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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Topeka, KS

April 26, 20165 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 26, 2016, 10:01 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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
Apr 26, 2016, 10:01 PM CDT (03:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2016, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Anderson County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jefferson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 26, 11:16 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 W Garnett, KSMULTIPLE PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 31 UNDER WATER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 250 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 851 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
851 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-259 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

810 
WGUS53 KTOP 270301
FFWTOP
KSC003-031-045-059-087-270700-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0011.160427T0301Z-160427T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1001 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COFFEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 959 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3
  INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
  SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LAWRENCE...OTTAWA...BALDWIN CITY...GARNETT...BURLINGTON...VALLEY FALLS...
  OSKALOOSA...EUDORA...WELLSVILLE...CENTROPOLIS...LEBO...PERRY...MCLOUTH...
  POMONA...OZAWKIE...LECOMPTON...WAVERLY...CLINTON...WINCHESTER AND
  RICHMOND.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 144 AND 155...AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 168 AND 198.
 KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 189 AND 205.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3843 9594 3843 9551 3941 9549 3942 9518
      3897 9519 3898 9516 3895 9509 3898 9508
      3899 9506 3898 9506 3805 9509 3804 9596

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 7:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDouglas, Osage32 min
Apr 26, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee15 min
Apr 26, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic49 min
Apr 26, 7:28 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee6 hr
Apr 26, 7:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPDouglas, Jefferson93 min
Apr 26, 8:04 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson, Shawnee9 hr
Apr 26, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon38 min
Apr 26, 8:08 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPWabaunsee26 hr
Apr 26, 8:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee3 hr
Apr 26, 8:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPLyon3 hr
Apr 26, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Osage28 min
Apr 26, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin42 min
Apr 26, 9:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon, Osage29 hr
Apr 26, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin21 min
Apr 26, 10:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPJackson, Shawnee23 hr
Apr 26, 10:39 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Osage, Wabaunsee6 hr
Apr 26, 10:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPOsage23 hr
Apr 26, 10:59 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPShawnee23 hr
Apr 26, 11:11 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee6 hr
Apr 26, 11:15 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPLyon6 hr
Apr 27, 1:29 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee3 hr
Apr 27, 2:25 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey2 hr
Apr 27, 2:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPFranklin, Osage43 hr
Apr 27, 4:26 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Geary, Jackson and 6 more8 hr
Apr 27, 6:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon33 hr
Apr 27, 6:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon54 hr
Apr 27, 8:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin31 hr
Apr 27, 9:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon46 hr
Apr 27, 12:33 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Franklin, Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee6 hr
Apr 27, 1:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee34 min
Apr 27, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson, Jefferson41 min
Apr 27, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown38 min
Apr 27, 2:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJefferson, Shawnee53 min
Apr 27, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson, Shawnee47 min
Apr 27, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson31 min
Apr 27, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown30 min
Apr 27, 3:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson24 hr
Apr 27, 3:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson39 hr
Apr 27, 6:31 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPLyon, Osage, Wabaunsee6 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.