Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

May 6, 2015, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)

Expired

May 7, 2015, 1:15 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Republic County, KS

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
712 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT THURSDAY

* AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR 
ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE WESTERN 
PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COURTLAND...
  REPUBLIC...
  SCANDIA...

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.

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4000 9759 3971 9779 3971 9794 3989 9794
      3991 9793 4000 9794 4001 9793

$$

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1139 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

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REPUBLIC-
1139 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR
WESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY...

AT 1136 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 
FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE PUBLIC AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE 
REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS IN THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE 
COUNTY HAVE WATER OVER THEM.  THE REPUBLICAN RIVER AT SCANDIA IS 
ALSO RISING...AND A RIVER FLOOD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED IN THE 
OVERNIGHT HOURS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COURTLAND...REPUBLIC AND SCANDIA.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4000 9759 3971 9779 3971 9794 3989 9794
      3991 9793 4000 9794 4001 9793

$$

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.