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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS

June 9, 2014Geary County, Morris County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 9:45 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD4 S Eskridge, KSWATER 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 CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.53 W Volland, KSTOTAL AS OF 10 PM CDT.
Jun 9, 11:20 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.82 Ese Alta Vista, KSAS 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2014-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 96 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2014-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPGeary, Morris, Wabaunsee3 hr
Jun 9, 9:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPDouglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee3 hr
Jun 9, 10:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley4 hr
Jun 9, 10:19 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPGeary15 hr
Jun 9, 10:19 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPWabaunsee15 hr
Jun 9, 10:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee6 hr
Jun 9, 10:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPRiley6 days
Jun 9, 10:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPLyon, Morris3 hr
Jun 10, 2:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPShawnee6 days
Jun 10, 5:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon, Osage15 hr
Jun 10, 5:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPDickinson30 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.