Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2007, 4:08 PM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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 26, 2007, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pottawatomie County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 598 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 774 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KTOP 262110
FFWTOP
KSC149-270000-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
408 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 407 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN
IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS. AT 405 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
STREET FLOODING OCCURING IN WAMEGO. OTHER LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE
IMPACTED INCLUDE SAINT GEORGE.
RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS
ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT
TO FLASH FLOODING.
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.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.
LAT...LON 3921 9620 3921 9624 3918 9627 3919 9631
3916 9635 3919 9646 3922 9646 3925 9620
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KTOP 262230
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
529 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007
KSC149-270000-
POTTAWATOMIE-
529 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY...
AT 510 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING OF A FEW STREETS IN WAMEGO CONTINUED.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN SOUTH CENTRAL POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY. CAMPERS
AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS...AND MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND.
LAT...LON 3921 9620 3921 9624 3918 9627 3919 9631
3916 9635 3919 9646 3922 9646 3925 9620
$$000
WGUS73 KTOP 262358
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
657 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007
KSC149-270007-
POTTAWATOMIE-
657 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT...
AT 657 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT THE FLASH
FLOODING IS NO LONGER OCCURRING AND RUNOFF FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUES TO RECEDE. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
LAT...LON 3921 9620 3921 9624 3918 9627 3919 9631
3916 9635 3919 9646 3922 9646 3925 9620
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.