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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Topeka, KS

April 26, 2016Marshall County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 26, 2016, 6:04 AM CDT for Marshall County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 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: Apr 26, 2016, 6:04 AM CDT (11:04 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Marshall County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:06 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
Apr 26, 6:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 Wnw Beattie, KS	MARSHALL COUNTY EM REPORTED FLOODING OVER THE ROADS IN SEVERAL SPOTS BETWEEN OKETO TO BEATTY AREAS.
Apr 26, 9:14 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.4	Nne Marysville, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 748 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1375 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

382 
WGUS53 KTOP 261104
FFWTOP
KSC117-261500-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0004.160426T1104Z-160426T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
604 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 603 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. EMERGENCY MANAGMENT REPORTS THE CREEKS ARE RUNNING
  FULL AND THERE COULD BE AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN
  FALL OVER THE NEXTHOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
  SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MARYSVILLE...AXTELL...BEATTIE...SUMMERFIELD...OKETO AND BREMEN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 4000 9624 3976 9624 3970 9681 4000 9680

$$

1 follow-up statement

231 
WGUS73 KTOP 261322
FFSTOP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
822 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

KSC117-261330-
/O.CAN.KTOP.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160426T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARSHALL-
822 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MARSHALL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 4000 9624 3976 9624 3970 9681 4000 9680

$$

GARGAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 3:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Washington	48 min
Apr 26, 3:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	55 min
Apr 26, 3:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	35 min
Apr 26, 3:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	46 min
Apr 26, 4:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	39 min
Apr 26, 4:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	59 min
Apr 26, 4:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Republic	3 hr
Apr 26, 5:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	45 min
Apr 26, 5:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall	48 min
Apr 26, 5:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	40 min
Apr 26, 5:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Washington	3 hr
Apr 26, 5:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	67 min
Apr 26, 5:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Marshall	3 hr
Apr 26, 6:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	27 min
Apr 26, 6:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson	54 min
Apr 26, 6:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson	13 min
Apr 26, 6:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Nemaha	20 min
Apr 26, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Riley, Wabaunsee	38 min
Apr 26, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Wabaunsee	47 min
Apr 26, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage	45 min
Apr 26, 3:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Lyon, Wabaunsee	37 min
Apr 26, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	43 min
Apr 26, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee	52 min
Apr 26, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	47 min
Apr 26, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Geary, Riley, Wabaunsee	30 min
Apr 26, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin, Osage, Shawnee	42 min
Apr 26, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley	35 min
Apr 26, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	47 min
Apr 26, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	44 min
Apr 26, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee	36 min
Apr 26, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	50 min
Apr 26, 4:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	3 hr
Apr 26, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall	33 min
Apr 26, 4:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	3 hr
Apr 26, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	35 min
Apr 26, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Riley	25 min
Apr 26, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	45 min
Apr 26, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Riley, Washington	31 min
Apr 26, 5:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Shawnee	37 min
Apr 26, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	46 min
Apr 26, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall	31 min
Apr 26, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	15 min
Apr 26, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley	11 min
Apr 26, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee	8 min
Apr 26, 5:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	3 days
Apr 26, 5:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	36 hr
Apr 26, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	19 min
Apr 26, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Shawnee	48 min
Apr 26, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	48 min
Apr 26, 6:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Republic	4 hr
Apr 26, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Morris	43 min
Apr 26, 6:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon, Morris, Osage, Wabaunsee	4 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.