Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Topeka, KS

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Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
259 PM CDT Mon Sep 8 2025

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Ottawa KS-
259 PM CDT Mon Sep 8 2025

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR 
SOUTHWESTERN OTTAWA COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding will linger for a few more hours 
in areas that have received the heaviest rain, so an Areal Flood 
Warning will replace the flood warning through 8 PM. Please continue 
to heed remaining road closures.

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LAT...LON 3896 9778 3896 9793 3899 9793 3900 9793
      3912 9793 3913 9793

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Reese

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Topeka KS
1255 PM CDT Mon Sep 8 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms move through the area
today, focused towards central KS this morning and eastern KS
tonight.

- Temperatures gradually warm up through the week.

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.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 411 AM CDT Mon Sep 8 2025

Northwest flow aloft is transitioning towards zonal flow over the
Rockies, and water vapor imagery early this morning shows a subtle
shortwave embedded within that flow over the High Plains. This has
helped to generate widely scattered showers and isolated
thunderstorms in the area of northeast CO, western NE, and northwest
KS. Additionally, a few isolated storms in north central KS (just
west of the CWA) appear to be aided by a 30-35 kt LLJ and isentropic
lift. The shortwave is progged to move east across Nebraska through
the day and deepen slightly into MO overnight tonight, setting the
stage for our weather for the next 24-30 hours.

A majority of CAMs have scattered showers and storms moving into our
north central KS counties around 10-11Z this morning, although
forecast soundings take until around sunrise or shortly after to
saturate through the column. (The 00Z TOP RAOB had abundant dry air
through the profile.) So while rain could start as soon as the
predawn hours if the activity just to our west can maintain itself,
confidence increases after daybreak as low-level moisture improves.
By late morning and afternoon, CAMs diverge on how this activity
will evolve through the day. The FV3 suggests it will dive south-
southeast and eventually die off, the HRRR and ARW keep it going
across eastern KS without a break into the afternoon and evening,
and the NAM Nest has something in between those solutions. The
eastern half of the area doesn't have much instability to work with
through the day and moisture quality decreases further east as well,
so am not sure about showers being as robust as the HRRR and ARW are
showing this afternoon and early evening. Have held onto low PoPs to
account for that solution, but if the other CAMs are closer to
reality, then there would be a break in the rain this afternoon for
most or all of the area.

Later this evening and overnight, vertical ascent from the shortwave
becomes more prevalent across eastern KS and should be aided by the
LLJ restrengthening and veering slightly. This looks to develop
additional rain in a north-south corridor across eastern KS, perhaps
lining up with the gradient of MUCAPE. Lapse rates look modest at 6-
6.5 C/km, so a few embedded thunderstorms could occur, but
instability looks too weak for severe weather as the instability
axis is still towards central KS. Some rain may linger past daybreak
Tuesday before the wave moves off to the east. From there, a mid-
level ridge looks to amplify across the Plains, leading to gradually
warming temperatures throughout the week. A couple of weak
perturbations bring minor precip chances at times Wednesday into
early Thursday with greater confidence in dry weather late in the
work week as the ridge strengthens overhead. This leads to high
temperatures becoming a few degrees warmer in the 80s each day,
possibly reaching 90 by Friday. More widespread rain chances (20-
30%) return late next weekend with an upper trough approaching from
the western US.

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.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY/...
Issued at 1252 PM CDT Mon Sep 8 2025

High-based showers will move across the area today with some
rumbles of thunder possible at KMHK. CIGs should remain VFR and
above 6kft with heavier showers possibly bringing down
visibilities to MVFR at times. The next round of rain/storm
chances come overnight tonight and into early Tuesday morning.
Overall confidence on coverage is low to medium, so opted to
just keep precipitation mention at VCSH with a PROB30 group in
for accompanying thunder.

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.TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

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DISCUSSION...Picha
AVIATION...Griesemer

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Topeka KS
1257 PM CDT Mon Sep 8 2025

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-091800-
Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley-
Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris-
Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson-
1257 PM CDT Mon Sep 8 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Kansas, east central
Kansas, north central Kansas and northeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Localized flash and ariel flooding may occur across portions of
Ottawa county as areas have seen between 4-6 inches of rain this
morning, some areas possibly seeing higher totals. See the webpage
for further details on active flood warnings.

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

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

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More detailed information can be found at:
www.weather.gov/media/top/DssPacket.pdf

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Topeka KS
932 AM CDT Mon Sep 8 2025

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

0920 AM     Rain             1 NNW Tescott           39.02N 97.88W
09/08/2025  M3.45 Inch       Ottawa             KS   Trained Spotter

            Still raining.

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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
1132 AM CDT Mon Sep 8 2025

KSZ034-081700-
Ottawa-
1132 AM CDT Mon Sep 8 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN OTTAWA COUNTY
THROUGH NOON CDT...

At 1131 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles southwest of Ada, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down twigs or small limbs and blow
         around objects. Hail damage to outdoor objects and
         vegetation is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Tescott and Ada.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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LAT...LON 3920 9793 3904 9777 3896 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 1631Z 316DEG 14KT 3912 9797

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Griesemer

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Topeka KS
1242 PM CDT Mon Sep 8 2025

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

1230 PM     Flood            Culver                  38.97N 97.76W
09/08/2025                   Ottawa             KS   County Official

            A few streets flooded.

1230 PM     Flood            2 N Culver              39.00N 97.76W
09/08/2025                   Ottawa             KS   County Official

            Water over 90th Rd 1/2 mile south of
            Coronado Rd.

1230 PM     Flood            1 NW Tescott            39.02N 97.89W
09/08/2025                   Ottawa             KS   County Official

            K-18 closed.

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