Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Topeka, KS

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1234 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2008

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REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-NEMAHA-MARSHALL-CLOUD-
1234 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR
CLOUD...MARSHALL...NEMAHA...WASHINGTON AND REPUBLIC COUNTIES...

AT 1228 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PERIODS OF 
HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. PORTIONS OF CLOUD...REPUBLIC 
AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED OVER 3 INCHES 
OF RAINFALL...WITH RAIN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE EARLY MORNING 
HOURS. 

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BAILEYVILLE...BELLEVILLE...BLUE RAPIDS...CONCORDIA...FRANKFORT...
HANOVER...JAMESTOWN...MARYSVILLE...MILTONVALE...REPUBLIC...SENECA...
SCANDIA...AND WASHINGTON.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER.

LAT...LON 3998 9578 3957 9579 3957 9736 3932 9737
      3931 9791 4000 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0534Z 180DEG 0KT 3979 9712

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
251 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2008

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REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-NEMAHA-MARSHALL-CLOUD-
251 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2008

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 300 AM CDT FOR CLOUD...
MARSHALL...NEMAHA...WASHINGTON AND REPUBLIC COUNTIES...

AT 251 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS 
NO LONGER OCCURRING. RADAR SHOWS RAINFALL HAS LIGHTENED UP... 
ALLOWING RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS TO RECEDE...AND HEAVY 
RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA. THEREFORE THE 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

LAT...LON 3998 9578 3957 9579 3957 9736 3932 9737
      3931 9791 4000 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0751Z 180DEG 0KT 3979 9712

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
307 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

.DISCUSSION...

WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY FROM THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH THE 12Z
UPPER AIR MAPS SHOWED AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
CONUS. ZONAL FLOW...WITH MINOR UPPER TROUGHS EMBEDDED...WAS LOCATED
ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CONUS AND EXTENDED EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PLAINS. A LONGER WAVE LENGTH UPPER TROUGH WAS LOCATED OFF THE
EASTERN SEABOARD. THE 12Z 850MB ANALYSIS REVEALED THAT DEEP GULF
MOISTURE EXTENDED FROM WEST TX NORTHWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS INTO THE
MIDWEST. 850MB DEWPOINTS OF 15 TO 18 DEG C EXTENDED FROM KS
NORTHWARD INTO EASTERN SD AND CENTRAL MN.

THE 100 PM CDT SURFACE MAP SHOWED A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL
MN...SOUTHWEST ACROSS CENTRAL NE INTO NORTHEAST CO. THUNDERSTORMS
WERE ALREADY DEVELOPING ALONG THE COLD FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL NE.
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE CWA WERE IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S.

TONIGHT...BOTH THE NAM AND GFS BOTH SHOW QPF DEVELOPING ALONG THE
FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NE...AND ALSO ACROSS NORTHWEST AND
WEST CENTRAL KS. UPSLOPE FLOW NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHEAST
CO AND WESTERN NE WILL CAUSE A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALSO...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT ACROSS SOUTHWEST NE AND EXTEND
NORTHEAST INTO EAST CENTRAL NE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. BOUNDARY LAYER
CU HAS BEEN INCREASING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KS AS
CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY BEING REACHED. I DONT SEE A
BOUNDARY AT THE SURFACE BUT ANY WEAK VORT MAX ROUNDING THE 5H RIDGE
MAY PROVIDE SUFFICIENT LIFT FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP
LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KS. THE
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL NE MAY PRODUCE AN
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT MAY PUSH SOUTHWARD INTO THE NORTHERN SECTIONS
OF THE CWA LATER TONIGHT. THUS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NE
MAY BUILD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF THE CWA LATER
TONIGHT. THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA SHOULD REMAIN DRY...THOUGH I
CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED ELEVATED SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE WARM
SECTOR TOWARDS SUNRISE.

