Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2006, 9:31 PM CDT for Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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
- May 29, 2006, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2006, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 10:07 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.45 | Clifton, KS | |
| May 29, 10:42 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.65 | 9 Nnw Clifton, KS |
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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 1944 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1306 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 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 300235
FFWTOP
KSC201-300530-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
931 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
* AT 926 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER IN BRANTFORD REPORTED
4.3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN AN HOUR AND A HALF. COUNTY
OFFICIALS IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON ALSO REPORTED WATER COVERING
HIGHWAY 36 JUST WEST OF WASHINGTON.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WASHINGTON...
BRANTFORD...
CLIFTON...
PALMER...
LINN...
HADDAM...
MORROWVILLE...
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
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 3956 9736 3957 9718 3965 9709 3997 9698
3997 9736
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KTOP 300509
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1202 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006
KSC201-300512-
WASHINGTON-
1202 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT
OF THE COUNTY...AND COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT NO FLOODING IS OCCURRING
AT THIS TIME. REMAIN ALERT FOR FORECAST UPDATES AS THUNDERSTORMS
MAY REDEVELOP OVER WASHINGTON COUNTY OVERNIGHT. WITH THE GROUND
ALREADY SATURATED FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING FLOOD POTENTIAL
WILL BE ENHANCED WITH ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION.
LAT...LON 3956 9736 3957 9718 3965 9709 3997 9698
3997 9736
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 47 min |
| May 29, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 44 min |
| May 29, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 43 min |
| May 29, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 37 min |
| May 30, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 35 min |
| May 30, 5:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 3 hr |
| May 30, 5:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage | 3 hr |
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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.