Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2008, 8:14 PM CDT for Douglas County, 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
- Jun 12, 2008, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2008, 11:53 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Douglas County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:07 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Eudora, KS | ROAD 1061 AND ROAD 458 HAVE 6 INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROADWAY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 759 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KTOP 130121
FFWTOP
KSC045-130515-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0021.080613T0114Z-080613T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
814 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
* AT 808 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER MUCH OF DOUGLAS COUNTY
THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE
FLASH FLOODING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAWRENCE...
CLINTON...
CLINTON LAKE...
EUDORA...
LONE STAR...
PLEASANT GROVE...
CLINTON STATE PARK...
THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 196 AND 206.
DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED
OUT UNDERNEATH THE WATER.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.
LAT...LON 3875 9549 3888 9550 3903 9533 3904 9519
3901 9517 3897 9517 3897 9509 3898 9507
3898 9505 3893 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 180DEG 0KT 3878 9538
$$2 follow-up statements
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WGUS73 KTOP 130217
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
917 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
KSC045-130515-
/O.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080613T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DOUGLAS-
917 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR
DOUGLAS COUNTY...
AT 907 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SIX INCHES
OF WATER OVER ROAD 1061 AND ROAD 458 TWO MILES SOUTH OF EUDORA.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAWRENCE...CLINTON...CLINTON LAKE...EUDORA...LONE STAR...PLEASANT
GROVE AND CLINTON STATE PARK.
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
LAT...LON 3875 9549 3888 9550 3903 9533 3904 9519
3901 9517 3897 9517 3897 9509 3898 9507
3898 9505 3893 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 180DEG 0KT 3878 9538
$$000
WGUS73 KTOP 130453
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1153 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
KSC045-130503-
/O.CAN.KTOP.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080613T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DOUGLAS-
1153 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY...
AT 1153 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 3875 9549 3888 9550 3903 9533 3904 9519
3901 9517 3897 9517 3897 9509 3898 9507
3898 9505 3893 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0453Z 180DEG 0KT 3878 9538
$$
BOUSTEADThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage | 20 min |
| Jun 12, 7:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Osage | 4 hr |
| Jun 12, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 9:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 9:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Osage | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 8:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Franklin, Osage | 13 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.