Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2010
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Topeka, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 5:07 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lawrence, KS | SPOTTER REPORTS WATER 2-3 INCHES DEEP OVER 6TH STREET BETWEEN IOWA AND CONGESSIONAL STREETS. |
| Jun 16, 5:18 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.98 | 2 W Lawrence, KS | OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS 0.98 INCHES OF RAIN IN 15 MINUTES. |
| Jun 16, 5:21 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lawrence, KS | EM 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 CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Lawrence, KS | WATER RESCUES AT 23RD AND OUSDAHL AS WELL AS 31ST AND IOWA IN LAWRENCE. |
| Jun 16, 6:05 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lawrence, KS | DRIVER 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 CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.9 | 2 Sw Eudora, KS | STORM TOTAL RAINFALL BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 4PM AND 6PM. |
| Jun 16, 6:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Williamstown, KS | 3RD AND 5TH STREETS ARE IMPASSABLE. |
| Jun 16, 7:02 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.34 | Lawrence, 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.
- 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
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
$$1 follow-up statement
674
WGUS73 KTOP 162325
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
625 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010
KSC045-087-170030-
/O.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100617T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JEFFERSON-DOUGLAS-
625 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
DOUGLAS AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...
AT 618 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD
FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. NUMEROUS HIGHWAYS...ROADS...
AND STREETS ARE IMPASSABLE WITH SEVERAL MOTORISTS STRANDED AND
REQUIRING WATER RESCUE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO FLOOD WATER!
EVEN THE HEAVIEST CAR CAN BE WASHED OFF OF THE ROADWAY BY FLOOD
WATERS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAWRENCE...BALDWIN CITY...CLINTON...EUDORA...GRANTVILLE...
LECOMPTON...MCLOUTH...MERIDEN...OSKALOOSA...OZAWKIE...PERRY...
WILLIAMSTOWN...GLOBE...LONE STAR...PLEASANT GROVE AND VINLAND.
THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 189 AND 206.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS
ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT
TO FLASH FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3873 9550 3905 9550 3906 9551 3905 9558
3908 9560 3923 9559 3924 9517 3897 9518
3897 9509 3898 9507 3897 9505 3874 9505
$$
BARJENBRUCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 12:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 3:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Geary, Wabaunsee | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 5 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage, Shawnee | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon | 18 min |
| Jun 16, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon | 21 min |
| Jun 16, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage | 24 min |
| Jun 16, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 18 min |
| Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Lyon, Osage | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley | 6 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.