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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS

May 28, 2013Brown County, Nemaha County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2013, 4:44 PM CDT for Brown County, Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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: May 28, 2013, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2013, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Brown County, KS, Nemaha County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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
May 28, 6:30 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	6 Ne Corning, KS	SHERIFF REPORTS 96TH ROAD IS FLOODED WITH FLOODING AFFECTING AREAS AROUND KELLY...NORTH OF CORNING AND NORTH OF GOFF.
May 28, 6:47 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 5	4 Wsw Woodlawn, KS	RAINFALL TOTAL AS OF 645 PM THAT FELL THIS AFTERNOON.
May 28, 7:45 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 5.5	6 Ese Seneca, KS	RAINFALL AS OF 745 PM THAT FELL TODAY

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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2346 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 334 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 385 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.4
Supercell composite: 25.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

735 
WGUS53 KTOP 282144
FFWTOP
KSC013-131-290045-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0002.130528T2144Z-130529T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
444 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL BROWN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
  CENTRAL NEMAHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL NEMAHA AND WESTERN 
CENTRAL BROWN COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 3 INCHES HAVE LIKELY 
FALLEN WITH ANOTHER 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 530 PM. THIS WILL 
LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 7 PM ACROSS THIS AREA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CORNING...
  FAIRVIEW...
  GOFF...
  WOODLAWN...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3980 9613 3985 9598 3990 9573 3969 9571
      3964 9612

$$

1 follow-up statement

983 
WGUS73 KTOP 282306
FFSTOP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
606 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

KSC013-131-290045-
/O.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130529T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEMAHA-BROWN-
606 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL BROWN AND CENTRAL NEMAHA COUNTIES...

AT 558 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED CREEKS WERE RUNNING BANKFULL 5
MILES SOUTHEAST OF SENECA. RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 5 TO 7 INCHES 
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE WOODLAWN AREA WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN STILL 
OCCURRING. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CORNING...FAIRVIEW...GOFF AND WOODLAWN.

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 3980 9613 3985 9598 3990 9573 3969 9571
      3964 9612

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud	47 min
May 27, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	51 min
May 27, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	37 min
May 27, 8:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Cloud, Washington	32 min
May 27, 9:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	27 min
May 27, 9:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	32 min
May 27, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Republic	31 min
May 27, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	26 min
May 27, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Marshall	24 min
May 27, 10:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Washington	37 min
May 27, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Nemaha	34 min
May 27, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown, Jackson	30 min
May 27, 11:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Nemaha	26 min
May 27, 11:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	3 hr
May 27, 11:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown	33 min
May 28, 9:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	5 days
May 28, 12:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Anderson	23 min
May 28, 12:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Franklin	27 min
May 28, 2:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	16 hr
May 28, 3:27 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa, Republic	26 hr
May 28, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	44 min
May 28, 3:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Nemaha	33 min
May 28, 4:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Nemaha	42 min
May 28, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Nemaha	50 min
May 28, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Ottawa	30 min
May 28, 5:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Nemaha	26 min
May 28, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	52 min
May 28, 5:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Ottawa	29 min
May 28, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay	40 min
May 28, 5:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Brown	34 min
May 28, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	46 min
May 28, 5:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Ottawa	39 min
May 28, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud	34 min
May 28, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	25 min
May 28, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	23 min
May 28, 6:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	4 hr
May 28, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic, Washington	32 min
May 28, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	47 min
May 28, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Ottawa	31 min
May 28, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	26 min
May 28, 6:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Ottawa	4 hr
May 28, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	34 min
May 28, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	47 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.