1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 23, 2:08 AM CST, 20 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 308 AM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERN IS PRECIPITATION TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. LATEST SATELLITE ANALYSIS HAD UPPER LOW OVER THE FOUR CORNERS THIS MORNING. CONVECTION WAS ONCE AGAIN ONGOING ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS. PROFILERS HAD 850 MB WINDS INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING ADVECTING MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN KANSAS. LATER TONIGHT UPPER LOW BEGINS TO MOVE OUT INTO THE PLAINS WITH INCREASING UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AS SHORTWAVES EJECT INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. GOOD OVERRUNNING EVENT SETTING UP LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. UPPER DIFFLUENCE WILL INCREASE AS UPPER LOW MOVES OUT INTO THE PLAINS ON SATURDAY. HAVE GENERALLY FOLLOWED SLOWER ETA SOLUTION AND HAVE CUT BACK ON PRECIPITATION CHANCES UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND HAVE ADDED POPS FOR SATURDAY EVENING AND IN THE FAR EASTERN COUNTIES OVERNIGHT SATURDAY. AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE DEPENDANT ON HOW MUCH CONVECTION FIRES UP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. STILL LOOKS LIKE ARE COULD RECEIVE UP TO AN INCH OR SO THROUGH THE END OF THE EVENT. TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN BELOW NORMAL WITH CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION TODAY AND SATURDAY...MAINLY IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S. TEMPERATURE TO WARM BACK INTO THE 70 FOR THE BALANCE OF NEXT WEEK WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. GFS BRINGS A FRONT DOWN INTO NORTHERN KANSAS ON THURSDAY. WILL HOLD OFF FOR NOW ON ADDING POPS AND SEE IF LATER RUNS SUPPORT THIS. && .TOP...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 450 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-241013- ANDERSON-BROWN-CLAY-CLOUD-COFFEY-DICKINSON-DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN-GEARY- JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LYON-MARSHALL-MORRIS-NEMAHA-OSAGE-OTTAWA- POTTAWATOMIE-REPUBLIC-RILEY-SHAWNEE-WABAUNSEE-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...CLAY CENTER...CONCORDIA... EMPORIA...HIAWATHA...JUNCTION CITY...LAWRENCE...MANHATTAN... MARYSVILLE...OTTAWA AND TOPEKA 450 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS FOR LATE TONIGHT. THE FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS GENERALLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS LATER TONIGHT WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALSO LIKELY OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. HEAVY RAIN WILL POSSIBLE OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE FOR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO SATURDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP (ALL LOWER CASE)
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:18 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain produced runoff that resulted in flash flooding. Water was reported running over highway 169 near Welda for a time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, April 2004
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5388937.