FRIDAY...IM LEANING MORE TOWARDS THE NAM MODEL THAT SHOWS THE
OFB/FRONT SHIFTING SOUTHWARD TOWARDS I-70 DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS SHOW AN MCV DEVELOPING FROM THE UPSLOPE
CONVECTION ACROSS NORTHEAST CO THIS EVENING AND SLOWLY TRANSLATING
EAST ACROSS NORTHERN KS THROUGH THE DAY. THE GFS LOOKS TO AMPLIFY
THE MCV...MOST LIKELY A MODEL CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK PROBLEM. THOUGH
THE COMBINATION OF DEEP MOISTURE AND LIFT AHEAD OR NORTH OF THE
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...AND LIFT AHEAD OF THE MCV WILL MOST LIKELY CAUSE
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA. ATTM...THE BEST RAIN
CHANCES LOOK TO BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE
CWA. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAINFALL GIVEN PWS AROUND 2.0
INCHES...BUT AM NOT VERY CONFIDENT IN WHERE THE AREA OF HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE LOCATED THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. MAY BE MORE OF A
MESOSCALE FORECAST FOR FLASH FLOODING GIVEN POSITION OF THE
OFB/FRONT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IF SKIES CLEAR AHEAD OF THE OFB/FRONT
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...MUCAPES COULD BE NEAR 2000 J/KG.
THEREFORE...THERE COULD BE A THREAT OF PULSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE GREATEST HAZARD FROM ANY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM. HIGHS SHOULD REACH AROUND 90 DEGREES SOUTH OF THE
OFB/FRONT AND ONLY REACH THE MID 80S NORTH OF THE OFB/FRONT. GARGAN

FORECAST CHALLENGE IN THE LONG TERM REVOLVES AROUND PRECIPITATION
CHANCES AS SEVERAL WEAK FRONTS SLOW PUSH INTO...THEN MEANDER ACROSS
THE REGION.

FRIDAY NIGHT/SAT...ONGOING CONVECTION ALONG THE LINGERING COLD
FRONT OR OUT FLOW BOUNDARY WILL EXIT AS UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT SHIFTS
EASTWARD. EXPECT TO SEE STORMS END BY SAT MORNING. TRAIL END OF
THE LINGERING BOUNDARY SHOULD LIFT NORTH AS THE AMPLIFYING 500MB
RIDGE SLIDES FURTHER EAST. KEPT THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND
FORECAST DRY...SAVE FOR SAT NITE/SUN MORN IN THE FAR NE ALONG
MODEST WARM ADVECTION AXIS NEAREST TO THE BOUNDARY.

SECOND BOUNDARY NUDGES INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS EARLY SUNDAY...AND
LINGERS THROUGH MONDAY. AMPLIFIED SOUTHERN CONUS 500MB RIDGE WOULD
FAVOR A MORE NORTHERLY POSITION OF THIS FRONT...WHICH WOULD KEEP
BULK OF PRECIPITATION OVER NE. ECMWF MAINTAINS A MORE AMPLIFIED
RIDGE ALOFT...AND NORTHERLY FOCUS FOR PRECIP DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE
BOUNDARY...CLOSER TO UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT IN MORE ACTIVE
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW. GFS DRIVES A SECOND SHORTWAVE BEHIND THE MAIN
UPPER TROUGH...AND DEPICTS A MORE SOUTHERLY FOCUS FOR PRECIPITATION.
HPC/ENSEMBLES FAVOR THE MORE NORTHERLY SOLUTION AND AM NOT
EXCEPTIONALLY CONFIDENT IN ATTEMPTING TO NAIL DOWN TIMING/PLACEMENT
OF NORTHERN STREAM FRONTS BEYOND TUES...AND WILL THEREFORE CONTINUE
DRY FORECAST THROUGH NEXT WEEK.

