CITY 38.63N 95.83W
06/12/2005 65 MPH OSAGE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIMATED 60-70 MPH WINDS. ALSO PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL.
&&
STRASSBERGLocal storm report, Jun 12, 3:30 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
330 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0324 PM TSTM WND GST 5 ENE OSAGE CITY 38.66N 95.74W
06/12/2005 70 MPH OSAGE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CAVANAUGHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 2:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 3:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 51 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.