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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Topeka, KS

March 24, 2017Lyon County, Morris County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

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.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2017-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 326 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2017-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 8:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPLyon43 min

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.