Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2008, 8:09 PM CDT for Douglas County, Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 3, 2008, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2008, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Osage County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 1660 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KTOP 040113 FFWTOP KSC045-059-139-040515- /O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0013.080604T0109Z-080604T0515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 812 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... EAST CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 1215 AM CDT * AT 804 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 15 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR LYNDON NORTHEAST ACROSS PLEASANT GROVE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FALLING FROM THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS AS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BALDWIN CITY... LYNDON... POMONA LAKE... GLOBE... CENTROPOLIS... PLEASANT GROVE... VINLAND... POMONA STATE PARK... 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 3872 9569 3892 9507 3874 9506 3856 9569 TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 180DEG 0KT 3864 9564 $$ GARGAN
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KTOP 040415 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1114 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 KSC045-059-139-040424- /O.CAN.KTOP.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080604T0515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-OSAGE-FRANKLIN- 1114 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN FRANKLIN...EAST CENTRAL OSAGE AND SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES... AT 1114 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LAT...LON 3872 9569 3892 9507 3874 9506 3856 9569 TIME...MOT...LOC 0414Z 180DEG 0KT 3864 9564 $$ GARGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin | 52 min |
| Jun 3, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 19 min |
| Jun 4, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 2:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 27 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008
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.