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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2016, 1:01 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2016, 1:01 AM CDT (06:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2016, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Jefferson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 49 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.
208 WGUS53 KTOP 030601 FFWTOP KSC087-031000- /O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0027.160703T0601Z-160703T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 101 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS... * UNTIL 500 AM CDT * AT 100 AM 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... NORTONVILLE AND WINCHESTER. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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 3928 9518 3930 9542 3942 9544 3942 9518 $$ PRIETO
2 follow-up statements
065 WGUS73 KTOP 030753 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 253 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 KSC087-031000- /O.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160703T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JEFFERSON- 253 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 252 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NORTONVILLE AND WINCHESTER. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. && LAT...LON 3928 9518 3930 9542 3942 9544 3942 9518 $$ PRIETO
039 WGUS73 KTOP 031005 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 505 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 KSC087-031015- /O.EXP.KTOP.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160703T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JEFFERSON- 505 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... 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 3928 9518 3930 9542 3942 9544 3942 9518 $$ PRIETO
The 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, 12:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.