WITH THE BROAD 500MB RIDGE DEFINING THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN
THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK AND PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL
FLOW...LOADS OF HOT AND HUMID AIR WILL LINGER DURING THE NEXT WORK
WEEK...ASSUMING FRONTS REMAINS NORTH OF THE CWA. ON AVERAGE...THE
FIRST TRIPLE DIGIT DEGREE DAY OCCURS AT CONCORDIA JULY 7TH. MAY SEE
TEMPERATURES FLIRT WITH THE 100 DEGREE MARK WED/THUR...ESPECIALLY
WEST OF MHK. KONOP

&&

.AVIATION...

FOR THE 18Z TAFS...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE ACROSS ALL
TAF SITES THROUGH THE NEXT 18 TO 24 HOURS. SOUTH WINDS WILL BE 10
TO 15 KTS ACROSS ALL TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT OVER
CENTRAL NE WILL SINK SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN KS FRIDAY MORNING.
MOST OF THE CONVECTION SHOULD REMAIN NORTH AND WEST OF THE TAF
SITES FRIDAY MORNING...BUT ANY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES OR WEAK WAA IN
THE WARM SECTOR MAY CAUSE ISOLD TO SCT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP
AFTER 12Z. ATTM...I ONLY PLACED CBS IN THE TAFS AFTER 12Z.

&&

.TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

GARGAN/KONOP

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
324 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-182030-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
324 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME...ANY STORMS THAT
DEVELOP ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...BUT GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY
RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN
EXPECTED TO PUSH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH
CENTRAL...NORTHEAST...AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
BUT...AN EXCEPTIONALLY MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL ALLOW FOR ANY
THUNDERSTORMS TO BE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE
OUTLOOK AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THESE STORMS...BUT HEAVY RAINFALL IS AGAIN
POSSIBLE...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES MAY ARISE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

KONOP

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
516 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

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

0514 PM     HEAVY RAIN       SE REPUBLIC             39.92N 97.82W
07/17/2008  M1.56 INCH       REPUBLIC           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            RAINFALL FELL IN ABOUT AN HOUR.

&&

CAVANAUGH

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
920 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

KSZ008-020-180300-
CLOUD-REPUBLIC-
920 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL REPUBLIC
COUNTY AND CLOUDY COUNTY...

THROUGH 1000 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH
ACROSS PORTIONS OF REPUBLIC AND CLOUD COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE SCANDIA...NORWAY...BELLEVILLE...
JAMESTOWN...CONCORDIA...GLASCO...AGENDA AND AURORA.

CAVANAUGH

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
920 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

KSZ008-020-180300-
CLOUD-REPUBLIC-
920 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL REPUBLIC
COUNTY AND CLOUD COUNTY...

THROUGH 1000 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH
ACROSS PORTIONS OF REPUBLIC AND CLOUD COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE SCANDIA...NORWAY...BELLEVILLE...
JAMESTOWN...CONCORDIA...GLASCO...AGENDA AND AURORA.

CAVANAUGH

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
956 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

KSZ034-180330-
OTTAWA-
956 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR OTTAWA COUNTY...

THROUGH 1030 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH
ACROSS PORTIONS OF OTTAWA COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OF 40
TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE
AFFECTED INCLUDE ADA...MINNEAPOLIS...TESCOTT...WELLS...CULVER AND
BENNINGTON.

CAVANAUGH

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1037 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

KSZ020-021-034-035-180430-
CLAY-CLOUD-DICKINSON-OTTAWA-
1037 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLOUD...NORTHERN
DICKINSON...OTTAWA AND CLAY COUNTIES...

THROUGH 1130 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 35
MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF CLOUD...CLAY...OTTAWA AND DICKINSON COUNTIES.
BLOSSER FIELD IN CONCORDIA REPORTED THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING STRONG
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE
WELLS...MORGANVILLE...IDANA...BENNINGTON...OAK HILL...CLAY
CENTER...LONGFORD...GREEN...MANCHESTER...TALMAGE...WAKEFIELD...
MOONLIGHT AND CHAPMAN.

CAVANAUGH