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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 24, 2016, 8:29 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 15 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 24, 2016, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2016, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lyon County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 8:41 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Se Silver Lake, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WATER RUNNING OVER ROAD AT 21ST AND INDIAN HILLS. |
| Sep 24, 8:41 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 W Topeka, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WATER RUNNING OVER ROAD AT 21ST AND INDIAN HILLS. |
| Sep 24, 8:53 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.86 | 2 E Dover, KS | MEASURED SINCE 615 PM. |
| Sep 24, 8:54 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 Wnw Pauline, KS | 3000 BLOCK OF AUBURN ROAD. |
| Sep 24, 8:54 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 Wsw Topeka, KS | 3000 BLOCK OF AUBURN ROAD. |
| Sep 24, 8:57 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.9 | 6 Nw Pauline, KS | |
| Sep 24, 8:57 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.9 | 6 Wsw Topeka, KS | |
| Sep 24, 9:10 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nne Admire, KS | K99 NEAR ROAD 340 IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Sep 24, 9:26 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ne Silver Lake, KS | DRIVE WAY WASHED OUT. ROAD IN FRONT OF HOUSE IS FLOODED. 3.86 OF RAIN HAD FALLEN. |
| Sep 24, 9:26 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ne Silver Lake, KS | DRIVE WAY WASHED OUT. ROAD IN FRONT OF HOUSE IS FLOODED. 3.86 OF RAIN HAD FALLEN. |
| Sep 24, 10:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ssw Willard, KS | CREEK IS FLOODING OUT OF ITS BANKS AND NEARLY OVER-TOPPING THE ROAD. THE SAME CREEK IS ALSO PRODUCING MINOR FLOODING NEAR WILLARD. |
| Sep 24, 10:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 W Harveyville, KS | REPORTS OF ROADS CLOSED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF K99 AND K31. |
| Sep 24, 10:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Maple Hill, KS | REPORT OF K30 CLOSED IN MAPLE HILL. |
| Sep 24, 10:30 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.65 | 3 S Hoyt, KS | . |
| Sep 24, 11:43 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.08 | 2 Ne Silver Lake, KS | . |
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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 281 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
- 1448 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
360 WGUS53 KTOP 250129 FFWTOP KSC111-139-177-197-250530- /O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0039.160925T0129Z-160925T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 829 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... WESTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHERN LYON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 1230 AM CDT * AT 828 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NORTHWESTERN TOPEKA...ROSSVILLE...ESKRIDGE...DOVER...SILVER LAKE... MAPLE HILL...HARVEYVILLE...ALLEN...ADMIRE...WILLARD... BUSHONG AND KEENE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 340 AND 355. KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 162. 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. && LAT...LON 3853 9606 3853 9631 3922 9599 3922 9565 $$ SANDERS
2 follow-up statements
254 WGUS73 KTOP 250338 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1038 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016 KSC111-139-177-197-250530- /O.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160925T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-OSAGE-LYON- 1038 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE...WESTERN SHAWNEE...NORTHWESTERN OSAGE AND NORTHERN LYON COUNTIES... AT 1036 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS ARE CLOSED IN THE WARNING AREA. UP TO THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NORTHWESTERN TOPEKA...ROSSVILLE...ESKRIDGE...DOVER...SILVER LAKE... MAPLE HILL...HARVEYVILLE...ALLEN...ADMIRE...WILLARD... BUSHONG AND KEENE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 340 AND 355. KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 162. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3853 9606 3853 9631 3922 9599 3922 9565 $$ SANDERS
957 WGUS73 KTOP 250526 FFSTOP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1226 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 KSC111-139-177-197-250536- /O.EXP.KTOP.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160925T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-OSAGE-LYON- 1226 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE...WESTERN SHAWNEE...NORTHWESTERN OSAGE AND NORTHERN LYON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 AM CDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3853 9606 3853 9631 3922 9599 3922 9565 $$ SANDERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 7:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Lyon, Osage, Pottawatomie, Shawnee and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 7:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Brown | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 8:18 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 31 hr |
| Sep 24, 8:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 43 hr |
| Sep 24, 9:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 10:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee | 6 hr |
| Sep 24, 11:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 21 hr |
| Sep 24, 11:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 21 hr |
| Sep 25, 12:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Geary, Jackson, Jefferson, Lyon, Morris, Osage and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 25, 12:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 21 hr |
| Sep 25, 12:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 23 hr |
| Sep 25, 4:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 16 hr |
| Sep 25, 8:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 32 hr |
| Sep 25, 8:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 43 hr |
| Sep 25, 8:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 63 hr |
| Sep 25, 10:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Sep 25, 11:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.