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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Topeka, KS

May 12, 2005Morris County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2005, 5:40 PM CDT for Morris 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 12, 2005, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2005, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Morris County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2005-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2005-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 418 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
47 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-239 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1153 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
418 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
395 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 122241
FFWTOP
KSC127-130145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
540 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 538 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS MORRIS 
COUNTY. RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES HAS BEEN INDICATED BY RADAR.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WHITE CITY...
  PARKERVILLE...
  COUNCIL GROVE...
  COUNCIL GROVE LAKE...
  DUNLAP...
  DWIGHT...

RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...URBAN
DRAINAGE AREAS...HIGHWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
TOPEKA.

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

LAT...LON 3881 9647 3880 9640 3854 9637 3853 9690
      3885 9687 3885 9655

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KTOP 130011
FFSTOP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
709 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005

KSC127-130145-
MORRIS-
709 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR MORRIS
COUNTY...

AT 703 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MORRIS COUNTY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COUNCIL GROVE...BURDICK...DUNLAP...WILSEY...LATIMER...PARKERVILLE...
WHITE CITY...DWIGHT AND COUNCIL GROVE LAKE.

RADAR ESTIMATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS 
MORRIS COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE 
THROUGH 845 PM CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.

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.

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 3881 9647 3880 9640 3854 9637 3853 9690
      3885 9687 3885 9655

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall18 min
May 12, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall40 min
May 12, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie46 min
May 12, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson52 min
May 12, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary42 min
May 12, 3:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMarshall3 hr
May 12, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley45 min
May 12, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Morris41 min
May 12, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha25 min
May 12, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha61 min
May 12, 4:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPNemaha3 hr
May 12, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee26 min
May 12, 4:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPPottawatomie3 hr
May 12, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown29 min
May 12, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Shawnee40 min
May 12, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas50 min
May 12, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson27 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.