Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Topeka, KS

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
526 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

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JEFFERSON-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-
526 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN DOUGLAS...EASTERN SHAWNEE AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 521 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ALONG US 
HIGHWAY 24 AT MILE MARKER 387 EAST OF WILLIAMSTOWN.

RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS 
THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL 
THROUGH 630 PM. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 
FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND SMALL STREAMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAWRENCE...TOPEKA...CLINTON...EUDORA...LECOMPTON...MERIDEN...
WILLIAMSTOWN...PERRY LAKE AND CLINTON LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 179 AND 206.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3886 9505 3887 9572 3919 9558 3919 9517
      3913 9517 3912 9518 3897 9518 3897 9509
      3898 9507 3897 9505

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GARGAN

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
627 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

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JEFFERSON-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-
627 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN DOUGLAS...EASTERN SHAWNEE AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE 
THROUGH 700 PM.

AT 615 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ALONG COUNTY 
ROAD 458 AND 50TH STREET AND NORTH 1200 STREET FLOODED IN LAWRENCE 
ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER FLOOD PRONE CITY STREETS IN LAWRENCE.

AT 610 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING AT WELLMAN 
ROAD AND 13TH STREET IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. US HIGHWAY 24 
ACROSS SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY HAS SEVERAL AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.

AT 600 PM CDT...A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED 4 INCHES OF RAIN THIS 
AFTERNOON IN MCLOUTH. A PRIVATE LAKE WAS OVER FLOWING 5 MILES SOUTH 
OF MCLOUTH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAWRENCE...EASTERN 
TOPEKA...CLINTON...PERRY...RICHLAND...WILLIAMSTOWN...BERRYTON...PERRY
 LAKE AND CLINTON LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 179 AND 206.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3886 9505 3887 9572 3919 9558 3919 9517
      3913 9517 3912 9518 3897 9518 3897 9509
      3898 9507 3897 9505

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GARGAN

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
654 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

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JEFFERSON-DOUGLAS-
654 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN DOUGLAS AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EASTERN SHAWNEE 
COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...

AT 600 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A VEHICLE 
STRANDED IN FLASH FLOODING ON BROOKS STREET IN EASTERN LAWRENCE. A 
WATER RESCUE WAS PERFORMED TO SAVE THE OCCUPANTS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAWRENCE...CLINTON...EUDORA...GRANTVILLE...LECOMPTON...PERRY... 
WILLIAMSTOWN...CLINTON STATE PARK AND PERRY STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 189 AND 206.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3886 9505 3888 9550 3905 9550 3906 9551
      3906 9559 3911 9560 3918 9559 3919 9517
      3910 9518 3909 9517 3897 9518 3897 9509
      3898 9507 3897 9505

$$

GARGAN

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
729 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

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JEFFERSON-DOUGLAS-
729 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN DOUGLAS
AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY UNTIL 
945 PM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 189 AND 206.

AT 728 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT THE FLASH FLOODING
IS NO LONGER OCCURRING AND RUNOFF FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO
RECEDE ACROSS SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES. 
THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RADAR ALSO 
SHOWS THE HEAVIER RAINFALL MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY

LAT...LON 3886 9505 3888 9550 3905 9550 3906 9551
      3906 9559 3911 9560 3918 9559 3919 9517
      3910 9518 3909 9517 3897 9518 3897 9509
      3898 9507 3897 9505

$$

GARGAN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
319 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

.DISCUSSION...

THE COLD FRONT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH CENTRAL KS. AS THE
FRONT MOVES EAST...SFC CONVERGENCE WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO
DEVELOP WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED JUST
SOUTH OF I-70 AND EXTENDED WEST TO THE COLD FRONT. ANY STORMS THAT
INTERACT WITH THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS MAY
PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES. FARTHER SOUTH IN THE WARM SECTOR THE
PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY
RAINFALL DUE TO THE VEERED LOW-LEVEL WINDS...HOWEVER ANY SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF TORNADOES.

THIS EVENING THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST COUNTIES. INDIVIDUAL SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONGEAL
INTO A SQUALL LINE BEFORE THE FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST OF THE CWA. THE
TORNADO THREAT MAY BE ENHANCED ALONG THE OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY...ESPECIALLY IF THE OFB BECOMES STATIONARY. ONCE THE FRONT
PUSHES SOUTHEAST OF THE CWA BY 03Z...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL END.
WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST AND ADVECT IN A DRY AND COOL AIRMASS.
HIGHS SATURDAY WILL ONLY REACH THE MID TO UPPER 60S.

