Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Feb 27, 2011, 4:04 PM CST for Douglas County, Franklin County, Kansas. It was in force for 116 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2011, 4:04 PM CST (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 382 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 505 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 498 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
389
WGUS53 KTOP 272204
FFWTOP
KSC045-059-280000-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0001.110227T2204Z-110228T0000Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
404 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 600 PM CST
* AT 357 PM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
LAWRENCE FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO PASS OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE NEXT HOUR BRINGING
MORE HEAVY RAIN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAWRENCE...
BALDWIN CITY...
EUDORA...
OTTAWA...
POMONA...
RANTOUL...
WELLSVILLE...
VINLAND...
CENTROPOLIS...
CLINTON...
THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 206.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 173 AND 199.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3849 9506 3849 9513 3850 9543 3865 9551
3869 9551 3869 9550 3885 9550 3904 9523
3904 9518 3897 9517 3897 9509 3898 9507
3897 9505
$$
LEIGHTON2 follow-up statements
880
WGUS73 KTOP 272311
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
511 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
KSC045-059-280000-
/O.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110228T0000Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN-
511 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR
NORTHERN FRANKLIN AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES...
AT 502 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER
THE WARNED AREA. EXPECT ANOTHER TENTH OF AN INCH TO A QUARTER OF AN
INCH OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT HOUR. SATURATED GROUND AND HEAVY RAIN
EARLIER IN THE EVENING WILL ALLOW FOR FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAWRENCE...BALDWIN
CITY...CLINTON...EUDORA...OTTAWA...POMONA...RANTOUL ...WELLSVILLE...
VINLAND...CENTROPOLIS AND CLINTON.
THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 201 AND 206.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 173 AND 199.
LAT...LON 3849 9506 3849 9513 3850 9543 3865 9551
3869 9551 3869 9550 3885 9550 3904 9523
3904 9518 3897 9517 3897 9509 3898 9507
3897 9505
$$
LEIGHTON489
WGUS73 KTOP 272351
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
551 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
KSC045-059-280001-
/O.EXP.KTOP.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110228T0000Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN-
551 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
FRANKLIN AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES...
THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 201 AND 206.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 173 AND 199.
AT 551 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR FLASH FLOODING
WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
LAT...LON 3849 9506 3849 9513 3850 9543 3865 9551
3869 9551 3869 9550 3885 9550 3904 9523
3904 9518 3897 9517 3897 9509 3898 9507
3897 9505
$$
LEIGHTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 9:30 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 28 min |
| Feb 27, 3:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage | 23 min |
| Feb 27, 3:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 25 min |
| Feb 27, 3:54 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Osage | 111 min |
| Feb 27, 5:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Wabaunsee | 25 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.