Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 4, 2012, 6:09 PM CDT for Anderson County, Coffey County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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
- Apr 4, 2012, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2012, 9:15 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
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 6:12 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Garnett, KS | SEVERAL STREETS IN GARNETT ARE IMPASSIBLE DUE TO DEEP WATER COVERING THE ROADWAYS. |
| Apr 4, 6:35 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Waverly, KS | HIGH WATER REPORTED RUNNING ACROSS THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF 24TH AND TREFOIL. |
| Apr 4, 6:35 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Sse Waverly, KS | HIGH WATER REPORTED RUNNING OVER THE ROAD ON 22ND ROAD. |
| Apr 4, 6:35 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 S Waverly, KS | HIGH WATER REPORTED RUNNING OVER THE ROAD ON 22ND ROAD. |
| Apr 4, 9:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W Harris, KS | WATER REPORTED RUNNING OVER 2000 ROAD. |
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, 11.2 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
476
WGUS53 KTOP 042309
FFWTOP
KSC003-031-050215-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0002.120404T2309Z-120405T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
609 PM CDT WED APR 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN COFFEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 606 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THIS WARNED AREA. RADAR
INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN WITH MORE
HEAVY RAIN STILL OCCURRING. FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH 9 PM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GARNETT...
GREELEY...
HARRIS...
WAVERLY...
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.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3816 9508 3825 9561 3843 9561 3839 9551
3839 9507
$$1 follow-up statement
977
WGUS73 KTOP 050018
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
718 PM CDT WED APR 4 2012
KSC003-031-050215-
/O.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120405T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ANDERSON-COFFEY-
718 PM CDT WED APR 4 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN COFFEY AND NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTIES...
AT 708 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN COFFEY COUNTY
REPORTED FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING 1 MILE SOUTH AND 4 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF WAVERLY WHERE WATER WAS RUNNING ACROSS 22ND AND 24TH
ROADS. SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED EARLIER IN GARNETT.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY THIS EVENING ALONG THE SOUTH FORK OF
POTTAWATOMIE CREEK AND ALONG THE ELM CREEK WEST OF HARRIS. RADAR
ESTIMATES IN EXCESS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OCCURRED IN BOTH OF THESE
BASINS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GARNETT...GREELEY...HARRIS AND WAVERLY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS
ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT
TO FLASH FLOODING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER.
&&
LAT...LON 3816 9508 3825 9561 3843 9561 3839 9551
3839 9507
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 5:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Coffey, Osage | 112 min |
| Apr 4, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson | 35 min |
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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.