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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Topeka, KS

July 3, 2016Lyon County, Morris County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

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.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 3, 4:00 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.55Council Grove, KSMESONET 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2016-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 147 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2016-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 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
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

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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

$$

PRIETO
2 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

$$

PRIETO
628 
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

$$

PRIETO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson28 min
Jul 2, 8:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage3 hr
Jul 2, 10:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee3 hr
Jul 3, 12:42 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPJefferson3 hr
Jul 3, 1:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPJefferson4 hr
Jul 3, 2:09 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPWashington3 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.