Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Topeka, KS

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Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
1221 AM CDT Tue May 7 2019

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Coffey-
1221 AM CDT Tue May 7 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR COFFEY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

Flood waters have receded. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Although additional heavy rainfall later tonight may cause 
additional flooding. Please continue to heed any remaining road 
closures.

LAT...LON 3814 9596 3826 9596 3826 9595 3843 9595
      3843 9551 3809 9552

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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Topeka KS
634 PM CDT Mon May 6 2019

...AVIATION UPDATE...

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Tuesday)
Issued at 350 PM CDT Mon May 6 2019

The region enters an active weather pattern starting late this
afternoon through tonight with severe weather and heavy rainfall
the main threats.

Early afternoon water vapor imagery depicted a quasi-zonal flow
WSW flow pattern across the Central Plains early this afternoon
with an upper level trough over the Northern Plains and low-
amplitude ridging across the Southwest Plateau. A cutoff low
making landfall over the California coast will produce a gradual
amplification of this zonal flow pattern throughout the course of
the period, with a more pronounced ridging and SW flow over the
High Plains. At the surface, early morning convection pushed the
effective baroclinic zone to along and south of the I-70 corridor,
but increasing southerly return flow and theta-e advection noted
in GOES-E PWAT imagery, visible satellite data, and surface
observations, will aid in lifting this relatively shallow
convergence zone back northward-- though how far northward remains
somewhat in question. The 19Z surface analysis shows that the
boundary has moved little in the last couple of hours, lending
credence to a more southerly solution taking the boundary to
around or just south of the I-70 corridor during peak heating.

Elevated multi-cell clusters with embedded supercell structures
developed around midday in north-central Kansas and south-central
Nebraska along the nose of the 500-1000 J/kg MUCAPE gradient and
have spread eastward along with this elevated instability/moisture
plume. Multiple reports of large hail have been received from
these storms This convection will aid in a southern reinforcement
and sharpening the boundary. This elevated convection should
persist for much of the afternoon and evening hours with
additional development further south and west closer to the nose
of the MLCAPE plume now located from Salina to Hays. The backing
of the low-level winds along the boundary has resulted in
effective helicity values rising to 200 to 400 m2/s2 and effective
shear values of 30-50 kts, and this environment should persist
and shift gradually east through the late afternoon and evening
hours.

Initially discrete supercells could develop within this corridor,
with a gradual upscale growth with merging cold pools later
tonight. With right-moving supercell motions paralleling the
boundary orientation, any storm that does ride this baroclinic
zone will have an increased risk for producing a tornado,
potentially on the longer-lived side. Additional convection
forming along the Front Range in response to an ejecting H500
shortwave will track eastward on the heels of this first round and
expend in coverage as it interacts with isentropic upglide over
the broad surface to H850 front. With PWATS of 1 to 1.5 inches and
increasing mid-level mixing ratios, the environment will be
primed for multiple rounds of training cells that could drop
several inches of rainfall during the late overnight hours. Have
increased QPF amounts along and south of the I-70 corridor to
account for this likelihood.

This convection may linger throughout the day on Tuesday, though
confidence decreases in its spatio-temporal characteristics. The
cold pools from this convection should usher the boundary
southward into southern Kansas, but more recent model runs are
hinting at the boundary lifting back northward towards the I-70
corridor as lee cyclogenesis intensifies on the Front Range
Tuesday afternoon. Should this latter solution transpire, we will
likely see a renewed severe weather threat along and south of I-70
tomorrow afternoon.

.LONG TERM...(Tuesday night through Monday)
Issued at 350 PM CDT Mon May 6 2019

Tuesday night into Wednesday will continue to see active weather
across the region, with quieter weather to end the week.

Additional rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms are likely
along and south of the warm front Tuesday afternoon and evening
with similar hazards to this afternoon. Additional moisture
transport along and up the front will provide another round of
heavy rainfall Tuesday night into Wednesday morning with one final
round of showers and storms Wednesday afternoon and evening as
the main lee cyclone ejects northeastward. Severe weather will
once again be possible Wednesday afternoon and evening with the
track of the low dictating the threat for tornadoes. The pattern
then cools and dries out for the end of the week as high pressure
builds southward, with the next chance of precipitation coming
over the weekend as as frontal boundary moves through.

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.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Tuesday evening)
Issued at 634 PM CDT Mon May 6 2019

Confidence is low in the forecast because the models seem to be
all over the place with showers and storms. There does appear to
be a signal for a shortwave to lift through the area late tonight.
So the thinking is once the current convection passes through,
there will be a break for several hours. Then additional showers
and storms could overspread the area during the overnight hours.
Have removed the mention of precip by the late morning thinking
subsidence behind the shortwave will bring another break from the
precip. Again this is a low confidence forecast and likely will be
amended.

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.TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Flash Flood Watch through late Wednesday night for KSZ008>012-
020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059.

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SHORT TERM...Skow
LONG TERM...Skow
AVIATION...Wolters

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Topeka KS
356 PM CDT Mon May 6 2019

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-072100-
Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley-
Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris-
Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson-
356 PM CDT Mon May 6 2019

This hazardous weather outlook is for east central...north
central and northeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and
tonight. A few of the storms may be severe with large hail and
damaging winds the main hazards. Tornadoes are also possible this
afternoon and evening along and south of Interstate 70.
Widespread heavy rainfall may lead to flash flooding tonight as
soils remain saturated across the area.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

There will be multiple chances for showers and thunderstorms,
some of which may be strong to severe, Tuesday and continuing
through the middle of the week. Given the wet antecedent
conditions, the risk for flash flooding as well as flooding along
creeks and streams will continue through Wednesday evening.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

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More detailed information can be accessed at...
http://www.weather.gov/top/sitrep

KDS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
802 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0751 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 S OTTAWA              38.59N 95.27W
05/06/2019  E60 MPH          FRANKLIN           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAD PEA SIZED HAIL ALSO.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
804 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0750 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 NNE PRINCETON         38.54N 95.25W
05/06/2019  M71 MPH          FRANKLIN           KS   ASOS

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ACH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
807 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0805 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 NNW LANE              38.48N 95.10W
05/06/2019  E70 MPH          FRANKLIN           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

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ACH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
808 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0805 PM     HAIL             3 NNW LANE              38.48N 95.10W
05/06/2019  E1.00 INCH       FRANKLIN           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

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ACH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
809 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0751 PM     HAIL             3 N PRINCETON           38.54N 95.27W
05/06/2019  E1.75 INCH       FRANKLIN           KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

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ACH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
817 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0753 PM     HAIL             1 WNW EMPORIA           38.41N 96.20W
05/06/2019  E0.88 INCH       LYON               KS   PUBLIC

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