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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2010, 5:45 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2010, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Anderson County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Osage County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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, 6:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Princeton, KS | FLASH FLOODING IN THE GENERAL PRINCETON AREA. |
| Jun 16, 6:30 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2 | Richmond, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 45 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.
292
WGUS53 KTOP 162245
FFWTOP
KSC003-031-059-111-139-170145-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0022.100616T2245Z-100617T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
545 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
COFFEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN LYON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHERN OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 536 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE OVER THE WARNED AREA.
RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN AN HOURS TIME ARE LIKELY
WHICH WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. STORMS MAY CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER
THE SAME AREAS AS WELL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BURLINGTON...
COLONY...
GARNETT...
GREELEY...
GRIDLEY...
HARRIS...
HARTFORD...
KINCAID...
LANE...
LE ROY...
LEBO...
NEOSHO RAPIDS...
OLIVET...
PRINCETON...
RICHMOND...
WAVERLY...
WESTPHALIA...
WILLIAMSBURG...
NEW STRAWN...
BETO JUNCTION...
LONE ELM...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 171.
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 3817 9596 3817 9610 3847 9607 3849 9554
3854 9505 3803 9506 3804 9595
$$2 follow-up statements
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WGUS73 KTOP 170042
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
742 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010
KSC031-111-139-170051-
/O.CAN.KTOP.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-100617T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OSAGE-LYON-COFFEY-
742 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR COFFEY...
SOUTHEASTERN LYON AND SOUTHERN OSAGE COUNTIES...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 168.
LAT...LON 3825 9506 3824 9507 3827 9518 3833 9523
3822 9551 3825 9551 3825 9550 3849 9550
3854 9506
$$
KSC003-059-170145-
/O.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-100617T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FRANKLIN-ANDERSON-
742 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN ANDERSON AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES...
AT 739 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION HAVING FALLEN NEAR THE BORDER BETWEEN ANDERSON AND
FRANKLIN COUNTIES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREELEY...HARRIS...LANE...PRINCETON...RICHMOND AND WILLIAMSBURG.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3825 9506 3824 9507 3827 9518 3833 9523
3822 9551 3825 9551 3825 9550 3849 9550
3854 9506
$$
BARJENBRUCH772
WGUS73 KTOP 170146
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
846 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010
KSC003-059-170156-
/O.EXP.KTOP.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-100617T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FRANKLIN-ANDERSON-
846 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHERN ANDERSON AND
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES...
AT 846 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE TO DECREASE. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
LAT...LON 3825 9506 3824 9507 3827 9518 3833 9523
3822 9551 3825 9551 3825 9550 3849 9550
3854 9506
$$
BARJENBRUCHWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 16, 4:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 4:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 433 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010 .DISCUSSION... WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS WEAK MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH CONTINUING TO PROPAGATE NORTHEAST ACROSS KS THIS AFTERNOON. EXCELLENT MOISTURE TRANSPORT AT 850 MB AS WELL AS GOOD 700 MB THETA-E ADVECTION OCCURRING OUT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM AND HELPING TO FUEL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST AND EC KS. REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTH OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM INITIAL THUNDERSTORMS CREATED SOME TRAINING THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SUBSIDENCE BEHIND WAVE SHOULD DRY THINGS OUT LATER TONIGHT AND MAY KEEP CONVECTION AT BAY ON THURSDAY. MODELS THEN BRING A TRAILING FRONT FROM NORTHERN PLAINS SURFACE LOW TO FAR NORTHERN KS ABOUT THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN A SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT AREA...WITH BEST LIFT WELL NORTH. BOUNDARY THEN REMAINS NEAR KS/NEBRASKA BORDER FOR A CONSIDERABLE PERIOD OF TIME. PATTERN IS FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERAL MCS AS WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH IN WNWLY FLOW ALOFT. WHILE THERE WILL OBVIOUSLY BE PERIODS OF DRY WEATHER THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...IT IS CHALLENGING TO PICK THESE OUT. HAVE GONE WITH HIGHEST POPS ALONG KS/NEBRASKA BORDER WITH BEST CHANCES OF MORE EXTENSIVE DRY WEATHER ACROSS THE EC KS COUNTIES. && AVIATION... SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE NEAR MHK FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS WHILE TOP AND FOE MAY HOLD OFF UNTIL NEAR 20Z. SHORT TERM MODELS SUGGEST SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREAS BY 00Z THURSDAY AND BRING AND END TO TSRA IN THE TERMINALS. HELD ONTO VCTS UNTIL 01Z ATTM AND WILL NEED TO WATCH FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AS IT MAY REMAIN TO THE NORTH OF TOP AND FOE. AFTER 02Z THURSDAY EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. 53 && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 4:59 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 459 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-172200- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 459 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. THE VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON SATURATED GROUND MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN SOME LOCALIZED AREAS. ISOLATED STRONGER STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS. THERE IS ALSO AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT. THE COTTONWOOD AND NEOSHO RIVER IN LYON AND COFFEY COUNTIES REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. PLEASE REFER TO RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH A FRONT IN THE AREA...THERE WILL BE PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE AREA WITH THE BEST CHANCES IS EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT TO REPORT WIND SPEEDS AND RAINFALL TOTALS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:03 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
503 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0501 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 ESE TOPEKA 39.03N 95.63W
06/16/2010 M2.38 INCH SHAWNEE KS NWS EMPLOYEE
RAINFALL TOTAL BETWEEN 4PM AND 5PM
&&
EPKLLocal storm report, Jun 16, 5:08 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
508 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0507 PM FLASH FLOOD LAWRENCE 38.97N 95.24W
06/16/2010 DOUGLAS KS TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTS WATER 2-3 INCHES DEEP OVER 6TH STREET
BETWEEN IOWA AND CONGESSIONAL STREETS.
&&
BYRNELocal storm report, Jun 16, 5:18 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
518 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0511 PM TSTM WND GST LAWRENCE 38.97N 95.24W
06/16/2010 M58 MPH DOUGLAS KS ASOS
&&
BYRNELocal storm report, Jun 16, 5:21 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
521 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0518 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 W LAWRENCE 38.97N 95.27W
06/16/2010 M0.98 INCH DOUGLAS KS NWS EMPLOYEE
OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS 0.98 INCHES OF RAIN IN 15
MINUTES.
&&Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:26 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
526 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0521 PM FLASH FLOOD LAWRENCE 38.97N 95.24W
06/16/2010 DOUGLAS KS EMERGENCY MNGR
EM REPORTS FLOODING ON 23RD AND OUSDAHL RD, KEGENDS DR.
TO BOB BILLINGS PKWY ON WAKARUSA, CONGESSIONAL TO
WAKARUSA ON 6TH STEET.
&&
BYRNELocal storm report, Jun 16, 5:33 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
533 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 PM FLASH FLOOD TOPEKA 39.05N 95.68W
06/16/2010 SHAWNEE KS EMERGENCY MNGR
SHAWNEE EM REPORTS SHUNGA CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS AND
FLOODING SHUNGA PARK.
&&
BYRNEThe 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, 4:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| 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, 6:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley | 6 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.