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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 24, 2005, 11:34 PM CDT for Anderson 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
- Aug 24, 2005, 11:34 PM CDT (04:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2005, 2:30 AM 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 04:33 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 12:38 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | N Garnett, KS | SOME ROADS FLOODED NORTH OF GARNETT |
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 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KTOP 250435 FFWTOP KSC003-250730- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1134 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 230 AM CDT * AT 1134 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ANDERSON COUNTY...MAINLY BETWEEN GARNETT...HARRIS...AND GREELEY. RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO NEARLY THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GARNETT... WESTPHALIA... HARRIS... GREELEY... RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3815 9550 3815 9509 3838 9507 3838 9549 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KTOP 250545 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1244 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005 KSC003-250730- ANDERSON- 1244 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY... AT 1238 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ROADWAYS FLOODED NORTH OF GARNETT. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GARNETT...WESTPHALIA...HARRIS AND GREELEY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER. LAT...LON 3815 9550 3815 9509 3838 9507 3838 9549 $$
000 WGUS73 KTOP 250730 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 229 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005 KSC003-250739- ANDERSON- 229 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 230 AM CDT... ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND SOME SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY REMAIN IN HIGH WATER LEVELS EARLY THIS MORNING AND CAUTION IS ADVISED TO AREA TRAVELERS. LAT...LON 3815 9550 3815 9509 3838 9507 3838 9549 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 53 min |
| Aug 24, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 44 min |
| Aug 24, 10:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 43 min |
| Aug 25, 5:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Riley | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 8:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Riley | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 8:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 11:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Morris | 2 hr |
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.