Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Aug 31, 2014, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC)

Expired

Sep 1, 2014, 3:30 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Dickinson County, KS

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:29 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.

581 
WGUS53 KTOP 010429
FFWTOP
KSC041-010830-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0007.140901T0429Z-140901T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1129 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 1124 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  VERY HEAVY RAIN OF 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE       
  WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE      
  ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CARLTON...
  HERINGTON...
  HOPE...
  WOODBINE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. FLOOD WATERS OVER ROADWAYS CAN BE NEARLY 
IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE AFTER DARK. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING 
INTO LOW AREAS. IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW LYING AREA, BE PREPARED TO MOVE 
TO HIGHER GROUND IF NEEDED...AWAY FROM RISING WATER.


&&

LAT...LON 3886 9738 3886 9737 3885 9689 3882 9689
      3881 9693 3861 9693 3860 9737 3861 9738

$$

BARJENBRUCH

255 
WGUS73 KTOP 010759
FFSTOP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
259 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2014

KSC041-010830-
/O.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140901T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DICKINSON-
259 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY...

AT 254 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN IN 
THE WARNED AREA. THIS HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY PRODUCING FLOODING 
ESPECIALLY IN THE SMALLER STREAMS IN FAR SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CARLTON...HERINGTON...HOPE AND WOODBINE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. FLOOD WATERS OVER ROADWAYS CAN BE NEARLY 
IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE AFTER DARK. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING 
INTO LOW AREAS. IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW LYING AREA, BE PREPARED TO MOVE 
TO HIGHER GROUND IF NEEDED...AWAY FROM RISING WATER.

&&

LAT...LON 3886 9738 3886 9737 3885 9689 3882 9689
      3881 9693 3861 9693 3860 9737 3861 9738

$$

BARJENBRUCH

634 
WGUS73 KTOP 010824
FFSTOP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
324 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2014

KSC041-010834-
/O.EXP.KTOP.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140901T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DICKINSON-
324 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 330 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
DICKINSON COUNTY...

AT 324 AM 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 3886 9738 3886 9737 3885 9689 3882 9689
      3881 9693 3861 9693 3860 9737 3861 9738

$$

BARJENBRUCH

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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.