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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Topeka, KS

June 2, 2008Clay County, Cloud County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2008, 9:28 AM CDT for Clay County, Cloud County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 7 reports 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 2, 2008, 9:28 AM CDT (14:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2008, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:28 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 9:47 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 1.37W Clyde, KSNICKEL HAIL ALSO REPORTED FROM THE STORM
Jun 2, 10:10 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 N Concordia, KSWATER OVER ROAD AT 145TH AND TEAL.
Jun 2, 10:10 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 E Concordia, KSWATER OVER ROAD AT 26OTH AND MILO ROAD.
Jun 2, 10:10 AM CDTFLASH FLOODConcordia, KSWATER OVER ROAD AT 160TH AND UNION.
Jun 2, 10:10 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.3Clyde, KSBETWEEN 9 AND 1010 AM.
Jun 2, 10:42 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 31 Nw Wakefield, KSESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL TOTAL.
Jun 2, 10:45 AM CDTFLASH FLOODClay Center, KSHIGHWAY 24 IS CLOSED FROM CLAY CENTER WEST TO INDIAN ROAD DUE TO WATER OVER ROADWAY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 12:00Z on 2008-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 46 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 12:00Z on 2008-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-410 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KTOP 021431
FFWTOP
KSC027-029-021830-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0009.080602T1428Z-080602T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
928 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 923 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE WARNED AREA. 
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...AND WILL HAVE RAINFALL RATES 
OF UP TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR AS THEY PASS. RADAR INDICATES THE 
HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURED OVER NORTHERN CLOUD AND NORTHERN CLAY 
COUNTIES...WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THESE AREAS. 


* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AURORA...
  CLAY CENTER...
  CONCORDIA...
  GLASCO...
  GREEN...
  IDANA...
  JAMESTOWN...
  MILTONVALE...
  MORGANVILLE...
  OAK HILL...
  VINING...
  WAKEFIELD...

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 
TOPEKA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 3965 9793 3959 9736 3956 9736 3955 9697
      3913 9697 3922 9736 3931 9736 3931 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 1428Z 180DEG 0KT 3951 9786

$$

CRAVEN
3 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KTOP 021518
FFSTOP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1016 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2008

KSC027-029-021830-
/O.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080602T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLOUD-CLAY-
1016 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR CLAY
AND CLOUD COUNTIES...

AT 1010 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 
FLOODING IN CLOUD COUNTY.  WATER WAS REPORTED OVER ROADS AT 260TH 
AND MILO ROAD...160TH AND UNION...AND 145TH AND TEAL.  A SPOTTER IN 
AURORA REPORTED APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM THE 
STORMS...WITH 3.3 INCHES MEASURED NEAR CLYDE BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM.  

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AURORA...CLAY CENTER...CLYDE...CONCORDIA...GLASCO...GREEN...IDANA...
JAMESTOWN...MILTONVALE...MORGANVILLE...OAK HILL AND WAKEFIELD.

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.

LAT...LON 3965 9793 3959 9736 3956 9736 3955 9697
      3913 9697 3922 9736 3931 9736 3931 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 1516Z 180DEG 0KT 3951 9786

$$

CRAVEN
000 
WGUS73 KTOP 021551
FFSTOP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1050 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2008

KSC027-029-021830-
/O.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080602T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLOUD-CLAY-
1050 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR CLAY
AND CLOUD COUNTIES...

AT 1045AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 
FLOODING IN CLOUD AND CLAY COUNTIES. IN CLAY COUNTY...HIGHWAY 24 IS 
CLOSED FROM CLAY CENTER WESTWARD TO INDIAN ROAD.  THERE IS ALSO 
REPORTS OF FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 396.  IN 
CLOUD COUNTY...WATER WAS REPORTED OVER ROADS AT 260TH AND MILO 
ROAD...160TH AND UNION...AND 145TH AND TEAL.  A SPOTTER IN AURORA 
REPORTED APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM THE STORMS...WITH 
3.3 INCHES MEASURED NEAR CLYDE BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AURORA...CLAY CENTER...CLYDE...CONCORDIA...GLASCO...GREEN...IDANA...
JAMESTOWN...MILTONVALE...MORGANVILLE...OAK HILL AND WAKEFIELD.

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.

LAT...LON 3965 9793 3959 9736 3956 9736 3955 9697
      3913 9697 3922 9736 3931 9736 3931 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 1550Z 180DEG 0KT 3951 9786

$$

CRAVEN
000 
WGUS73 KTOP 021822
FFSTOP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
121 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2008

KSC027-029-021831-
/O.EXP.KTOP.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080602T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLOUD-CLAY-
121 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2008

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 130 PM CDT FOR CLAY AND
CLOUD COUNTIES...

REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CLAY AND CLOUD COUNTY INDICATE THAT 
ROADS ARE OPEN ACROSS THE COUNTIES. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.


LAT...LON 3965 9793 3959 9736 3956 9736 3955 9697
      3913 9697 3922 9736 3931 9736 3931 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 180DEG 0KT 3951 9786

$$

CRAVEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic39 min
Jun 2, 7:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Republic, Washington38 min
Jun 2, 8:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic43 min
Jun 2, 8:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud45 min
Jun 2, 8:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic42 min
Jun 2, 8:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris47 min
Jun 2, 8:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay51 min
Jun 2, 8:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley48 min
Jun 2, 8:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud47 min
Jun 2, 9:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic31 min
Jun 2, 9:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee63 min
Jun 2, 9:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Geary, Riley34 min
Jun 2, 9:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Wabaunsee46 min
Jun 2, 9:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Osage38 min
Jun 2, 9:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud35 min
Jun 2, 9:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay31 min
Jun 2, 9:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley, Wabaunsee48 min
Jun 2, 10:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage45 min
Jun 2, 10:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Geary, Riley30 min
Jun 2, 10:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay24 min
Jun 2, 10:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage62 min
Jun 2, 10:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRiley4 hr
Jun 2, 10:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey55 min
Jun 2, 10:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley32 min
Jun 2, 10:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Osage, Riley, Shawnee, Wabaunsee50 min
Jun 2, 10:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley30 min
Jun 2, 10:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin43 min
Jun 2, 11:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee31 min
Jun 2, 11:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee4 hr
Jun 2, 11:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson43 min
Jun 2, 11:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee62 min
Jun 2, 11:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson4 hr
Jun 2, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin, Osage55 min
Jun 2, 12:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPFranklin3 hr
Jun 2, 2:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPCloud17 hr
Jun 2, 2:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPClay53 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.