Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 13, 2016, 5:09 PM CDT for Brown County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 reports 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
- Sep 13, 2016, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2016, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Brown County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 5:33 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2 | 4 E Powhattan, KS | RAINFALL SINCE 430 PM CDT TODAY. |
| Sep 13, 6:22 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ene Powhattan, KS | VIDEO OF WATER RUNNING ACROSS THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF 190TH AND KESTREL ROAD. WATER LOOKS TO BE 6 TO 12 INCHES DEEP. VIDEO VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Sep 13, 7:31 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4 | 4 E Powhattan, KS | SINCE MIDNIGHT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 683 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
203 WGUS53 KTOP 132209 FFWTOP KSC013-140115- /O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0035.160913T2209Z-160914T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 509 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 507 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HIAWATHA...HORTON...EVEREST...FAIRVIEW...ROBINSON...POWHATTAN... WILLIS AND KICKAPOO RESERVATION. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. 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 3986 9534 3965 9534 3965 9579 3985 9578 $$
2 follow-up statements
826 WGUS73 KTOP 140006 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 706 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2016 KSC013-140115- /O.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160914T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BROWN- 706 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY... AT 704 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING 4 TO 5 MILES EAST OF POWHATTAN. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HIAWATHA...HORTON...EVEREST...FAIRVIEW...ROBINSON...POWHATTAN... WILLIS AND KICKAPOO RESERVATION. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3986 9534 3965 9534 3965 9579 3985 9578 $$
352 WGUS53 KTOP 140059 FFWTOP KSC013-140415- /O.EXT.KTOP.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160914T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 759 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS... * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 757 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HIAWATHA...HORTON...EVEREST...FAIRVIEW...ROBINSON...POWHATTAN... WILLIS AND KICKAPOO RESERVATION. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO 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 3986 9534 3965 9534 3965 9579 3985 9578 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 11:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 24 min |
| Sep 12, 11:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 32 min |
| Sep 13, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Geary | 25 min |
| Sep 13, 12:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 32 min |
| Sep 13, 1:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 26 min |
| Sep 13, 1:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Morris | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 1:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 31 min |
| Sep 13, 2:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris | 27 min |
| Sep 13, 2:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 27 min |
| Sep 13, 3:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Morris | 60 min |
| Sep 13, 4:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Lyon | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 9:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 10:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 11:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Sep 13, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Shawnee | 36 min |
| Sep 13, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas | 40 min |
| Sep 13, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Shawnee | 17 min |
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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.