Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 24, 2016, 9:23 PM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Riley 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
- Apr 24, 2016, 9:23 PM CDT (02:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2016, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted.
920
WGUS53 KTOP 250223
FFWTOP
KSC149-161-250630-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0003.160425T0223Z-160425T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
923 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT
* AT 923 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO
THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. STREET FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN
REPORTED WITHIN THE CITY OF MANHATTAN.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MANHATTAN...OGDEN...ST. GEORGE...LOUISVILLE AND KEATS.
LAT...LON 3926 9626 3907 9657 3907 9666 3915 9681
3937 9650
$$1 follow-up statement
364
WGUS73 KTOP 250452
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1152 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
KSC149-161-250502-
/O.CAN.KTOP.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160425T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-
1152 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RILEY AND SOUTHWESTERN
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT...ALTHOUGH AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RUN BANKFULL INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3926 9626 3907 9657 3907 9666 3915 9681
3937 9650
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 16 min |
| Apr 24, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 20 min |
| Apr 24, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 52 min |
| Apr 24, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 18 min |
| Apr 24, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 8:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 8:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 8:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Geary, Jackson, Pottawatomie, Riley | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Wabaunsee | 22 min |
| Apr 24, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley, Wabaunsee | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Shawnee | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 8:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 29 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.