Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2016, 2:34 AM CDT for Anderson County, Coffey 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
- Aug 8, 2016, 2:34 AM CDT (07:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2016, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Anderson County, KS, Coffey County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
676 WGUS53 KTOP 080734 FFWTOP KSC003-031-081130- /O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0029.160808T0734Z-160808T1130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 234 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN COFFEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 630 AM CDT * AT 233 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TRAINING 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... COLONY...GRIDLEY...KINCAID...LONE ELM AND LE ROY. 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3814 9596 3813 9508 3804 9508 3804 9596 $$ PRIETO
2 follow-up statements
424 WGUS73 KTOP 080835 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 335 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2016 KSC003-031-081130- /O.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160808T1130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COFFEY-ANDERSON- 335 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN COFFEY AND SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTIES... AT 334 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLONY...GRIDLEY...KINCAID...LONE ELM AND LE ROY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3814 9596 3813 9508 3804 9508 3804 9596 $$ PRIETO
973 WGUS73 KTOP 081122 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 622 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2016 KSC003-031-081132- /O.EXP.KTOP.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160808T1130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COFFEY-ANDERSON- 622 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN COFFEY AND SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 AM CDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED HOWEVER LIGHT RAINFALL CONTINUES FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3814 9596 3813 9508 3804 9508 3804 9596 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Coffey | 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.