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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Topeka, KS

May 26, 20168 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2016, 4:14 PM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 9 hr. 5 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 26, 2016, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2016, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Brown County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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 26, 8:27 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Nne Berryton, KS	WATER FLOWING OVER THE WHOLE INTERSECTION OF 53RD AND CROCO RD.
May 26, 8:56 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3	5 E Hoyt, KS	24 HOUR TOTAL
May 27, 12:46 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.39	3 Wsw Holton, KS	MESONET STATION 3 WSW HOLTON /E3101/
May 27, 12:56 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.8	3 Nw Tecumseh, KS	24 HOUR TOTAL
May 27, 12:56 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.8	Billard Airport, KS	24 HOUR TOTAL

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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 35 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1730 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 10.9

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The text

As transmitted.

843 
WGUS53 KTOP 262114
FFWTOP
KSC013-085-117-131-149-161-177-197-270015-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0017.160526T2114Z-160527T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
414 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN NEMAHA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 414 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  TOPEKA...MANHATTAN...WAMEGO...HOLTON...HORTON...ROSSVILLE...ALMA...
  WESTMORELAND...BLAINE...TECUMSEH...ST. MARYS...RICHLAND...DOVER...SILVER
  LAKE...AUBURN...RILEY...ONAGA...HOYT...ST. GEORGE AND MAPLE HILL.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 316 AND 355.
 KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 166 AND 188.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3965 9545 3965 9556 3951 9557 3949 9559
      3907 9560 3905 9558 3907 9551 3905 9550
      3887 9550 3887 9593 3906 9650 3907 9650
      3927 9693 3967 9625 3967 9544

$$

3 follow-up statements

818 
WGUS53 KTOP 270003
FFWTOP
KSC013-085-117-131-149-161-177-197-270415-
/O.EXT.KTOP.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160527T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
703 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN NEMAHA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 702 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING MAY ALREADY BE OCCURRING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  TOPEKA...MANHATTAN...WAMEGO...HOLTON...HORTON...ROSSVILLE...ALMA...
  WESTMORELAND...BLAINE...TECUMSEH...ST. MARYS...RICHLAND...DOVER...SILVER
  LAKE...AUBURN...RILEY...ONAGA...HOYT...ST. GEORGE AND MAPLE HILL.

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

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 316 AND 355.
 KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 166 AND 188.

LAT...LON 3965 9545 3965 9556 3951 9557 3949 9559
      3907 9560 3905 9558 3907 9551 3905 9550
      3887 9550 3887 9593 3906 9650 3907 9650
      3927 9693 3967 9625 3967 9544

$$

178 
WGUS73 KTOP 270328
FFSTOP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1028 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

KSC013-117-131-161-270335-
/O.CAN.KTOP.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160527T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BROWN-NEMAHA-MARSHALL-RILEY-
1028 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BROWN...SOUTHERN
NEMAHA...SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL AND SOUTHERN RILEY COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3887 9550 3887 9593 3902 9639 3918 9640
      3957 9618 3957 9579 3965 9579 3965 9556
      3951 9557 3949 9559 3907 9560 3905 9558
      3907 9552 3905 9550

$$

KSC085-149-177-197-270415-
/O.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160527T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-JACKSON-POTTAWATOMIE-
1028 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
THURSDAY FOR NORTHERN WABAUNSEE...SHAWNEE...JACKSON AND EASTERN
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES...

AT 1025 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
THE WARNED AREA WITH ROAD CLOSURES OCCURRING. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE WITH
ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS EVENING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TOPEKA...WAMEGO...HOLTON...ROSSVILLE...ALMA...TECUMSEH...ST. MARYS...
RICHLAND...DOVER...SILVER LAKE...AUBURN...ONAGA...HOYT...MAPLE HILL...
MAYETTA...MCFARLAND...PAXICO...BELVUE...EMMETT AND LOUISVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 323 AND 355.
 KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 166 AND 188.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3887 9550 3887 9593 3902 9639 3918 9640
      3957 9618 3957 9579 3965 9579 3965 9556
      3951 9557 3949 9559 3907 9560 3905 9558
      3907 9552 3905 9550

$$

BB

070 
WGUS53 KTOP 270354
FFWTOP
KSC085-149-177-197-270615-
/O.EXT.KTOP.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160527T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1054 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  EASTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1052 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
  THE WARNED AREA WITH ROAD CLOSURES OCCURRING. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
  RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS
  POSSIBLE WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS EVENING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  TOPEKA...WAMEGO...HOLTON...ROSSVILLE...ALMA...TECUMSEH...ST. MARYS...
  RICHLAND...DOVER...SILVER LAKE...AUBURN...ONAGA...HOYT...MAPLE HILL...
  MAYETTA...MCFARLAND...PAXICO...BELVUE...EMMETT AND LOUISVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 323 AND 355.
 KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 166 AND 188.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3887 9550 3887 9593 3902 9639 3918 9640
      3957 9618 3957 9579 3965 9579 3965 9556
      3951 9557 3949 9559 3907 9560 3905 9558
      3907 9552 3905 9550

$$

BB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Ottawa	27 min
May 25, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	TOP	Dickinson	32 min
May 25, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa	50 min
May 25, 7:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedConsiderable damage threat	TOP	Dickinson	38 min
May 25, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	36 min
May 25, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay	21 min
May 25, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	TOP	Dickinson, Geary	33 min
May 25, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary	24 min
May 25, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris	43 min
May 25, 9:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson	3 days
May 25, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee	36 min
May 25, 9:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Morris, Wabaunsee	33 min
May 25, 10:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	36 min
May 25, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary	48 min
May 25, 10:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	TOP	Osage, Wabaunsee	32 min
May 25, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	43 min
May 25, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage, Wabaunsee	40 min
May 25, 11:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Douglas	23 min
May 26, 2:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson	34 min
May 26, 3:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jefferson	25 min
May 26, 8:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	23 min
May 26, 8:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jefferson	31 min
May 26, 9:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jefferson	33 min
May 26, 9:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jefferson	30 min
May 26, 9:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson	10 min
May 26, 1:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Pottawatomie	25 min
May 26, 1:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TOP	Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more	38 hr
May 26, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	51 min
May 26, 1:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Shawnee	25 min
May 26, 2:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	30 min
May 26, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley	51 min
May 26, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee	46 min
May 26, 2:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Pottawatomie	31 min
May 26, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	41 min
May 26, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	11 min
May 26, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	34 min
May 26, 2:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Riley	7 hr
May 26, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie	42 min
May 26, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson	38 min
May 26, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	48 min
May 26, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris, Riley, Wabaunsee	32 min
May 26, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee	52 min
May 26, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Nemaha	51 min
May 26, 3:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Jefferson	3 hr
May 26, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	36 min
May 26, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Wabaunsee	26 min
May 26, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Osage, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	29 min
May 26, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Nemaha	25 min
May 26, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee	25 min
May 26, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee	51 min
May 26, 4:49 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	48 hr
May 26, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	45 min
May 26, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Wabaunsee	38 min
May 26, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage	22 min
May 26, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Morris	37 min
May 26, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee	37 min
May 26, 6:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Jefferson	4 hr
May 26, 6:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas	4 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.