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 6, 2:11 PM CST, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 311 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2004 .DISCUSSION... PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND TEMPERATURES MAIN CONCERNS THIS FORECAST PERIOD. 19Z SURFACE ANALYSIS HAD A FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER. VISIBLE SATELLITE LOOP HAD SOME CU FORMING NEAR THE BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME HIGH CIRRUS WAS MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE CWA WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. FOR THE SHORT TERM HAVE LEFT SMALL POPS IN FOR TONIGHT WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES THIS EVENING AND HAVE GONE LOWER TO THE SOUTH. THE UPPER LOW IN TEXAS IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH AND EAST INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA TONIGHT. REGIONAL RADAR SHOWING PRECIPITATION ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS IN DEFORMATION ZONE OF THE UPPER LOW. EXPECT PRECIPITATION CHANCES TO INCREASE AFTER 06Z ACROSS THE CWA AS THE UPPER SYSTEM MOVES SLOWLY EASTWARD AND DEFORMATION ZONE AFFECTS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. ON WEDNESDAY MODELS KICK THE UPPER LOW INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH DROPS INTO ARIZONA NORTHERN BY 00Z THURSDAY. A NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE IS FORECAST TO MOVES INTO MINNESOTA AND IOWA AND PUSH THE FRONT ACROSS THE CWA WEDNESDAY EVENING. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST ENOUGH INSTABILITY ALONG THE FRONT FOR SOME THUNDER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. NOT MUCH FORCING SO THUNDER MAY BE MORE ISOLATED IN NATURE. THE ABOVE MENTIONED ARIZONA SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO KANSAS ON FRIDAY WITH A FEW SHORTWAVES LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS FROM THE NORTHWEST. DECENT MOISTURE TO BE LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN KANSAS AND HAVE INCREASED POPS FROM EARLIER FORECAST GOOD FORCING AND LIFT SUGGEST WE COULD SEE A SOAKING RAIN AND A COLD ONE AT THAT WIND NORTH WINDS MAKING FOR A BIT OF A RAW EVENING. ATMOSPHERE DRIES OUT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND HAVE CUT OFF PRECIPITATION THEN. A COLD UPPER TROUGH DROPS OUT OF CANADA AND MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON MONDAY. COOLER TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE AND HAVE LOWERED SLIGHTLY ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...MOISTURE WILL BE LOW WITH THE MONDAY SYSTEM AND HAVE KEPT THE DRY FORECAST GOING. && .TOP...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 442 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2004 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-071000- 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 442 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70...WITH THE BEST CHANCES NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP (ALL LOWER CASE)
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:59 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Between 2 and 3 inches of rain fell in a short time and the runoff produced flash flooding. Water was reported running across some yards, driveways, and pastures. In Home City water was reported running in the streets for a time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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