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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Topeka, KS

October 14, 2007Dickinson County, Geary County, Riley County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Oct 14, 2007, 6:38 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Geary County, Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 14, 2007, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired
Oct 14, 2007, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Riley County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 12:00Z on 2007-10-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2007-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 403 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1217 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
403 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
379 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KTOP 142342
FFWTOP
KSC041-061-161-150145-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0009.071014T2338Z-071015T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
638 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 638 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 
TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS 
EASTERN DICKINSON INTO GEARY AND RILEY COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES 
THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS 
AREA WITH ANOTHER INCH TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LIKELY 
CREATE FLASH FLOODING IN THESE AREAS THROUGH 8 PM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JUNCTION CITY
  MILFORD STATE PARK...
  RILEY...
  RANDOLPH...
  OGDEN...
  MILFORD LAKE...
  MILFORD...
  LEONARDVILLE...
  KEATS...
  MANHATTAN...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 282 AND 304.

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

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 3944 9671 3939 9671 3924 9658 3886 9686
      3885 9690 3878 9694 3861 9694 3861 9735
      3911 9701 3913 9696 3936 9695 3956 9684
      3955 9658
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 180DEG 0KT 3906 9685

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 14, 6:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMarshall4 hr
Oct 14, 7:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchTOPBrown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson and 8 more20 hr
Oct 14, 1:27 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPMarshall47 hr
Oct 14, 2:18 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPWashington6 hr
Oct 14, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Washington26 min
Oct 14, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris24 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.