Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 2017, 6:54 PM CDT for Dickinson 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
- May 18, 2017, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2017, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Dickinson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1033 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
415
WGUS53 KTOP 182354
FFWTOP
KSC041-190400-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0003.170518T2354Z-170519T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
654 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Dickinson County in central Kansas...
* Until 1100 PM CDT
* At 653 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated 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...
Abilene, Chapman, Solomon, Enterprise, Woodbine, Manchester,
Moonlight and Talmage.
Additional rainfall amounts of one to two inches are possible in the
warned area.
This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 267 and 289.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3893 9737 3913 9737 3913 9696 3897 9696
3898 9695 3897 9694 3879 9693 3875 9737
3891 9737 3893 9738
$$2 follow-up statements
394
WGUS73 KTOP 190149
FFSTOP
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
849 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017
KSC041-190400-
/O.CON.KTOP.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170519T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Dickinson-
849 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
DICKINSON COUNTY...
At 845 PM CDT, emergency management reported flash flooding 2 miles
west of Chapman over Old Highway 40 at 845 PM. Radar estimates pf
three to four inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is
already occurring.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Abilene, Chapman, Solomon, Enterprise, Woodbine, Manchester,
Moonlight and Talmage.
This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 267 and 289.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely. Remember to tun around,don't drown.
&&
LAT...LON 3893 9737 3913 9737 3913 9696 3897 9696
3898 9695 3897 9694 3879 9693 3875 9737
3891 9737 3893 9738
$$441
WGUS73 KTOP 190353
FFSTOP
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
1053 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017
KSC041-190403-
/O.EXP.KTOP.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170519T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Dickinson-
1053 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DICKINSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1100
PM CDT...
Flood waters have receded. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3893 9737 3913 9737 3913 9696 3897 9696
3898 9695 3897 9694 3879 9693 3875 9737
3891 9737 3893 9738
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 1:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 38 hr |
| May 18, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 27 min |
| May 18, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris | 29 min |
| May 18, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 37 min |
| May 18, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 36 min |
| May 18, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary | 33 min |
| May 18, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee | 51 min |
| May 18, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 31 min |
| May 18, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Morris, Wabaunsee | 30 min |
| May 18, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas, Shawnee | 28 min |
| May 18, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Ottawa | 45 min |
| May 18, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris, Riley, Wabaunsee | 49 min |
| May 18, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Ottawa | 33 min |
| May 18, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley | 46 min |
| May 18, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley | 23 min |
| May 18, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 51 min |
| May 18, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 49 min |
| May 18, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 40 min |
| May 18, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Ottawa | 32 min |
| May 18, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 32 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.