6 flash 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 Jun 27, 2:58 AM CST, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 358 AM CDT SUN JUN 27 2004 .DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM CONCERNS ARE DURATION OF PRECIPITATION AND AMOUNTS FOR TODAY INTO TONIGHT AND HIGHS TODAY. THEN TEMPERATURE TRENDS MONDAY INTO WEDNESDAY WITH PRECIP CHANCES A CONCERN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND AGAIN. SHOWER ACTIVITY...NOW WITH SOME ISOLATED THUNDER POPPING UP...HAS CONTINUED TROUGH THE NIGHT OVER THE NORTHERN TWO TIER OF COUNTIES AND SINCE AROUND 2 AM HAS BEEN EXPANDING SOUTH AND WEST. PROFILERS SHOWING SOME SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE TOP OF SURFACE EASTERLY FLOW AROUND BACKSIDE OF RETREATING SURFACE HIGH...THUS ISENTROPIC LIFT EVIDENTLY KEEPING PRECIP GOING. MEANWHILE ALOFT...NORTHWEST FLOW WITH HARD TO DISCERN SHORT WAVE ENERGY. WATER VAPOR SHOWING SHORT WAVE MOVING SOUTHEAST OUT OF DAKOTAS...WOULD APPEAR FURTHER NORTH THAN MODELS HINT...ALSO SOME HINT OF ENERGY COMING OUT OF WYOMING. GIVEN INCREASE IN RADAR ACTIVITY HAVE GONE WITH CATEGORICAL WORDING ON PRECIP FOR THE MORNING HOURS. LIGHTNING SHOWING UP FROM TIME TO TIME NOW...EARLIER IN THE NIGHT NONE WAS AROUND. WILL NEED TO WATCH NORTHERN COUNTIES WHERE RADAR INDICATED SOME 1 TO STORM TOTAL PRECIP WAS BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES NORTH OF REPUBLIC AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. CURRENT PRECIP ON THE MOVE WEST TO EAST. HAVE QPF AMOUNTS IN THE QUARTER TO 4 TENTHS OF AN INCH RANGE FOR A START. MODELS NOT SEEING THIS EARLY MORNING PRECIP...PUSHING OUT THEIR QPF AFTER 12Z. GIVEN PRECIP AND CLOUDS...WENT LOW TO MID 70S FOR HIGHS...CONCORDIA ONLY GOT TO 69 YESTERDAY. UPPER SHORTWAVE ENERGY DEPICTED ON MODELS PUSHES EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGGING SOUTH. COULD BE ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVE ENERGY IN TOW...THUS LINGERING SOME 30 AND 40 POPS NORTH TO SOUTH FOR THE EVENING HOURS AND HOLDING AT LEAST 20 PERCENTS OVERNIGHT. WILL KEEP A 20 POP SOUTHEAST OF I35 FOR EARLY MONDAY AM. UPPER 70S SOUTH WITH MORE CLOUD COVER TO AROUND 80 NORTH FOR HIGHS MONDAY...AGAIN DEPENDED ON CLOUD TRENDS AND MAY BE TOO WARM. DRY MONDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS DEEPER MOISTURE SOUTH AND WEST AND NO SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE ENERGY ON MODELS AT THIS POINT. COULD BE SOME FOG AROUND MONDAY NIGHT...DEPENDENT AGAIN ON HOW MUCH DRYING OCCURS ON MONDAY. KEEPING WEDNESDAY DRY FOR NOW BUT ECMWF AND EXTENDED GFS PUSHING SIGNIFICANT WAVE OUT INTO THE PLAINS BY 00Z THURSDAY. UPPED POPS FOR THURSDAY INTO THE CHANCE RANGE AND KEEPING INTO FRIDAY FOR MUCH OF CWA. MODELS SLOW TO EJECT UPPER FEATURE SO LOOKS LIKE A PROLONGED CHANCE FOR PRECIP. LINGERED SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR EASTERN COUNTIES ON SATURDAY...DRY WEST. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THEN UPPER 80S ON SATURDAY. LOWS MAINLY AROUND 60 TO 65. && .TOP...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 650 AM CDT SUN JUN 27 2004 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-281000- 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 650 AM CDT SUN JUN 27 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. HOWEVER...SOME COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO 3 INCHES...MAINLY DURING THE DAY TODAY. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED THROUGH 6 PM FOR MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER OVER ROADWAYS AND AVOID CROSSING WATER COVERED ROADS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 35 THROUGH ABOUT MID MORNING MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT THEIR RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP (ALL LOWER CASE) PF/PB
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:00 UTC.
6 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain produced flash flooding for a time. A county road was flooded.
Heavy rain produced flash flooding for a time. The west branch of Chapman Creek overflowed its banks.
Heavy rain produced flash flooding for a time. A low water crossing near Wilsey was flooded.
Heavy rain prodiced flash flooding for a time. Water overflowed a road near Enterprise for a time.
Heavy rain produced flash flooding for a time. Water overflowed part of a road junction south of Carbondale. Streets were flooded in Overbrook.
Heavy rain produced flash flooding for a time. Water overflowed roads near Manhattan Airport.
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, June 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: 5404906, 5404907, 5404911, 5404908, 5404909, 5404910.