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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Topeka, KS

June 28, 2021Anderson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2021, 12:25 PM CDT for Anderson County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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
Jun 28, 2021, 12:25 PM CDT (17:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2021, 3:18 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Anderson County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:26 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 (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 83 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
83 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

986 
WGUS53 KTOP 281725
FFWTOP
KSC003-282130-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FF.W.0017.210628T1725Z-210628T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
1225 PM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Anderson County in east central Kansas...

* Until 430 PM CDT.

* At 1224 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 2 inches of 
  rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 
  hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Garnett, Colony, Greeley, Westphalia, Kincaid, Lone Elm and 
  Garnett Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 3821 9551 3830 9541 3839 9534 3839 9507
      3826 9507 3826 9508 3804 9508 3804 9551

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

Jones
1 follow-up statement
990 
WGUS73 KTOP 282018
FFSTOP

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
318 PM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021

KSC003-282028-
/O.CAN.KTOP.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-210628T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Anderson KS-
318 PM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ANDERSON COUNTY HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A 
FLOOD ADVISORY...

The heaviest rainfall has come to an end and waters should begin to 
recede, but minor flooding and ponding on roadways may remain for 
several hours.

LAT...LON 3821 9551 3830 9541 3839 9534 3839 9507
      3826 9507 3826 9508 3804 9508 3804 9551

$$

Jones

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 11:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchTOPAnderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Lyon and 2 more68 hr
Jun 28, 3:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPAnderson72 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2021Every flash flood warning in 2021

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.