Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 6, 2007, 11:29 PM CDT for Marshall County, Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 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
- Sep 6, 2007, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2007, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 12:25 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 7.05 | Baileyville, KS | STORM TOTAL. |
| Sep 7, 1:24 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 Ne Frankfort, KS | HIGHWAY 87 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING BETWEEN HIGHWAY 36 AND FRANKFORT. LOCATION ESTIMATED. |
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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 070432 FFWTOP KSC117-131-070830- /X.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0004.070907T0429Z-070907T0830Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1129 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS... NEMAHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS... * UNTIL 330 AM CDT * AT 1125 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HIGHWAY 71 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING BETWEEN BERN AND HIGHWAY 63...HIGHWAY 187 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING BETWEEN CENTRALIA AND HIGHWAY 36...AND HIGHWAY 99 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING BETWEEN HIGHWAY 36 AND BEATTIE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WOODLAWN... BREMEN... SUMMERFIELD... SENECA... SABETHA... ONEIDA... OKETO... MARYSVILLE... BERN... BEATTIE... BAILEYVILLE... AXTELL... RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN MARSHALL COUNTY SO FAR TONIGHT WITH MORE RAINFALL POSSIBLE. 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 UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3956 9579 3956 9680 3999 9680 4000 9579 TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 180DEG 0KT 3974 9648 $$
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, 10:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Brown | 4 hr |
| 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, 11:34 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 |
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.