Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

May 4, 2015, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)

Expired

May 4, 2015, 11:00 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Clay County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
801 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 756 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A 
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY RAINFALL 
FROM MANHATTAN TO SOUTH OF SALINA. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS REPORTED 
REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND MANHATTAN. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 
2 INCHES OF RAINFALL MAY IS EXPECTED THROUGH 11 PM...ON TOP OF THE 3 
TO 6 INCHES THAT ALREADY HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MANHATTAN...
  ST. GEORGE...
  NILES...
  JUNCTION CITY...
  MILFORD...
  ABILENE...
  CHAPMAN...
  SOLOMON...
  TALMAGE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 267 AND 313.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT 
FOR THE WARNED AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3896 9769 3917 9736 3933 9646 3918 9632
      3915 9635 3917 9636 3917 9639 3913 9639
      3890 9692 3889 9700 3876 9737 3896 9738
      3895 9767

$$

GARGAN

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
903 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015

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RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-OTTAWA-CLAY-DICKINSON-GEARY-
903 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEARY...NORTHERN DICKINSON...SOUTHERN CLAY...
SOUTHEASTERN OTTAWA...SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATOMIE AND SOUTHERN RILEY
COUNTIES...

AT 857 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT 
THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREA. 
MOST OF THE WARNED AREA HAS RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF 
RAINFALL. THEREFORE...RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL MAY 
CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 11 PM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANHATTAN...ST. GEORGE...NILES...JUNCTION CITY... 
MILFORD...ABILENE...CHAPMAN...ENTERPRISE...MANCHESTER...SOLOMON AND 
MILFORD LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 267 AND 313.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3896 9769 3917 9736 3933 9646 3918 9632
      3915 9635 3917 9636 3917 9639 3913 9639
      3890 9692 3889 9700 3876 9737 3896 9738
      3895 9767

$$

GARGAN

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1100 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015

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/O.EXP.KTOP.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150505T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-OTTAWA-CLAY-DICKINSON-GEARY-
1100 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEARY...NORTHERN DICKINSON...SOUTHERN CLAY...
SOUTHEASTERN OTTAWA...SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATOMIE AND SOUTHERN RILEY
COUNTIES...

AT 1054 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT THE FLASH
FLOODING IS NO LONGER OCCURRING AND RUNOFF FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUES TO RECEDE. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

SOME COUNTY ROADS MAY CONTINUE TO HAVE STANDING WATER OVER THEM 
THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. MOTORIST SHOULD USE CAUTION DRIVING IN 
AREAS WHERE FLOODING HAD OCCURED. 

LAT...LON 3896 9769 3917 9736 3933 9646 3918 9632
      3915 9635 3917 9636 3917 9639 3913 9639
      3890 9692 3889 9700 3876 9737 3896 9738
      3895 9767

$$

GARGAN

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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.