Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 3, 2014, 6:46 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 7 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
- Sep 3, 2014, 6:46 AM CDT (11:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2014, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Douglas County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Shawnee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:46 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 6:52 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W Billard Airport, KS | WATER RESCUE OPERATIONS FOR A MOTORIST NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SEWARD AND GOLDEN IN TOPEKA. |
| Sep 3, 7:39 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.65 | Lecompton, KS | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Sep 3, 7:39 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.7 | Billard Airport, KS | |
| Sep 3, 7:52 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.03 | 3 Sw Vinland, KS | |
| Sep 3, 8:08 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lawrence, KS | INTERSECTION OF 11TH AND HASKELL REPORTED UNDER WATER AND ROADS AROUND THE AREA ARE CLOSED. |
| Sep 3, 8:08 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.75 | 2 Nw Lawrence, KS | |
| Sep 3, 9:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.5 | Tecumseh, KS |
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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 919 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1189 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
041
WGUS53 KTOP 031146
FFWTOP
KSC045-085-087-177-031445-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0008.140903T1146Z-140903T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
646 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHERN SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 945 AM CDT
* AT 643 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAD FALLEN IN AROUND 2 HOURS FROM
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS
POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOPEKA...
LAWRENCE...
HOYT...
GRANTVILLE...
MERIDEN...
PERRY...
WILLIAMSTOWN...
SILVER LAKE...
TECUMSEH...
BALDWIN CITY...
CLINTON...
EUDORA...
LECOMPTON...
LONE STAR...
PLEASANT GROVE...
VINLAND...
THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 179 AND 205.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS FLOODING WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. DO NOT DRIVE
INTO FLOODED AREAS. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
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.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3874 9528 3900 9566 3912 9590 3928 9594
3929 9559 3913 9535 3906 9518 3897 9518
3898 9516 3896 9508 3898 9509 3899 9506
3898 9505 3874 9505
$$
BARJENBRUCH1 follow-up statement
200
WGUS73 KTOP 031414
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
914 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2014
KSC045-085-087-177-031417-
/O.CAN.KTOP.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140903T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SHAWNEE-JEFFERSON-JACKSON-DOUGLAS-
914 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR DOUGLAS...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN SHAWNEE
COUNTIES...
AT 907 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA HAS
DIMINISHED AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT WATER
LEVELS HAVE RECEDED AS WELL. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. IF A FLOODED ROADWAY FROM STANDING WATER IS
ENCOUNTERED DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH IT.
LAT...LON 3874 9528 3900 9566 3912 9590 3928 9594
3929 9559 3913 9535 3906 9518 3897 9518
3898 9516 3896 9508 3898 9509 3899 9506
3898 9505 3874 9505
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 29 min |
| Sep 3, 12:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 36 min |
| Sep 3, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Coffey | 16 min |
| Sep 3, 1:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson | 29 min |
| Sep 3, 3:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Shawnee | 31 min |
| Sep 3, 4:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Shawnee | 35 min |
| Sep 3, 4:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jackson | 31 min |
| Sep 3, 6:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 117 min |
| Sep 3, 8:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 9:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Osage | 37 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.