Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2015, 6:18 PM CDT for Brown County, Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 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
- May 25, 2015, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2015, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Brown County, KS, Nemaha County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 6:43 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Seneca, KS | FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 36 IN SENECA AND HIGHWAY 187 NEAR CENTRALIA |
| May 25, 7:45 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Hiawatha, KS | 4 ROADS CLOSED IN HIAWATHA DUE TO FLOODING. MULBERRY ROAD 2 MILES EAST OF HIAWATHA HAS WATER RUNNING OVER IT. |
| May 25, 9:56 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 S Hiawatha, KS | ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
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 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -273 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 997 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
631
WGUS53 KTOP 252318
FFWTOP
KSC013-131-260315-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
618 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BROWN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
NEMAHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 608 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR
ESTIMATES OF 1 TO INCHES OF RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL
STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 800 PM AND PRODUCE
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BERN...
CENTRALIA...
CORNING...
GOFF...
ONEIDA...
SABETHA...
SENECA...
WETMORE...
WOODLAWN...
FAIRVIEW...
HAMLIN...
HIAWATHA...
MORRILL...
POWHATTAN...
RESERVE...
ROBINSON...
WILLIS...
KICKAPOO RESERVATION...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO
CROSS FLOWING WATER IN A CAR OR ON FOOT.
&&
LAT...LON 4000 9534 3974 9534 3965 9571 3965 9578
3963 9579 3956 9607 3957 9622 3978 9624
4000 9599
$$
JOHNSON2 follow-up statements
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WGUS73 KTOP 252350
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
650 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
KSC013-131-260315-
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NEMAHA-BROWN-
650 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR
BROWN AND NEMAHA COUNTIES...
AT 646 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. WATER WAS REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 36
NEAR SENECA AND HIGHWAY 187 NEAR CENTRALIA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT
BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 650 PM. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BERN...CENTRALIA...CORNING...GOFF...ONEIDA...SABETHA...SENECA...
WETMORE...WOODLAWN...FAIRVIEW...HAMLIN...HIAWATHA...MORRILL...
POWHATTAN...RESERVE...ROBINSON...WILLIS AND KICKAPOO RESERVATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS
TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4000 9534 3974 9534 3965 9571 3965 9578
3963 9579 3956 9607 3957 9622 3978 9624
4000 9599
$$
JOHNSON201
WGUS73 KTOP 260057
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
757 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
KSC013-131-260315-
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NEMAHA-BROWN-
757 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR
BROWN AND NEMAHA COUNTIES...
AT 753 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. MULTIPLE
ROADS WERE CLOSED IN HIAWATHA DUE TO FLOODING AND WATER WAS RUNNING
OVER MULBERRY ROAD EAST OF HIAWATHA. FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN
PARTS OF NEMAHA COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN
MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BERN...CENTRALIA...CORNING...GOFF...ONEIDA...SABETHA...WETMORE...
WOODLAWN...FAIRVIEW...HAMLIN...HIAWATHA...MORRILL...POWHATTAN...
RESERVE...ROBINSON...WILLIS AND KICKAPOO RESERVATION.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4000 9534 3974 9534 3965 9570 3965 9578
3963 9579 3956 9605 3957 9622 3961 9623
3976 9612 3982 9603 3993 9607 4000 9599
$$
BARJENBRUCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 17 hr |
| May 25, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Pottawatomie | 30 min |
| May 25, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 28 min |
| May 25, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 15 min |
| May 25, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 38 min |
| May 25, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 30 min |
| May 25, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa | 45 min |
| May 25, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 44 min |
| May 25, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 42 min |
| May 25, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 53 min |
| May 25, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 35 min |
| May 25, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 31 min |
| May 25, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Ottawa | 30 min |
| May 25, 5:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Ottawa, Riley | 4 hr |
| May 25, 6:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 119 min |
| May 25, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 23 min |
| May 25, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 31 min |
| May 25, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud | 28 min |
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.