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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 25, 2008, 1:18 AM CDT for Republic County, Washington 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
- Apr 25, 2008, 1:18 AM CDT (06:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2008, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Republic County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:20 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 956 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KTOP 250621
FFWTOP
KSC157-201-250915-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0002.080425T0618Z-080425T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
118 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 415 AM CDT
* AT 112 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER REPUBLIC AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES HAS ALREADY PRODUCED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST COULD PRODUCE
FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELLEVILLE...
COURTLAND...
CUBA...
HADDAM...
HOLLENBURG...
MAHASKA...
MORROWVILLE...
MUNDEN...
NARKA...
NORWAY...
REPUBLIC...
SCANDIA...
WASHINGTON...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER
AND NEVER DRIVE ON ROADS COVERED BY WATER.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.
LAT...LON 3999 9680 3997 9680 3975 9708 3965 9792
3999 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0618Z 180DEG 0KT 3982 9754
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KTOP 250910
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
410 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008
KSC157-201-250920-
/O.EXP.KTOP.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080425T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-
410 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 415 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
WASHINGTON AND REPUBLIC COUNTIES...
AT 410 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR FLASH FLOODING
WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3999 9680 3997 9680 3975 9708 3965 9792
3999 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0910Z 180DEG 0KT 3982 9754
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 55 min |
| Apr 24, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 60 min |
| Apr 25, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 24 min |
| Apr 25, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 12:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 1:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic, Washington | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 3:43 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa, Republic, Washington | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 3:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.