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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2016, 12:47 AM CDT for Lyon County, Morris County, Wabaunsee County, 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
- Jul 3, 2016, 12:47 AM CDT (05:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2016, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 4:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.55 | Council Grove, KS | MESONET STATION COUNCIL GROVE /CGRK1/. THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY RAIN EVENT WAS 24 HOURS. |
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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
439
WGUS53 KTOP 030547
FFWTOP
KSC111-127-197-030945-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0026.160703T0547Z-160703T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1247 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHERN LYON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 445 AM CDT
* AT 1245 AM CDT...GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE REPORT NEAR BUSHONG HAD
REPORTED 5.25 INCHES OF RAIN. WIDESPREAD OVER THE AREA, UP TO
THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COUNCIL GROVE...ESKRIDGE...ALTA VISTA...DWIGHT...HARVEYVILLE...
ALLEN...ADMIRE...PARKERVILLE...BUSHONG AND COUNCIL GROVE LAKE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
THIS INCLUDES KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 143 AND 154.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
&&
LAT...LON 3861 9664 3887 9667 3887 9595 3870 9595
3870 9594 3869 9595 3860 9595
$$
PRIETO2 follow-up statements
974
WGUS73 KTOP 030751
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
251 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
KSC111-127-197-030945-
/O.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160703T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WABAUNSEE-MORRIS-LYON-
251 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN WABAUNSEE...NORTHEASTERN MORRIS AND NORTHERN LYON
COUNTIES...
AT 250 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN.
FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COUNCIL GROVE...ESKRIDGE...ALTA VISTA...DWIGHT...HARVEYVILLE...
ALLEN...ADMIRE...PARKERVILLE...BUSHONG AND COUNCIL GROVE LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 143 AND 154.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
&&
LAT...LON 3861 9664 3887 9667 3887 9595 3870 9595
3870 9594 3869 9595 3860 9595
$$
PRIETO628
WGUS73 KTOP 030936
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
436 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
KSC111-127-197-030945-
/O.EXP.KTOP.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160703T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WABAUNSEE-MORRIS-LYON-
436 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WABAUNSEE...NORTHEASTERN
MORRIS AND NORTHERN LYON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 AM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3861 9664 3887 9667 3887 9595 3870 9595
3870 9594 3869 9595 3860 9595
$$
PRIETOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson | 28 min |
| Jul 2, 8:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Osage | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 10:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Washington | 3 hr |
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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.