GARGAN

SUNDAY - MONDAY...500MB LONGWAVE TROUGH TRANSLATES EASTWARD...WHILE
BROAD UPPER RIDGING EXPANDS ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS...LEAVING NE KS
UNDER NORTHWESTERLY FLOW. AT THE SFC...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN...AND
A PERIOD OF TRANQUIL WEATHER WILL PREVAIL. LOW LEVEL WIND FIELD
GRADUALLY VEERS AROUND TO THE SOUTH MONDAY MORNING. HIGHS SUNDAY
WILL BE A TOUCH BELOW CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMALS WITH
COOL...POST-FRONTAL CANADIAN AIRMASS IN PLACE. MONDAY ON TRACK TO BE
SEVERAL DEGREES WARMER THAN SUNDAY WITH REESTABLISHMENT OF THE WARM
ADVECTION REGIME.

TUESDAY - FRIDAY...FOCUS IN THIS TIME FRAME WILL BE ON GRADUAL
FLATTENING OF THE MIDLEVEL FLOW OVER THE PLAINS STATES AS A NORTHERN
STREAM LONGWAVE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH CANADA. A COLD FRONT DROPS
THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND MEANDERS OVER NEBRASKA TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY WITH SOME DEGREE OF OSCIALLTION TO THE NORTH AND
SOUTH...BUT LITTLE FORCING IN THE WAY TO KICK THE BOUNDARY THROUGH
THE REGION. MESOSCALE DETAILS TOUGH TO PINPOINT...AND WITH
PRIMARY...ALBEIT STILL WEAK FORCING FOCUSED WELL NORTH OF THE
FORECAST AREA...FOUND LITTLE REASON TO ADD POPS TO THE FORECAST.
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WORKWEEK WILL BE MILD...AND IN THE LOWER
80S FOR THE MOST PART.

LUNDE

&&

.AVIATION...

THE COLD FRONT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH CENTRAL KS. AS THE
FRONT MOVES EAST...SFC CONVERGENCE WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO
DEVELOP WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED JUST
NORTH OF I-70 AND EXTENDED NORTH TO THE COLD FRONT. ANY STORMS
THAT INTERACT WITH THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MAY PRODUCE BRIEF
TORNADOES. FARTHER SOUTH IN THE WARM SECTOR THE PRIMARY HAZARD
WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

GARGAN

&&

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

&&

GARGAN/LUNDE

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
326 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-162030-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
326 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. ALSO ALONG THE
COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 70 MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVE
ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS MAY HAVE A
BETTER CHANCE TO PRODUCING TORNADOES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST KANSAS ON THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
306 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

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

0301 PM     HAIL             3 NNW TOPEKA            39.09N 95.70W
05/15/2009  M1.00 INCH       SHAWNEE            KS   PUBLIC

            AT 46TH STREET AND K4...RELAYED THROUGH THE MEDIA

&&

JL

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
310 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

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

0254 PM     HAIL             3 NNW MERIDEN           39.23N 95.59W
05/15/2009  E1.00 INCH       JACKSON            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JL

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
311 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH CENTRAL TOPEKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EAST CENTRAL TOPEKA...
  TECUMSEH...
  GRANTVILLE...
  PERRY STATE PARK...
  LECOMPTON...
  PERRY LAKE...
  PERRY...
  WILLIAMSTOWN...
  OSKALOOSA...

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 200.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES RAPIDLY.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3924 9531 3895 9529 3889 9573 3907 9577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 246DEG 21KT 3901 9565

HARDING

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
329 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

KSZ035>037-152100-
DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
329 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR GEARY...DICKINSON AND MORRIS
COUNTIES...

THROUGH 400 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH
ACROSS PORTIONS OF GEARY...DICKINSON AND MORRIS COUNTIES. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED
INCLUDE HERINGTON...WOODBINE...LATIMER...GEARY STATE FISHING LAKE...
WHITE CITY AND PARKERVILLE.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER IN CASE
A WARNING IS ISSUED.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
343 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

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

0330 PM     HAIL             ST. MARYS               39.19N 96.07W
05/15/2009  E2.75 INCH       POTTAWATOMIE       KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

JL

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
344 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

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

0320 PM     HAIL             ST. MARYS               39.19N 96.07W
05/15/2009  E2.00 INCH       POTTAWATOMIE       KS   PUBLIC

&&

JL