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Flash Flood Warning 96, NWS Topeka, KS

May 6, 20074 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 2007, 1:47 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2007, 1:47 AM CDT (06:47 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2007, 5:45 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Riley County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:50 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
May 6, 4:31 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	10 Nw Manhattan, KS	REPORT OF WATER FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 77/177 AT MILL CREEK.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 22 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 108 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1963 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1234 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.1
Supercell composite: 10.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KTOP 060648
FFWTOP
KSC027-041-117-161-061045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
147 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
  WESTERN RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 545 AM CDT

* AT 146 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND 
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER THE 
WARNED AREA.  MARSHALL COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER 
HIGHWAY 77 IN BLUE RAPIDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WATERVILLE...
  SUMMERFIELD...
  RANDOLPH...
  OKETO...
  MORGANVILLE...
  MARYSVILLE...
  LEONARDVILLE...
  IDANA...
  GREEN...
  FRANKFORT...
  CLAY CENTER...
  BLUE RAPIDS...
  BEATTIE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 268 AND 289.

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.

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 3964 9637 3956 9662 3946 9672 3930 9666
      3909 9684 3921 9684 3923 9694 3922 9695
      3897 9696 3893 9693 3883 9698 3880 9735
      3952 9735 3957 9679 3999 9677 3999 9625

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 5, 4:29 PM CDT, 9 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 4:29 PM CDT, 9 hours 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
429 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

.DISCUSSION...
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL HIGHLIGHTS THE SHORT
TERM FORECAST.

TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS SOUTHERN ROCKIES
RESULTING IN DEVELOPMENT OF WEAK SURFACE LOW VICINITY OF NORTHEAST
NM AND OK PANHANDLE.  AN INVERTED TROUGH EXTENDS NORTHEAST FROM THE
SURFACE LOW INTO NW KS AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  ANOTHER MORE SUBTLE
BOUNDARY IS ORIENTED NNW TO SSE FROM NEAR PTT TO CBK.  12Z NAM
ATTEMPTS TO DEVELOP CONVECTION TO NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY ACROSS
CENTRAL KS IN WARM ADVECTION AREA. MCS RESULTING FROM THIS
DEVELOPMENT IS THEN TAKEN SOUTH.  18Z NAM DOES SOMETHING SIMILAR
DEVELOPING CONVECTION INTO CENTRAL KS BEFORE 06Z AND THEN SINKING
SYSTEM SWD.  12Z GFS ON THE OTHER HAND DEVELOPS SYSTEM ACROSS NW KS
WITH PROPAGATION/DEVELOPMENT EWD ACROSS NORTHERN KS OVERNIGHT.  THIS
IS MORE IN LINE WITH GOING FORECAST...AND 00Z MODEL RUNS...AND THUS
HAVE OPTED TO GO WITH THIS SCENARIO FOR TIMING AND POPS.  IN THIS
CASE...MAIN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WOULD BE LATE THIS
EVENING/OVERNIGHT IN CENTRAL KS...WITH HEAVY RAIN/HAIL AND MAYBE
WINDS AS THE MAIN THREATS.  DETERMINISTIC RUNS FROM 12Z NAM AND GFS
DIFFER SOMEWHAT ON PRECIP TIMING/CHANCES SATURDAY...BUT MAIN MESSAGE
FOR OUR AREA WAS THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION OVER
CENTRAL KS LATE AFTERNOON EARLY EVENING...THEN MOVING EAST.

GOING TEMPERATURE FORECAST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY IS VERY NEAR
STATISTICAL GUIDANCE FROM GFS/NAM AND ONLY MODIFIED THEM A LITTLE.
TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER EASTERN KS SATURDAY MAY NECESSITATE A
WIND ADVISORY...BUT WILL LEAVE THAT TO LATER SHIFTS.

SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...THE MAIN 5H TROUGH OVER CO AND NM WILL
LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY.
ONCE AGAIN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE
DRYLINE/PACIFIC FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL KS AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS
THE CWA DURING EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SEVERE WEATHER
POTENTIAL WILL DEPEND ON THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY THAT CAN DEVELOP
AFTER THE STORMS SUNDAY MORNING. IF WE DO CLEAR OUT DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS MLCAPE COULD INCREASE ABOVE 2500 J/KG BY EARLY
EVENING ALONG WITH IMPRESSIVE VERTICAL WINDSHEAR PROFILES THAT MAY
ALLOW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
CWA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. DURING SUNDAY NIGHT NIGHT AND INTO THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MONDAY WE MAY SEE SEVERAL SQUALL LINES OR
LINE SEGMENTS OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE CWA. THIS COULD LEAD
TO WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY HAZARD
BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING OUTFLOW WINDS...THOUGH ISOLATED
TORNADOES MAY BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY EVENING. HIGHS ON MONDAY WILL BE
COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S DUE TO CLOUD COVER AND A CHANCE OF
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY.

MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A SECONDARY 5H TROUGH OVER
THE SOUTHWEST US WILL SLOWLY LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS. THE UPPER WIND FIELDS ARE FORECASTED TO BE WEAKER...THUS THE
VERTICAL WINDSHEAR MAY NOT SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ALSO CLOUD
COVER WILL KEEP THE INSTABILITY LOWER. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY
RAINFALL.  WE MAY SEE A GOOD TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ACROSS THE CWA TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...LONGER RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A
5H RIDGE SLOWLY MOVING EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS. LOOK FOR HIGHS TO
WARM INTO THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S...WITH MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS.

&&

.TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 PM CDT...GENERALLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 35. A
WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM FOR
KSZ008>010-020>022-034>036.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 10:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1007 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-062300-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
1007 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE LATE NIGHT HOURS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS...WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES ALSO POSSIBLE. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS AS WELL...CREATING SOME
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND AT INTERSECTIONS. ACROSS PARTS
OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE ACROSS
THE SAME AREAS...LOCAL AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING MAY DEVELOP...AND
BRING RISES ON SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA SUNDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLOODING RAINS WILL
AGAIN BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM
ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS...AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER ONE INCH TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TOPEKA.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 12:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1233 AM CDT SUN MAY 06 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 AM     TSTM WND GST     8 S CLAY CENTER         39.26N 97.12W
05/06/2007  E60 MPH          CLAY               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BYRNE

Local storm report, May 6, 12:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1238 AM CDT SUN MAY 06 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1208 AM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SW MILTONVALE         39.29N 97.53W
05/06/2007                   OTTAWA             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DAMAGE TO FARMSTEAD

&&

BYRNE

Local storm report, May 6, 12:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1244 AM CDT SUN MAY 06 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 AM     TSTM WND GST     CLYDE                   39.59N 97.40W
05/06/2007  E70 MPH          CLOUD              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER RELAYING REPORT FROM ANOTHER SPOTTER LOCATED IN
            THE CITY OF CLYDE.

&&

BYRNE

Local storm report, May 6, 12:47 AM CDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1247 AM CDT SUN MAY 06 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1220 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SE LONGFORD           39.16N 97.32W
05/06/2007                   CLAY               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER POLES REPORTED SNAPPED ON CHEROKEE ROAD.

&&

BYRNE

Local storm report, May 6, 12:55 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1255 AM CDT SUN MAY 06 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1140 PM     TORNADO          2 NNE BENNINGTON        39.06N 97.58W
05/05/2007                   OTTAWA             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            *** 4 INJ *** DAMAGE TO FOUR HOMES. POWER LINES DOWN.

&&

STARK

Local storm report, May 6, 1:43 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
143 AM CDT SUN MAY 06 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 AM     TSTM WND DMG     WASHINGTON              39.82N 97.05W
05/06/2007                   WASHINGTON         KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGE ACROSS THE COUNTY INCLUDING
            POWER POLES SNAPPED, TREES DOWN, ROOFS LIFTED OFF
            BUILDINGS, HEAVY EQUIPMENT DAMAGED, AND ROADS BLOCKED.

&&

BYRNE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Morris	34 min
May 5, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic	55 min
May 5, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Morris	31 min
May 5, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	47 min
May 5, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	15 min
May 5, 10:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	37 min
May 5, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Nemaha	27 min
May 5, 11:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Marshall	45 min
May 5, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee	37 min
May 5, 11:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Ottawa	42 min
May 5, 11:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Ottawa	45 min
May 5, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Ottawa	47 min
May 5, 11:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Cloud	46 min
May 6, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson	30 min
May 6, 12:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Clay, Washington	45 min
May 6, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Riley	40 min
May 6, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Pottawatomie, Washington	54 min
May 6, 1:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Ottawa	4 hr
May 6, 1:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Clay, Marshall, Riley	4 hr
May 6, 3:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Brown, Geary, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley	4 hr
May 6, 4:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TOP	Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more	27 hr
May 6, 6:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee	4 hr
May 6, 6:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	4 hr
May 6, 7:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Osage	4 hr
May 6, 12:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage	4 hr
May 6, 6:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Cloud, Ottawa	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.