Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2016, 9:25 PM CDT for Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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 28, 2016, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2016, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 1611 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1337 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
275 WGUS53 KTOP 290225 FFWTOP KSC201-290530- /O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0030.160829T0225Z-160829T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 925 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 1230 AM CDT * AT 923 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY... ESPECIALLY ON DEVILS CREEK NORTH OF WASHINGTON. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WASHINGTON...MORROWVILLE...HADDAM...MAHASKA AND HOLLENBERG. 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. && LAT...LON 4000 9686 3976 9692 3979 9737 4000 9737 $$
1 follow-up statement
597 WGUS73 KTOP 290349 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1049 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016 KSC201-290530- /O.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160829T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WASHINGTON- 1049 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 1047 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AS MUCH AS 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY ON THE MYER...BOWMAN...SALT AND DEVILS CREEKS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WASHINGTON...MORROWVILLE...HADDAM...MAHASKA AND HOLLENBERG. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 4000 9686 3976 9692 3979 9737 4000 9737 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 8:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 94 min |
| Aug 28, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 17 min |
| Aug 28, 8:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Washington | 114 min |
| Aug 28, 10:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Washington | 34 hr |
| Aug 28, 10:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Republic | 119 min |
| Aug 28, 11:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 5:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 10:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 11:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TOP | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson and 7 more | 36 hr |
| Aug 29, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Clay | 22 min |
| Aug 29, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Republic | 34 min |
| Aug 29, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Ottawa | 27 min |
| Aug 29, 4:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 2 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.