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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2006, 10:07 PM CDT for Republic County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 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 18, 2006, 10:07 PM CDT (03:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2006, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Republic County, KS, Washington County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 10:21 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.7 | S Scandia, KS | OBSERVER REPORTS 1.7 INCHES AND STILL RAINING. STREET FLOODING IN SOUTH SCANDIA ALSO REPORTED. |
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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 1899 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KTOP 190309 FFWTOP KSC157-201-190700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1007 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 200 AM CDT * AT 1004 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THIS AREA ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WHICH WILL CREATE RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MUNDEN... REPUBLIC... MORROWVILLE... HADDAM... CUBA... SCANDIA... COURTLAND... AGENDA... NORWAY... BELLEVILLE... 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. 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 3993 9791 3967 9790 3967 9714 3995 9718 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KTOP 190429 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1120 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 KSC157-201-190700- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON- 1120 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND REPUBLIC COUNTIES... AT 1116 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF REPUBLIC AND WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES. SCANDIA REPORTED NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN AND RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THIS AREA. AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 1 AM WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MUNDEN...REPUBLIC...MORROWVILLE...HADDAM AND BELLEVILLE BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER. LAT...LON 3993 9791 3967 9790 3967 9714 3995 9718 $$
000 WGUS73 KTOP 190623 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 122 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 2006 KSC157-201-190632- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON- 122 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND REPUBLIC COUNTIES... AT 122 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT THE FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER OCCURRING AND RUNOFF FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO RECEDE. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE IN THE AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND MAY CAUSE CREEKS TO RUN BANKFULL AS WELL AS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. IF HEAVY RAIN RESUMES...FURTHER WARNINGS MAY BECOME NECESSARY. LAT...LON 3993 9791 3967 9790 3967 9714 3995 9718 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 26 min |
| Aug 18, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 38 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.