Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2014, 9:09 PM CDT for Geary County, Morris County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 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
- Jun 9, 2014, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2014, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Geary County, KS, Morris County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 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 9, 9:45 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 S Eskridge, KS | WATER IS RUNNING OVER THE ROAD AT K31 AND 1.5 MILES EAST OF K99. ALSO REPORTING WATER OVER THE ROAD ON K99 SOUTH OF ESKRIDGE. |
| Jun 9, 10:27 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.5 | 3 W Volland, KS | TOTAL AS OF 10 PM CDT. |
| Jun 9, 11:20 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.8 | 2 Ese Alta Vista, KS | AS OF 1115 PM CDT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 454 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
992
WGUS53 KTOP 100209
FFWTOP
KSC061-127-197-100815-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0003.140610T0209Z-140610T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
909 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHERN MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 315 AM CDT TUESDAY
* AT 902 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE WARNED AREA. AREA CREEKS
AND RIVERS HAVE BEEN ELEVATED AND WILL CONTINUE TO QUICKLY RISE AS
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALMA...
ALTA VISTA...
DWIGHT...
ESKRIDGE...
HARVEYVILLE...
MAPLE HILL...
MCFARLAND...
PAXICO...
VOLLAND...
KEENE...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 306 AND 346.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3874 9636 3878 9657 3883 9689 3887 9689
3887 9693 3897 9692 3899 9680 3907 9669
3907 9650 3904 9650 3904 9639 3908 9638
3913 9617 3907 9595 3874 9595
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 10:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 10:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Geary | 15 hr |
| Jun 9, 10:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 15 hr |
| Jun 9, 10:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 10:31 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Riley | 6 days |
| Jun 9, 10:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Lyon, Morris | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 6 days |
| Jun 10, 5:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 15 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 30 hr |
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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.