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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Topeka, KS

May 24, 2007Ottawa County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2007, 4:08 AM CDT for Ottawa 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2007, 4:08 AM CDT (09:08 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2007, 8:15 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Ottawa County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2007-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1254 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 2007-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1254 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1305 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KTOP 240911
FFWTOP
KSC143-241315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
408 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 815 AM CDT

* AT 405 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 
THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN OTTAWA 
COUNTY.  ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES 
OF 1 INCH PER HOUR HAS DEVELOPED SOUTH OF THE COUNTY AND WILL MOVE 
OVER THE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BENNINGTON...
  NILES...
  MINNEAPOLIS...
  DELPHOS...
  ADA...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS
TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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 3896 9791 3896 9737 3930 9737 3931 9793

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Morris58 min
May 23, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris48 min
May 23, 8:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRepublic4 hr
May 23, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris51 min
May 23, 9:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMorris4 hr
May 23, 10:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDickinson, Geary, Morris4 hr
May 23, 11:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPOttawa4 hr
May 24, 12:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPClay4 hr
May 24, 1:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMarshall, Riley, Washington4 hr
May 24, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley44 min
May 24, 2:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDickinson, Geary4 hr
May 24, 3:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPNemaha, Pottawatomie4 hr
May 24, 4:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPClay113 min
May 24, 5:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMarshall, Riley114 min
May 24, 6:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary, Riley56 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

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.