Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2005, 6:35 PM CDT for Anderson 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
- Aug 4, 2005, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Anderson County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 469 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1991 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KTOP 042338 FFWTOP KSC003-050230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 635 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 633 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARNETT... OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTH OF IOLA...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. SEVERAL OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO MOVED ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN KINCAID...WELDA...AND GARNETT. RADAR HAD LOCAL ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE BETWEEN GARNETT AND WESTPHALIA. * SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WESTPHALIA... HARRIS... WELDA... DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3805 9509 3832 9509 3838 9550 3806 9550 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KTOP 050112 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 811 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2005 KSC003-050230- ANDERSON- 811 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR ANDERSON COUNTY... AT 800 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED SHOW THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH MODERATE RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS ANDERSON COUNTY. RAINFALL SHOULD BE DIMINISHING FROM THESE STORMS HOWEVER HEAVY RAINFALL FROM STORMS EARLIER IN THE EVENING COULD STILL BE AFFECTING SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 4 INCHES FROM BETWEEN THE GARNETT VICINITY...TOWARD WELDA...MONT IDA AND CEDAR CREEK RESERVOIR. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. LAT...LON 3805 9509 3838 9508 3838 9550 3806 9550 $$
000 WGUS73 KTOP 050223 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 918 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2005 KSC003-050228- ANDERSON- 918 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ANDERSON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... A CHECK WITH THE LOCAL COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED THAT THERE APPEARED TO BE NO FLOODING PROBLEMS OCCURRING ACROSS ANDERSON COUNTY. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR ANDERSON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RADAR INDICATED SOME AREAS OF MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUING AT MID EVENING. MOTORISTS SHOULD STILL BE ALERT FOR WATER OVER ROADWAYS ESPECIALLY ON BACK ROADS. LAT...LON 3805 9509 3838 9508 3838 9550 3806 9550 $$ PF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.