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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Topeka, KS

April 26, 2016Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 26, 2016, 6:29 PM CDT for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 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
Apr 26, 2016, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2016, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Republic County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 198 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2016-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2016-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1053 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
394 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

As transmitted.

651 
WGUS53 KTOP 262329
FFWTOP
KSC157-270330-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0007.160426T2329Z-160427T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 627 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF
  RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
  SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  REPUBLIC AND RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 4000 9776 3981 9778 3980 9793 4000 9793

$$
1 follow-up statement
087 
WGUS73 KTOP 270322
FFSTOP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1022 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

KSC157-270332-
/O.EXP.KTOP.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160427T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
REPUBLIC-
1022 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1030 PM CDT...

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 9776 3981 9778 3980 9793 4000 9793

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 3:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Washington48 min
Apr 26, 3:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic55 min
Apr 26, 3:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington35 min
Apr 26, 3:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington46 min
Apr 26, 4:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic39 min
Apr 26, 4:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Washington59 min
Apr 26, 4:43 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPRepublic3 hr
Apr 26, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington45 min
Apr 26, 5:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall48 min
Apr 26, 5:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Washington40 min
Apr 26, 5:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPWashington3 hr
Apr 26, 5:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha67 min
Apr 26, 5:56 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPMarshall3 hr
Apr 26, 6:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMarshall4 hr
Apr 26, 6:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPPottawatomie, Riley27 min
Apr 26, 6:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson54 min
Apr 26, 6:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson13 min
Apr 26, 6:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha20 min
Apr 26, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley, Wabaunsee38 min
Apr 26, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Wabaunsee47 min
Apr 26, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage45 min
Apr 26, 3:23 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon, Wabaunsee37 min
Apr 26, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley43 min
Apr 26, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Wabaunsee52 min
Apr 26, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee47 min
Apr 26, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPGeary, Riley, Wabaunsee30 min
Apr 26, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage, Shawnee42 min
Apr 26, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Pottawatomie, Riley35 min
Apr 26, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee47 min
Apr 26, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington44 min
Apr 26, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Wabaunsee36 min
Apr 26, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee50 min
Apr 26, 4:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee3 hr
Apr 26, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall33 min
Apr 26, 4:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee3 hr
Apr 26, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington35 min
Apr 26, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley25 min
Apr 26, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee45 min
Apr 26, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Riley, Washington31 min
Apr 26, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPShawnee37 min
Apr 26, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee46 min
Apr 26, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall31 min
Apr 26, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington15 min
Apr 26, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley11 min
Apr 26, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Osage, Wabaunsee8 min
Apr 26, 5:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPMarshall3 days
Apr 26, 5:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPMarshall36 hr
Apr 26, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown19 min
Apr 26, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Shawnee48 min
Apr 26, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic48 min
Apr 26, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris43 min
Apr 26, 6:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Osage, Wabaunsee4 hr

Nearby

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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.