Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 6, 2007, 10:28 PM CDT for Brown County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 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
- Sep 6, 2007, 10:28 PM CDT (03:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2007, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- None
County Brown County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:28 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 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 1675 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1502 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KTOP 070331
FFWTOP
KSC013-070730-
/X.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0003.070907T0328Z-070907T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1028 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BROWN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT
* AT 1023 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EASTWARD INTO
WESTERN BROWN COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO AND A
HALF INCHES PER HOUR WERE BEING ESTIMATED BY RADAR. AREAS OF NEMAHA
COUNTY HAVE SEEN OVER THREE INCHES OF TOTAL RAINFALL FROM THESE
STORMS. RAINFALL WILL OVERSPREAD BROWN COUNTY AND CONTINUE THROUGH
MIDNIGHT.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAMLIN...
ROBINSON...
RESERVE...
MORRILL...
IOWA SAC AND FOX RESERVATION...
HIAWATHA...
FAIRVIEW...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER.
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.
LAT...LON 4000 9533 3965 9533 3965 9578 3987 9578
3988 9578 4000 9578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 180DEG 0KT 3977 9550
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KTOP 070405
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1102 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2007
KSC013-070730-
/X.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070907T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BROWN-
1102 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR BROWN
COUNTY...
AT 1057 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 3.75 INCHES OF
RAIN IN THE PREVIOUS TWO HOURS JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF FAIRVIEW.
RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE THROUGH BROWN
COUNTY AND FLASH FLOODING IS VERY LIKELY ACROSS COUNTY INTO THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAMLIN...ROBINSON...RESERVE...MORRILL...IOWA SAC AND FOX
RESERVATION...HIAWATHA AND FAIRVIEW
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER.
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
LAT...LON 4000 9533 3965 9533 3965 9578 3987 9578
3988 9578 4000 9578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 180DEG 0KT 3977 9550
$$000
WGUS73 KTOP 070617
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
117 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007
KSC013-070730-
/X.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070907T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BROWN-
117 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR BROWN
COUNTY...
AT 1126 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 4 INCHES OF RAIN
HAD FALLEN IN FAIRVIEW. AT 115 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS THE COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING MAY YET
DEVELOP IN BROWN COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN WEST CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE
COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAMLIN...ROBINSON...RESERVE...MORRILL...IOWA SAC AND FOX
RESERVATION...HIAWATHA AND FAIRVIEW
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 4000 9533 3965 9533 3965 9578 3987 9578
3988 9578 4000 9578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 180DEG 0KT 3977 9550
$$000
WGUS73 KTOP 070724
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
221 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007
KSC013-070731-
/X.EXP.KTOP.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070907T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BROWN-
221 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 230 AM CDT FOR BROWN
COUNTY...
AT 221 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT WATER LEVELS
CONTINUE TO RECEDE AND NO FLOODING IS BEING REPORTED. THEREFORE
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 230 AM CDT.
DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4000 9533 3965 9533 3965 9578 3987 9578
3988 9578 4000 9578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0721Z 180DEG 0KT 3977 9550
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 7:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 63 min |
| Sep 6, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 26 min |
| Sep 6, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 32 min |
| Sep 6, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 59 min |
| Sep 6, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 29 min |
| Sep 6, 9:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 45 min |
| Sep 6, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 45 min |
| Sep 6, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 37 min |
| Sep 6, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 58 min |
| Sep 6, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Ottawa | 49 min |
| Sep 6, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee | 47 min |
| Sep 6, 11:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 4 hr |
| Sep 6, 11:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Ottawa | 4 hr |
| Sep 6, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary, Riley, Wabaunsee | 38 min |
| Sep 6, 11:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 11 hr |
| Sep 7, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 55 min |
| Sep 7, 1:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 42 hr |
| Sep 7, 12:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.