Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Apr 26, 2016, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)

Expired

Apr 26, 2016, 11:15 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Jackson County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 811 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
  AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN PARTS OF
  THE AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  WESTERN TOPEKA...ROSSVILLE...ESKRIDGE...ST. MARYS...DOVER...SILVER LAKE...
  AUBURN...MAPLE HILL...PAXICO...BELVUE...DELIA...WILLARD AND KEENE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 332 AND 355.
 KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 166 AND 170.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3887 9578 3887 9595 3886 9622 3931 9620
      3928 9574

$$

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WGUS73 KTOP 270212
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
912 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

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WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-JACKSON-POTTAWATOMIE-
912 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE...WESTERN SHAWNEE...SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON AND
SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES...

AT 908 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED EVACUATIONS WERE
OCCURRING IN WILLARD DUE TO FLASH FLOODING OF POST CREEK. MODERATE
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 1115 PM WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF
RAIN POSSIBLE. AREAS OF THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECIEVED BETWEEN 3 AND
5 INCHES OF RAINFALL SO FAR.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WESTERN TOPEKA...ROSSVILLE...ESKRIDGE...ST. MARYS...DOVER...SILVER LAKE...
AUBURN...MAPLE HILL...PAXICO...BELVUE...DELIA...WILLARD AND KEENE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 332 AND 355.
 KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 166 AND 170.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3887 9578 3887 9595 3886 9622 3931 9620
      3928 9574

$$

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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.