Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2007, 5:12 AM CDT for Anderson County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 reports 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 30, 2007, 5:12 AM CDT (10:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Anderson County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 6:15 AM CDT | FLOOD | Colony, KS | PAVED STREETS OFF OF HWY 169 COVERED WITH WATER. |
| Jun 30, 6:15 AM CDT | FLOOD | Garnett, KS | WATER ON MAPLE STREET COVERS HALF THE ROAD. |
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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 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 301013 FFWTOP KSC003-301400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 512 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 900 AM CDT * AT 500 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR FALLING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WESTPHALIA... HARRIS... GREELEY... GARNETT... KINCAID... COLONY... AT 457 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT WATER WAS BEGINNING TO FLOOD THE EAST BOUND LANES OF HIGHWAY 31 IN KINCAID. OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS ANDERSON COUNTY HAS RECEIVED 5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAINFALL. THE GROUND IS VERY SATURATED AND RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN 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. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TOPEKA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3804 9551 3803 9507 3838 9506 3838 9550 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KTOP 301222 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 721 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 KSC003-301400- ANDERSON- 721 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR ANDERSON COUNTY... AT 615 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WATER COVERED HALF OF MAPLE STREET IN GARNETT...AND THAT PAVED COUNTY ROADS OFF OF HIGHWAY 169 IN COLONY WERE FLOODED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HARRIS...GREELEY...COLONY...KINCAID...WESTPHALIA...HARRIS AND GARNETT RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TOPEKA. LAT...LON 3804 9551 3803 9507 3838 9506 3838 9550 $$
000 WGUS73 KTOP 301356 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 854 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 KSC003-301404- ANDERSON- 854 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 900 AM CDT FOR ANDERSON COUNTY... AT 854 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT THE FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER OCCURRING. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT PAVED ROADS ARE ALL PASSABLE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY...HOWEVER GRAVEL AND DIRT ROADS REMAIN COVERED WITH WATER. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER ANDERSON COUNTY THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE REPLACED BY A COUNTY FLOOD WARNING SHORTLY FOR FLOODING OVER THESE LESSER TRAVELED ROADS. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LAT...LON 3804 9551 3803 9507 3838 9506 3838 9550 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 7:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Coffey, Franklin, Osage | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 10:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Coffey, Franklin, Osage | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 11:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Anderson | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 12:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Anderson | 5 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Franklin | 4 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.