1 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 5, 7:42 PM CST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 842 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2004 .DISCUSSION... HAVE UPDATED THE FORECAST TO LOWER POPS FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT. THE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX THAT MOVED SLOWLY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE DAY TODAY PREVENTED THE ATMOSPHERE FROM BECOMING VERY UNSTABLE. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS EVENING FORMED ALONG THE THERMAL RIDGE ACROSS CENTRAL KS WHERE TEMPS WERE IN THE 90S. THEY THEN PROPAGATED SOUTH ALONG THAT INSTABILITY AXIS. DO NOT THINK ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS VERY LIKELY FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY DOES NOT SHOW ANY SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE UP STREAM. ADDITIONALLY CONVECTION THAT FORMED ALONG THE TROUGH AXIS/FRONT OVER CENTRAL NEB HAS DIMINISHED WITH THE LOSS OF DAY TIME HEATING. 00Z SURFACE ANALYSIS DOES NOT SHOW MUCH OF A SURFACE RIDGE ACROSS THE DAKOTAS AND WESTERN NEB EITHER. SO... FORCING AT THE SURFACE LOOKS MINIMAL AND THERE DOSE NOT APPEAR TO BE MUCH SYNOPTIC FORCING AVAILABLE FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT. WITH THIS BEING SAID...DID HANG ONTO LOW CHANCE POPS TONIGHT GIVEN NORTHWEST FLOW AND THE RUC HINTING AT SOME CONVECTION AS THE WEAK RIDGE MOVES IN. DID NOT DO MUCH WITH TEMPS. DEWPOINTS ARE STILL IN THE LOWER 60S AND CURRENT FORECAST LOW LOOKS REASONABLE. AM CONCERNED ABOUT SKIES CLEARING OUT WITH WINDS BECOMING LIGHT OR EVEN CALM. WITH RECENT RAINS...PATCHY FOG MAY DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WILL NEED TO MONITOR CLOUD TRENDS THIS EVENING. IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE CLEAR...SOME AREAS MAY SEE DENSE FOG AROUND SUNRISE. WOLTERS && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... RAIN CHANCES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY ARE THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES. THE LATEST ANALYSES SHOW A SURFACE FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE CWA ALONG WITH AN ATTENDING UPPER TROUGH. CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CWA TONIGHT. WILL KEEP LINGERING POPS IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER SUNDAY MORNING WITH THE WHOLE CWA DRY AFTER 15Z SUNDAY DUE TO UPPER SHORT WAVE RIDGING AND ITS ASSOCIATED SUBSIDENCE. DRY WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY UNDER UPPER RIDGING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FAR NORTH THURSDAY AND OVER ALL THE CWA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS STRONG WEST COAST SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE SOUTHEAST THREE QUARTERS OF THE CWA WILL CONTINUE WITH POPS FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE WHOLE CWA TURNS DRY NEXT SATURDAY. REGARDING TEMPERATURES...HIGHS SUNDAY SHOULD BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S. UPPER RIDGING SHOULD DOMINATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND RESULT IN HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. INCREASED CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION END OF NEXT WEEK SHOULD ALLOW FOR SOME COOLING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S. && .TOP...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 815 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2004 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-061000- 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 815 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. PATCHY FOG MAY DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY SEE SOME DENSE FOG DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. REDUCED VISIBILITIES BELOW A MILE ARE POSSIBLE IN ISOLATED SPOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE NEAR THE KANSAS AND NEBRASKA STATE LINE THURSDAY...THEN ACROSS ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP (ALL LOWER CASE) WOLTERS
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:50 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was reported running 6 to 8 inches deep over roads north of Minneapolis.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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