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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS

June 5, 2015Jackson County, Nemaha County, Pottawatomie County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2015, 12:37 AM CDT for Jackson County, Nemaha County, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. It was in force for 7 hr. 6 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 5, 2015, 12:37 AM CDT (05:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2015, 7:30 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Jackson County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:37 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 5, 1:00 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Ene Belvue, KS	ESTIMATED TIME. REPORT OF RAILROAD TRACKS WASHED OUT DUE TO FLOOD WATERS JUST WEST OF ST. MARYS NEAR HWY 24. WATER OVER THE ROADWAYS ON SMALLER SIDE STREETS WITHIN TOWN.
Jun 5, 3:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 W Wamego, KS	FLOODING AT HIGHWAY 24.
Jun 5, 4:31 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 N Centralia, KS	FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG WEYER CREEK
Jun 5, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.5	E Delia, KS	24 HOUR TOTAL
Jun 5, 7:28 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 5.4	3 Ene Belvue, KS
Jun 5, 7:30 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.47	Blaine, KS	24 HOUR TOTAL

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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 67 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1248 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1469 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 8.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

423 
WGUS53 KTOP 050537
FFWTOP
KSC085-131-149-050930-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0013.150605T0537Z-150605T0930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1237 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN NEMAHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
  POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT

* AT 1231 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH 
FLOODING FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
RADAR INDICATED HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. 

AT 1233 AM CDT...WATER FROM WEYER CREEK WAS FLOWING 1 FOOT DEEP 
ACROSS K-187.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BAILEYVILLE...
  CENTRALIA...
  CORNING...
  DELIA...
  HOLTON...
  HOYT...
  MAYETTA...
  NETAWAKA...
  SOLDIER...
  EMMETT...
  LOUISVILLE...
  WAMEGO...
  WESTMORELAND...
  POTAWATOMI RESERVATION...

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.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS
TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.

&&

LAT...LON 3991 9624 3965 9578 3965 9557 3922 9560
      3920 9622 3921 9624 3920 9625 3919 9637
      3956 9657 3957 9624

$$

GARGAN

2 follow-up statements

326 
WGUS53 KTOP 050921
FFWTOP
KSC085-131-149-051230-
/O.EXT.KTOP.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150605T1230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
421 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN NEMAHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
  POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT

* AT 414 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA. 3 TO 6 
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA LAST EVENING AND 
EARLY THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAINFALL WILL BE 
POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 AM ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS 
REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BAILEYVILLE...
  CENTRALIA...
  CORNING...
  CIRCLEVILLE...
  DELIA...
  HOLTON...
  HOYT...
  SOLDIER...
  BELVUE...
  BLAINE...
  HAVENSVILLE...
  LOUISVILLE...
  WAMEGO...
  WESTMORELAND...
  POTAWATOMI RESERVATION...

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.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS
TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.


STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.

&&

LAT...LON 3991 9624 3965 9578 3965 9557 3922 9560
      3920 9622 3921 9624 3920 9625 3919 9637
      3956 9657 3957 9624

$$

GARGAN

776 
WGUS73 KTOP 051234 RRA
FFSTOP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
734 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 2015

KSC085-131-149-051244-
/O.EXP.KTOP.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150605T1230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
POTTAWATOMIE-NEMAHA-JACKSON-
734 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR JACKSON...SOUTHERN NEMAHA
AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES...

AT 734 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 
VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...WITH RAPID RISES AND FLASH FLOODING OF 
CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE NO LONGER LIKELY. HOWEVER...FLOODING WILL 
CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND A FLOOD WARNING IS IN 
EFFECT THROUGH 1130 AM.

LAT...LON 3991 9624 3965 9578 3965 9557 3922 9560
      3920 9622 3921 9624 3920 9625 3919 9637
      3956 9657 3957 9624

$$

BARJENBRUCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 7:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Washington	35 min
Jun 4, 7:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Brown, Marshall, Nemaha, Washington	2 hr
Jun 4, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	19 min
Jun 4, 8:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie, Riley	119 min
Jun 4, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Shawnee	29 min
Jun 4, 8:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jackson	29 min
Jun 4, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee	39 min
Jun 4, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Shawnee	33 min
Jun 4, 9:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Geary, Jackson, Jefferson, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee and 1 more	106 min
Jun 4, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee	33 min
Jun 4, 9:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	4 hr
Jun 4, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas	37 min
Jun 4, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Marshall	34 min
Jun 4, 10:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Shawnee	29 hr
Jun 4, 10:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Shawnee	34 hr
Jun 4, 11:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Marshall, Republic, Washington	27 min
Jun 4, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Franklin	51 min
Jun 4, 11:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Douglas, Franklin	58 min
Jun 4, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Cloud, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Republic, Washington	30 min
Jun 4, 11:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	4 hr
Jun 5, 12:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Clay	68 hr
Jun 5, 12:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Marshall, Republic, Riley, Washington	109 min
Jun 5, 12:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Shawnee	22 hr
Jun 5, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley	32 min
Jun 5, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa	24 min
Jun 5, 12:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	36 min
Jun 5, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee	29 min
Jun 5, 1:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Ottawa	41 min
Jun 5, 1:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Lyon, Morris, Riley, Shawnee and 1 more	36 min
Jun 5, 1:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	40 min
Jun 5, 1:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Republic, Riley and 2 more	3 hr
Jun 5, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee	46 min
Jun 5, 1:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	61 hr
Jun 5, 1:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Cloud	35 hr
Jun 5, 1:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Riley	31 hr
Jun 5, 1:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	33 min
Jun 5, 2:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee and 1 more	5 hr
Jun 5, 2:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee	47 min
Jun 5, 2:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin	40 min
Jun 5, 2:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	49 hr
Jun 5, 3:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	4 hr
Jun 5, 3:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Franklin	27 min
Jun 5, 4:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Osage	4 hr
Jun 5, 4:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Lyon	24 min
Jun 5, 4:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Republic, Riley and 2 more	3 hr
Jun 5, 4:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	22 hr
Jun 5, 5:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Coffey	37 min
Jun 5, 7:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley and 3 more	10 hr
Jun 5, 8:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	33 hr
Jun 5, 9:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin, Osage	16 hr
Jun 5, 9:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	49 hr
Jun 5, 9:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	50 hr
Jun 5, 9:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Franklin	33 hr
Jun 5, 5:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Marshall	8 hr
Jun 5, 5:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	16 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.