Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 24, 2017, 8:05 PM CDT for Lyon County, Morris County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 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
- Mar 24, 2017, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2017, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 326 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
342
WGUS53 KTOP 250105
FFWTOP
KSC111-127-197-250330-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0001.170325T0105Z-170325T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
805 PM CDT FRI MAR 24 2017
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Morris County in east central Kansas...
Southwestern Wabaunsee County in east central Kansas...
Northwestern Lyon County in east central Kansas...
* Until 1030 PM CDT
* At 803 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between three and four inches
of rain is estimated to have already fallen. Flash flooding is
could to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Council Grove, Americus, Bushong, Dunlap and Council Grove Lake.
Additional rainfall amounts of one to two inches are possible in the
warned area as moderate showers move back into the area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3852 9635 3852 9665 3890 9638 3899 9622
3886 9612 3849 9628 3845 9635
$$1 follow-up statement
970
WGUS73 KTOP 250249
FFSTOP
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
949 PM CDT FRI MAR 24 2017
KSC111-127-197-250256-
/O.CAN.KTOP.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170325T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Morris-Wabaunsee-Lyon-
949 PM CDT FRI MAR 24 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORRIS...SOUTHWESTERN
WABAUNSEE AND NORTHWESTERN LYON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The heavy rain has ended and any additional rainfall should not
amount to very much additional accumulations. Therefore flooding is
no longer expected to pose a threat.
LAT...LON 3852 9635 3852 9665 3890 9638 3899 9622
3886 9612 3849 9628 3845 9635
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 43 min |
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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.