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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS

May 29, 2006Washington County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 10:07 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.45Clifton, KS
May 29, 10:42 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 4.659 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2006-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1944 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2006-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic, Washington47 min
May 29, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington44 min
May 29, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa43 min
May 29, 9:23 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWashington37 min
May 30, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon35 min
May 30, 5:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPLyon3 hr
May 30, 5:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage3 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.