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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS

May 7, 2015Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this areal flood warning at May 7, 2015, 12:55 AM CDT for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2015, 12:55 AM CDT (05:55 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2015, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Republic County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:57 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 2015-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 498 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2015-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 263 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
498 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
410 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
9.6

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at May 7, 12:25 AM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 12:25 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 3:35 PM CDT, 9 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
335 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-072045-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
335 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST OVER NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. SEVERE STORMS
WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE
MAINLY WEST OF A COUNCIL GROVE TO MANHATTAN TO MARYSVILLE LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE AND ALL STORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER
POSSIBLE.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A RISK
OF ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS OVER THE EASTERN PARTS OF KANSAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS THOSE AREAS WEST
OF A COUNCIL GROVE TO MANHATTAN TO MARYSVILLE LINE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

&&

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT...
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TOP/SITREP

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 10:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1034 PM CDT WED MAY 06 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1033 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NE COURTLAND          39.80N 97.88W
05/06/2015                   REPUBLIC           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED MANY ROADWAYS WITH WATER FLOWING OVER
            THEM IN WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY.

&&

KC
Local storm report, May 6, 10:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1043 PM CDT WED MAY 06 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1036 PM     TORNADO          3 NW WASHINGTON         39.85N 97.09W
05/06/2015                   WASHINGTON         KS   STORM CHASER

            ELEPHANT TRUNK TORNADO

&&

KSANDERS
Local storm report, May 6, 10:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1053 PM CDT WED MAY 06 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1047 PM     TORNADO          3 SW HOLLENBURG         39.95N 97.03W
05/06/2015                   WASHINGTON         KS   STORM CHASER

            RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO

&&

KSANDERS
Local storm report, May 6, 10:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1054 PM CDT WED MAY 06 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0942 PM     HAIL             6 S CLYDE               39.51N 97.40W
05/06/2015  M1.75 INCH       CLOUD              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            THIS IS A DELAYED REPORT. SPOTTER MEASURED GOLF BALL SIZE
            HAIL WITH THE STORM THAT PASSED OVER HIS LOCATION AT 942
            PM CDT.

&&

BDRAKE
Local storm report, May 6, 11:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1148 PM CDT WED MAY 06 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 PM     TORNADO          3 W JAMESTOWN           39.60N 97.92W
05/06/2015                   CLOUD              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED A LARGE WEDGE SHAPE TORNADO ON THE
            GROUND AND ESTIMATES IT TO BE ABOUT 1/2 MILE WIDE.

0520 PM     TORNADO          6 N COURTLAND           39.87N 97.89W
05/06/2015                   REPUBLIC           KS   PUBLIC

            REPORTED ON GROUND BY PUBLIC AT 515PM.

0528 PM     TORNADO          3 SE COURTLAND          39.76N 97.85W
05/06/2015                   REPUBLIC           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER CONFIRMED ROTATION WITH THE SAME STORM THAT
            PREVIOUSLY HAD A TORNADO. HE COULD SEE AT LEAST A FUNNEL
            WITHIN 1 MILE OF HIS LOCATION BUT COULD NOT CONFIRM IT
            WAS ON THE GROUND. HE COULD NOT TALK ANY LONGER AS HE
            NEEDED TO TAKE SHELTER.

0545 PM     TORNADO          5 ESE REPUBLIC          39.90N 97.73W
05/06/2015                   REPUBLIC           KS   PUBLIC

            SPOTTERS CONFIRMED LARGE TORNADO

0700 PM     HAIL             2 NE COURTLAND          39.80N 97.88W
05/06/2015  E1.00 INCH       REPUBLIC           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER INCH HAIL.

0720 PM     TORNADO          2 SE MUNDEN             39.89N 97.51W
05/06/2015                   REPUBLIC           KS   STORM CHASER

            CONE SHAPED TORNADO REPORTED BY STORM CHASER. CONFIRMED 2
            SOUTHEAST OF MUNDEN.

0730 PM     TORNADO          3 NE JAMESTOWN          39.63N 97.82W
05/06/2015                   CLOUD              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TORNADO ON THE GROUND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST. NO MORE
            SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON VISUAL SHAPE OR DAMAGE.

0838 PM     TORNADO          4 S MINNEAPOLIS         39.06N 97.71W
05/06/2015                   OTTAWA             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED ON THE GROUND.

