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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS

June 3, 2008Douglas County, Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas

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.

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2008-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1660 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin52 min
Jun 3, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin46 min
Jun 3, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas19 min
Jun 4, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic52 min
Jun 4, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic27 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.