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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Topeka, KS

May 26, 2016Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT for Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 7 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, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2016, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Douglas County, KS, Jefferson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 11:43 PM CDTFLOODLawrence, KSBALDWIN CREEK ON FARMERS TURNPIKE BETWEEN K 10 INTERCHANGE AND KASOLD DRIVE IS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND IMPACTING FARMERS TURNPIKE ROAD.
May 26, 11:43 PM CDTFLOODN Lawrence, KSBALDWIN CREEK ON FARMERS TURNPIKE BETWEEN K 10 INTERCHANGE AND KASOLD DRIVE IS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND IMPACTING FARMERS TURNPIKE ROAD.
May 27, 12:30 AM CDTFLASH FLOODGrantville, KSMUDDY CREEK IN GRANTVILLE IS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND QUICKLY RISING.
May 27, 12:34 AM CDTFLASH FLOODGrantville, KSKOA ROAD IS CLOSED FROM HWY 24 TO 27TH STREET DUE TO MUDDY CREEK BEING OUT OF ITS BANKS.
May 27, 12:45 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.233 Ese Lawrence, KSMESONET STATION 3 ESE LAWRENCE /AP506/
May 27, 12:49 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.151 Se Eudora, KSMESONET STATION EUDORA /E5352/
May 27, 12:50 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.222 W Mclouth, KSMESONET STATION 1 W MCLOUTH /C9610/

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

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 29 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2016-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2016-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -83 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-478 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

182 
WGUS53 KTOP 270315
FFWTOP
KSC045-087-270615-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0021.160527T0315Z-160527T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1015 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1011 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROAD
  CLOSURES ACROSS DOUGLAS AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING PARTS
  OF HIGHWAY 24...900 ROAD AND 458 ROAD IN DOUGLAS COUNTY...AND
  SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN LAWRENCE. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.
  FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LAWRENCE...BALDWIN CITY...VALLEY FALLS...OSKALOOSA...EUDORA...PERRY...
  MCLOUTH...MERIDEN...OZAWKIE...NORTONVILLE...LECOMPTON...CLINTON...
  WINCHESTER...LONE STAR...PLEASANT GROVE...WILLIAMSTOWN...GLOBE...
  VINLAND.

THIS INCLUDES 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3874 9506 3874 9550 3905 9550 3907 9555
      3905 9558 3907 9560 3942 9559 3942 9518
      3897 9519 3898 9516 3895 9509 3898 9508
      3899 9506

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 8:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary, Lyon, Morris, Osage, Riley, Wabaunsee5 hr
May 26, 9:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPJackson, Shawnee29 hr
May 26, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa52 min
May 26, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Ottawa, Riley47 min
May 26, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPGeary, Riley48 min
May 26, 10:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPCoffey, Franklin, Lyon, Osage3 hr
May 26, 10:48 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon, Osage26 hr
May 26, 11:03 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPShawnee25 hr
May 27, 1:12 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson, Lyon and 5 more8 hr
May 27, 1:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPDickinson71 hr
May 27, 1:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPDickinson4 days
May 27, 1:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPDouglas23 hr
May 27, 1:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson51 hr
May 27, 1:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPWabaunsee19 hr
May 27, 1:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPOttawa, Saline67 hr
May 27, 1:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPOsage22 hr
May 27, 2:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon5 days
May 27, 2:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon38 hr
May 27, 2:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon51 hr
May 27, 2:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon5 days
May 27, 3:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPShawnee21 hr
May 27, 3:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPRiley21 hr
May 27, 3:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPMarshall6 days
May 27, 3:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPMarshall43 hr
May 27, 3:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPRiley25 hr
May 27, 3:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPWashington29 hr
May 27, 8:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPFranklin58 hr
May 27, 8:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPFranklin, Osage53 hr
May 27, 8:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPCloud42 hr
May 27, 9:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson51 hr
May 27, 2:34 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee20 hr
May 27, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRepublic29 min
May 27, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRepublic28 min
May 27, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Geary, Morris26 min
May 27, 6:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPWashington3 hr
May 27, 6:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRepublic4 hr
May 27, 6:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPClay, Riley, Washington4 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.