Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Oct 13, 2012, 6:08 PM CDT for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 111 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
- Oct 13, 2012, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2012, 7:59 PM CDT
- In force
- 111 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Republic County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
403
WGUS53 KTOP 132308
FFWTOP
KSC157-140200-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0005.121013T2308Z-121014T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
608 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AGENDA...
CUBA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE NEXT HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3987 9737 3976 9737 3970 9737 3969 9737
3969 9759 3986 9754
$$
LEIGHTON1 follow-up statement
745
WGUS73 KTOP 140059
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
759 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
KSC157-140109-
/O.CAN.KTOP.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121014T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
REPUBLIC-
759 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL
REPUBLIC COUNTY...
AT 759 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR FLASH FLOODING
WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
LAT...LON 3987 9737 3976 9737 3970 9737 3969 9737
3969 9759 3986 9754
$$
LEIGHTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Marshall | 25 min |
| Oct 13, 2:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas | 19 min |
| Oct 13, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 50 min |
| Oct 13, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 50 min |
| Oct 13, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Ottawa | 50 min |
| Oct 13, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Ottawa | 36 min |
| Oct 13, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Washington | 32 min |
| Oct 13, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley | 34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.