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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2007, 2:36 AM CDT for Anderson County, Coffey County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2007, 2:36 AM CDT (07:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2007, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Anderson County, KS, Coffey County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:29 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3 | Greeley, 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KTOP 010737 FFWTOP KSC003-031-011130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 236 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN COFFEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 630 AM CDT * AT 230 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST COFFEY AND ANDERSON COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BURLINGTON... LE ROY... HARRIS... COLONY... GREELEY... GARNETT... KINCAID... RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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. 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 3804 9595 3803 9507 3839 9506 3838 9550 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KTOP 010831 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 330 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 KSC003-031-011130- COFFEY-ANDERSON- 330 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR ANDERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN COFFEY COUNTIES... AT 325 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREAS...PRODUCING RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM SOUTHEAST COFFEY...ACROSS ALL BUT THE FAR NORTHWEST CORNER OF ANDERSON COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LE ROY...WESTPHALIA...WELDA...COLONY...GREELEY...GARNETT...BUSH CITY AND KINCAID. RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. LAT...LON 3804 9595 3803 9507 3839 9506 3838 9550 $$
000 WGUS73 KTOP 011125 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 625 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 KSC003-031-011135- COFFEY-ANDERSON- 625 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 630 AM CDT FOR ANDERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN COFFEY COUNTIES... AT 625 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LAT...LON 3804 9595 3803 9507 3839 9506 3838 9550 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 58 min |
| May 31, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 48 min |
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.