1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 17, 1:37 PM CST, 7 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 237 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2001 APPEARS AREA WILL BE UNDER THE GUN FOR HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY PRODUCE FLOODING/FLASH FLOODING NEXT 24 HOURS. OF COURSE, THAT IS THE MAIN CONCERN THIS FORECAST. AGREE WITH HPC THAT MOST OF AREA WILL BE UNDER THREAT FOR AT LEAST ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN NEXT 24 HOURS OR SO. MODELS OF COURSE DRAW HEAVIEST AMTS IN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT AREAS. ETA A BIT FURTHER SOUTH...NGM IN THE MIDDLE AND AVM FURTHEST NORTH. APPEARS VORT MAX OVER NWRN CO WILL BE A BIT FURTHER NORTH THAN ETA/MESO ETA FCST IN THE SHORTER TERM...PER LATEST WV SAT PIX. MAY BE MORE LIKE RUCII AND AVM. IF THAT TREND PERSISTS...HEAVIEST RAIN MAY BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. A BIT FURTHER SOUTH TRACK WOULD PUT SOUTHERN PTN OF CWA UNDER GREATEST THREAT. FF INDICES LOW ENOUGH IN EITHER SCENARIO TO CONSIDER FLASH FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE CWA. SOME SVR WEATHER THREAT EXISTS...BUT OVR THE LONG HAUL...HEAVY RAIN BIGGEST THREAT. WILL CUT PCPN OFF WRN CWA BY LATE TMRW AFTN...AND ALL OF AREA TMRW NIGHT. CLEAR SAILING AFT THAT. .TOP...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALL OF CWA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains earlier on the 17th caused Soldier Creek to overflow and produce moderate flooding in northern Shawnee county. The flooding was to mostly agricultural areas near the creek.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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