Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2007, 9:45 AM CDT for Jackson County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 23, 2007, 9:45 AM CDT (14:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2007, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 10:13 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.5 | 3 Ene Delia, KS | |
| Jul 23, 10:17 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.5 | 6 Ne Delia, KS | STANDING WATER IN FIELDS AND WATER WASHED OVER DRIVEWAY. |
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 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 1509 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KTOP 231446 FFWTOP KSC085-231745- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 945 AM CDT MON JUL 23 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS... * UNTIL 1245 PM CDT * AT 945 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE AREA...WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL ALONG ROAD 110 IN BETWEEN HOYT AND DELIA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... POTAWATOMI RESERVATION... MAYETTA... DENISON... HOYT... DELIA... 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. 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 9602 3922 9560 3944 9558 3937 9602 $$ BLAIR
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KTOP 231538 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1035 AM CDT MON JUL 23 2007 KSC085-231745- JACKSON- 1035 AM CDT MON JUL 23 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY... AT 1029 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY. OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN MEASURED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS EAST AND NORTHEAST OF DELIA. AREAS OF SOLIDER CREEK HAVE BEEN REPORTED RUNNING HIGH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LEAD TO THE CONTINUED POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODING. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... POTAWATOMI RESERVATION...MAYETTA...HOYT...DELIA AND DENISON RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3921 9602 3922 9560 3944 9558 3937 9602 $$ BLAIR
000 WGUS73 KTOP 231730 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1229 PM CDT MON JUL 23 2007 KSC085-231739- JACKSON- 1229 PM CDT MON JUL 23 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY... AT 1229 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT RESULTED IN OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN NEAR DELIA HAS MOVED OFF TO THE WEST...AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LAT...LON 3921 9602 3922 9560 3944 9558 3937 9602 $$ BLAIR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 30 min |
| Jul 23, 7:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 8:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Brown | 4 hr |
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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.