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 Jun 30, 2:05 PM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 305 PM CDT WED JUN 30 2004 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS ARE PRECIPITATION CHANCES TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT THEN AGAIN LATE SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT MODELS SHOW UPPER DISTURBANCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SURFACE MOISTURE SUGGESTS POPS SHOULD BE IN THE FORECAST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH GOING FORECAST AND WILL BE RETAINED. CURRENT 88-D LOOPS SHOWING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE CWA. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS SIGNIFICANT UPPER TROUGH MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE CWA AND THIS SHOULD ASSIST WITH CONTINUED CONVECTION TONIGHT. WILL GO CATEGORICAL AND WORD OCCASIONAL TRW- WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE CWA...AND SCATTERED TRW- ACROSS THE CENTRAL THIRD OF THE CWA. ONLY NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES WILL RETAIN CHANCE WORDING. NEXT ROUND OF PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO BE LATE SUNDAY CONTINUING THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT AS WEAK UPPER WAVES COME THROUGH THE FLOW. QUESTION IS HOW MUCH MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE SO WILL KEEP POPS IN SLIGHT CHANCE OR CHANCE CATEGORY. REGARDING TEMPERATURES...HIGHS TOMORROW SHOULD BE AROUND 80 DEGREES THEN WARMING SLIGHTLY TO THE 80 TO 85 DEGREE RANGE ON FRIDAY AND TO THE MIDDLE 80S SATURDAY. SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY HIGHS SHOULD REACH THE UPPER 80S...PERHAPS AROUND 90 IN A FEW AREAS. HOW MUCH CLOUD COVER IS AROUND WILL INFLUENCE ACTUAL VALUES. && .TOP...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 404 PM CDT WED JUN 30 2004 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-011000- 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 404 PM CDT WED JUN 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF POOLING AND PONDING OF WATER WITH SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE. NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP (ALL LOWER CASE)
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:12 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain produced flash flooding for a time. Water was reported running over Kansas highway 4 near Hope.
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
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