0915 PM     TORNADO          6 SW MORROWVILLE        39.78N 97.25W
05/06/2015                   WASHINGTON         KS   PUBLIC

            TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR AND COORDINATED WITH SPOTTER
            REPORT.

0942 PM     HAIL             6 S CLYDE               39.51N 97.40W
05/06/2015  M1.75 INCH       CLOUD              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            THIS IS A DELAYED REPORT. SPOTTER MEASURED GOLF BALL SIZE
            HAIL WITH THE STORM THAT PASSED OVER HIS LOCATION AT 942
            PM CDT.

0942 PM     TORNADO          6 NE AURORA             39.51N 97.45W
05/06/2015                   CLOUD              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            OFFICERS REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND.

0957 PM     TORNADO          5 E CLYDE               39.59N 97.30W
05/06/2015                   WASHINGTON         KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0958 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 NE COURTLAND          39.80N 97.88W
05/06/2015  E4.30 INCH       REPUBLIC           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS THAT MOST LOW SPOTS AND DRAWS HAVE WATER
            FLOWING OVER THEM.

1019 PM     TORNADO          6 SE MORROWVILLE        39.78N 97.09W
05/06/2015                   WASHINGTON         KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1025 PM     TORNADO          3 SSW WASHINGTON        39.78N 97.07W
05/06/2015                   WASHINGTON         KS   STORM CHASER

            STORM CHASER REPORTED A CONE SHAPE TORNADO ABOUT 3 MILES
            SOUTHWEST OF WASHINGTON. RADAR SHOWS THE STORM HEADING IN
            THAT GENERAL DIRECTION.

1033 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NE COURTLAND          39.80N 97.88W
05/06/2015                   REPUBLIC           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED MANY ROADWAYS WITH WATER FLOWING OVER
            THEM IN WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY.

1036 PM     TORNADO          3 NW WASHINGTON         39.85N 97.09W
05/06/2015                   WASHINGTON         KS   STORM CHASER

            ELEPHANT TRUNK TORNADO

1047 PM     TORNADO          3 SW HOLLENBURG         39.95N 97.03W
05/06/2015                   WASHINGTON         KS   STORM CHASER

            RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO

&&

KC
Local storm report, May 6, 11:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1151 PM CDT WED MAY 06 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1150 PM     HEAVY RAIN       W CLYDE                 39.59N 97.41W
05/06/2015  M1.19 INCH       CLOUD              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MEASURED RAINFALL SINCE 4PM CDT.

&&

BDRAKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa39 min
May 6, 7:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRepublic6 hr
May 6, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic15 min
May 6, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic37 min
May 6, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic25 min
May 6, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic34 min
May 6, 7:41 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPRepublic19 min
May 6, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa40 min
May 6, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic25 min
May 6, 8:20 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOttawa25 min
May 6, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Republic, Washington32 min
May 6, 8:43 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPOttawa17 min
May 6, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic, Washington53 min
May 6, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Ottawa32 min
May 6, 9:04 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic29 min
May 6, 9:14 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWashington31 min
May 6, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay, Cloud34 min
May 6, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington24 min
May 6, 9:50 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPClay, Cloud, Washington25 min
May 6, 10:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWashington34 min
May 6, 10:39 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWashington36 min
May 7, 12:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPRepublic33 hr
May 7, 9:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOsage23 min
May 7, 9:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPLyon31 min
May 7, 9:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon, Osage42 min
May 7, 9:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOsage46 min
May 7, 9:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCoffey37 min
May 7, 10:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPFranklin58 min
May 7, 10:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas10 min
May 7, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWashington37 min
May 7, 3:13 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPMarshall5 days
May 7, 3:13 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPMarshall3 days
May 7, 3:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOttawa26 min
May 7, 3:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMarshall28 min
May 7, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa29 min
May 7, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington30 min
May 7, 4:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOttawa28 min
May 7, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWashington31 min
May 7, 4:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPWashington57 hr
May 7, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Washington24 min
May 7, 4:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMarshall, Washington4 hr
May 7, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington10 min
May 7, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWashington29 min
May 7, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOttawa34 min
May 7, 5:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWashington36 min
May 7, 6:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson24 min
May 7, 6:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson36 min
May 7, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPNemaha34 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2015Every areal flood warning in 2015

Sources

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.