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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 26, 2016, 4:36 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 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, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Geary County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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, 5:15 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2 | 3 W Volland, KS | |
| Apr 26, 5:15 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2 | 3 W Volland, KS | |
| Apr 26, 6:38 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Sse Manhattan, KS | PARTS OF K18 CLOSED BETWEEN FAIRMONT AND ZEANDALE |
| Apr 26, 6:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ssw Manhattan, KS | 54TH AND EUREKA CLOSED JUST NORTH OF THE MANHATTAN AIRPORT DUE TO FLOODED ROADWAY. |
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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 1934 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.7
- Supercell composite
- 22.6
The text
As transmitted.
263
WGUS53 KTOP 262136
FFWTOP
KSC061-149-161-197-270030-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0005.160426T2136Z-160427T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
436 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 435 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OF UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MANHATTAN...WAMEGO...ALMA...OGDEN...ST. GEORGE...MCFARLAND...LOUISVILLE...
VOLLAND AND KEATS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 302 AND 331.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3932 9620 3886 9622 3887 9642 3887 9677
3934 9674
$$1 follow-up statement
615
WGUS73 KTOP 270006
FFSTOP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
706 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
KSC061-149-161-197-270030-
/O.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160427T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WABAUNSEE-GEARY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-
706 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN WABAUNSEE...SOUTHEASTERN GEARY...SOUTHEASTERN RILEY AND
SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES...
AT 703 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN AT
54TH AND EUREKA AND KANSAS HIGHWAY 18 JUST WEST OF ZEANDALE. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. HUMBOLT CREEK 4 MILES SOUTH OF
JUNCTION CITY WITH DEBRIS OVER THE ROAD. MCDOWELL CREEK ACROSS K-57
WAS FLOODED AS WELL.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MANHATTAN...WAMEGO...ALMA...OGDEN...ST. GEORGE...MCFARLAND...LOUISVILLE...
VOLLAND AND KEATS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 302 AND 331.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3932 9620 3886 9622 3887 9642 3887 9677
3934 9674
$$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, 6:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 4 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, 4:39 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.