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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Topeka, KS

June 16, 2010Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2010, 4:35 PM CDT for Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 8 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 16, 2010, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2010, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Douglas County, KS, Jefferson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 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 16, 5:07 PM CDTFLASH FLOODLawrence, KSSPOTTER REPORTS WATER 2-3 INCHES DEEP OVER 6TH STREET BETWEEN IOWA AND CONGESSIONAL STREETS.
Jun 16, 5:18 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 0.982 W Lawrence, KSOFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS 0.98 INCHES OF RAIN IN 15 MINUTES.
Jun 16, 5:21 PM CDTFLASH FLOODLawrence, KSEM REPORTS FLOODING ON 23RD AND OUSDAHL RD, KEGENDS DR. TO BOB BILLINGS PKWY ON WAKARUSA, CONGESSIONAL TO WAKARUSA ON 6TH STEET.
Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 S Lawrence, KSWATER RESCUES AT 23RD AND OUSDAHL AS WELL AS 31ST AND IOWA IN LAWRENCE.
Jun 16, 6:05 PM CDTFLASH FLOODLawrence, KSDRIVER WAITING ON ROOF OF CAR FOR RESCUE AT 23RD AND IOWA...WITH ANOTHER DRIVER AWAITING RESCUE ON CAR ROOF AT WITNERBROOK AND JORDAN. A THIRD WATER RESCUE TAKING PLACE AT 1900 NAISMITH.
Jun 16, 6:05 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 1.92 Sw Eudora, KSSTORM TOTAL RAINFALL BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 4PM AND 6PM.
Jun 16, 6:15 PM CDTFLASH FLOODWilliamstown, KS3RD AND 5TH STREETS ARE IMPASSABLE.
Jun 16, 7:02 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.34Lawrence, KS

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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 26 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 2010-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1389 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 2010-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1389 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

085 
WGUS53 KTOP 162135
FFWTOP
KSC045-087-170030-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0021.100616T2135Z-100617T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
435 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 431 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE OVER THE     
  OVER THE WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING     
  RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOURS 
  TIME. ALSO FLASH FLOODING HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAWRENCE...
  BALDWIN CITY...
  CLINTON...
  EUDORA...
  GRANTVILLE...
  LECOMPTON...
  MCLOUTH...
  MERIDEN...
  OSKALOOSA...
  PERRY...
  WILLIAMSTOWN...
  GLOBE...
  LONE STAR...
  PLEASANT GROVE...
  VINLAND...

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3873 9550 3905 9550 3906 9551 3905 9558
      3908 9560 3923 9559 3924 9517 3897 9518
      3897 9509 3898 9507 3897 9505 3874 9505

$$
1 follow-up statement
674 
WGUS73 KTOP 162325
FFSTOP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
625 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010

KSC045-087-170030-
/O.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100617T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JEFFERSON-DOUGLAS-
625 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
DOUGLAS AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 618 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD 
FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. NUMEROUS HIGHWAYS...ROADS... 
AND STREETS ARE IMPASSABLE WITH SEVERAL MOTORISTS STRANDED AND 
REQUIRING WATER RESCUE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO FLOOD WATER! 
EVEN THE HEAVIEST CAR CAN BE WASHED OFF OF THE ROADWAY BY FLOOD 
WATERS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAWRENCE...BALDWIN CITY...CLINTON...EUDORA...GRANTVILLE...
LECOMPTON...MCLOUTH...MERIDEN...OSKALOOSA...OZAWKIE...PERRY...
WILLIAMSTOWN...GLOBE...LONE STAR...PLEASANT GROVE AND VINLAND.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 189 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 3873 9550 3905 9550 3906 9551 3905 9558
      3908 9560 3923 9559 3924 9517 3897 9518
      3897 9509 3898 9507 3897 9505 3874 9505

$$

BARJENBRUCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 12:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley6 hr
Jun 16, 1:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPPottawatomie4 hr
Jun 16, 1:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley4 hr
Jun 16, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley46 min
Jun 16, 3:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary, Wabaunsee4 hr
Jun 16, 3:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPJackson, Shawnee5 hr
Jun 16, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Shawnee48 min
Jun 16, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Osage, Shawnee43 min
Jun 16, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin37 min
Jun 16, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson32 min
Jun 16, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon18 min
Jun 16, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon21 min
Jun 16, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Jefferson33 min
Jun 16, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon, Osage24 min
Jun 16, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson18 min
Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Franklin, Lyon, Osage3 hr
Jun 16, 6:16 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley6 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.