Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 2016, 7:22 PM CDT for Clay County, Riley County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 5 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
- May 9, 2016, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 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 Clay County, KS, Riley County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 9:45 PM CDT | FLOOD | 2 E Palmer, KS | HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING HAS CAUSED LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THE AREA TO CLOSE. RAINFALL ESTIMATED TO NEAR 4 INCHES. |
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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.
445
WGUS53 KTOP 100022
FFWTOP
KSC027-161-201-100515-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0013.160510T0022Z-160510T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
722 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
* AT 721 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LINN AND BARNES.
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 3971 9684 3959 9680 3957 9681 3957 9680
3948 9677 3948 9689 3954 9710 3972 9716
$$
JOHNSON2 follow-up statements
610
WGUS73 KTOP 100248
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
948 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
KSC027-161-201-100515-
/O.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160510T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY-WASHINGTON-RILEY-
948 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CLAY...SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN RILEY
COUNTIES...
AT 944 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OF TWO TO FOUR
INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY
OCCURRING OR WILL BEGIN SHORTLY. FLOODING POTENTIAL IS GREATEST
ALONG THE TRIBUTARIES OF NORTH AND WEST FANCY CREEKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3971 9692 3964 9682 3961 9684 3957 9682
3948 9677 3948 9689 3954 9710 3966 9714
3972 9711
$$
BB994
WGUS73 KTOP 100500 RRA
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1200 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
KSC027-161-201-100510-
/O.CAN.KTOP.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160510T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY-WASHINGTON-RILEY-
1200 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLAY...SOUTHEASTERN
WASHINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN RILEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND WATERS ARE RECEDING. FLOODING IS NO LONGER
EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING
ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3971 9692 3964 9682 3961 9684 3957 9682
3948 9677 3948 9689 3954 9710 3966 9714
3972 9711
$$
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, 7:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 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
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
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.