Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 2016, 7:18 PM CDT for Cloud County, Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2016, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2016, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cloud County, KS, Republic County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 1656 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1273 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
369
WGUS53 KTOP 100018
FFWTOP
KSC029-157-100515-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0012.160510T0018Z-160510T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
718 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
* AT 716 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE
PAST FEW HOURS COMBINED WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO BY 830 PM
SHOULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JAMESTOWN...COURTLAND AND NORWAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3991 9793 3960 9769 3952 9775 3953 9786
3955 9793
$$
JOHNSON2 follow-up statements
549
WGUS73 KTOP 100238
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
938 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
KSC029-157-100515-
/O.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160510T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
REPUBLIC-CLOUD-
938 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN REPUBLIC AND NORTHWESTERN CLOUD COUNTIES...
AT 936 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT AROUND TWO INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA WHILE AROUND 4 INCHES HAD FALLEN
JUST WEST OF THE AREA. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE WEST MAY CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT RISES IN WATER LEVELS AND FLASH FLOODING OVER THE NEXT
FEW HOURS AS IT FLOWS DOWNSTREAM INTO THE WARNED AREA.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JAMESTOWN AND COURTLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3984 9793 3979 9784 3962 9779 3957 9782
3955 9793
$$
BB309
WGUS73 KTOP 100500
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1200 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
KSC029-157-100509-
/O.CAN.KTOP.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160510T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
REPUBLIC-CLOUD-
1200 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN REPUBLIC AND NORTHWESTERN
CLOUD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3984 9793 3979 9784 3962 9779 3957 9782
3955 9793
$$
BBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 29 min |
| May 9, 7:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley, Washington | 5 hr |
| May 9, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Riley | 26 min |
| May 9, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Shawnee | 29 min |
| May 9, 8:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 56 min |
| May 9, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Nemaha | 50 min |
| May 9, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 55 min |
| May 9, 9:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Washington | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.