Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2010
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2010, 7:09 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr. 5 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 15, 2010, 7:09 AM CDT (12:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2010, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jackson County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:10 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 15, 7:45 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4 | Wsw St. George, KS | MEASURED TOTAL SINCE 530 AM |
| Jun 15, 8:45 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.5 | Wsw St. George, KS | STORM TOTAL SINCE 530 AM |
| Jun 15, 8:57 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 N Wamego, KS | HIGHWAY 99 TWO MILES NORTH OF WAMEGO HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. |
| Jun 15, 8:57 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 E Wamego, KS | HIGHWAY 24 EASTBOUND AT CAMP CREEK ROAD CLOSED DUE TO RUSHING WATER. UNKNOWN TIME OF REOPENING. |
| Jun 15, 8:57 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6 | Wamego, KS | OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST 2 HOURS. |
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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 445 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
620
WGUS53 KTOP 151209
FFWTOP
KSC085-117-131-149-151415-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0013.100615T1209Z-100615T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
709 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN NEMAHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 915 AM CDT
* AT 705 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THIS AREA FOR THE NEXT HOUR.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELVUE...
BLAINE...
EMMETT...
HAVENSVILLE...
LOUISVILLE...
OLSBURG...
ONAGA...
ST. GEORGE...
WAMEGO...
WESTMORELAND...
WHEATON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
TOPEKA.
&&
LAT...LON 3921 9604 3919 9616 3920 9617 3920 9624
3918 9627 3918 9632 3917 9633 3917 9639
3918 9641 3918 9645 3944 9667 3956 9658
3962 9599
$$2 follow-up statements
355
WGUS73 KTOP 151356
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
856 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010
KSC085-117-131-149-151415-
/O.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100615T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEMAHA-MARSHALL-JACKSON-POTTAWATOMIE-
856 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR
POTTAWATOMIE...WEST CENTRAL JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL AND
SOUTHWESTERN NEMAHA COUNTIES...
AT 852 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED AS MUCH AS
6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN IN WAMEGO. ALSO FLASH FLOODING HAS
CAUSED THE EAST BOUND LANES OF HIGHWAY 24 IN WAMEGO TO BE CLOSED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELVUE...BLAINE...EMMETT...HAVENSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...OLSBURG...
ONAGA...ST. GEORGE...WAMEGO...WESTMORELAND AND WHEATON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3921 9604 3919 9616 3920 9617 3920 9624
3918 9627 3918 9632 3917 9633 3917 9639
3918 9641 3918 9645 3944 9667 3956 9658
3962 9599
$$159
WGUS73 KTOP 151411
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
911 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010
KSC085-117-131-149-151419-
/O.EXP.KTOP.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100615T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEMAHA-MARSHALL-JACKSON-POTTAWATOMIE-
911 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 915 AM CDT FOR
POTTAWATOMIE...EXTREME WEST CENTRAL JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL
AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NEMAHA COUNTIES...
AT 909 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A COUNTY FLOOD WARNING...WHICH HAS REPLACED THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING...IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY.
LAT...LON 3921 9604 3919 9616 3920 9617 3920 9624
3918 9627 3918 9632 3917 9633 3917 9639
3918 9641 3918 9645 3944 9667 3956 9658
3962 9599
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee | 93 min |
| Jun 15, 8:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 9:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 10:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.