Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Aug 13, 2021, 2:10 AM CDT (07:10 UTC)

Expired

Aug 13, 2021, 6:15 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Lyon County, KS, Osage County, KS

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
210 AM CDT Fri Aug 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Lyon County in east central Kansas...
  Southwestern Osage County in east central Kansas...

* Until 615 AM CDT.

* At 210 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 
  1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 
  1.5 to 2.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding 
  is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

  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...
  Emporia, Osage City, Americus, Olpe, Reading, Allen and Admire.

This includes the following highways...
	Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 118 and 153.
	Interstate 35 between mile markers 128 and 141.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

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LAT...LON 3848 9634 3873 9613 3873 9578 3855 9579
      3843 9594 3843 9595 3826 9616 3827 9635

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

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BD

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.