3 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 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 9, 3:35 PM CST, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 435 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 .DISCUSSION... ACTIVE PERIOD IN STORE FOR AREA AS MEAN TROF TO OUR WEST CONTINUES TO BE IMPETUS FOR PERIODS OF CONVECTION...SOME OF WHICH WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH SOME HEAVY RAINS. CONVECTION FIRING TONIGHT MAY CLIP NW PTN OF CWA WITH SOME SEVERE HAIL/WIND AND HEAVY RAIN. OTHERWISE NOT A BIG EVENT EXPECTED TONIGHT. ANOTHER STORY BY TMRW NIGHT AS FIRST OF TWO MAJOR WAVE EJECTING FROM MEAN WRN TROF AFFECTS AREA. APPEARS COULD BE A PROLIFIC RAIN PRODUCER AS LOW LVL MOISTURE/BROAD SCALE LIFTS INCREASES AGAIN IN ADVANCE OF IT. PRECIPITABLE WATER PER NAM ALSO EXCEEDS 150% OF NORMAL...ANOTHER GOOD INDICATOR OF HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE ANOTHER FLOOD WATCH POSTED BY TMRW FOR FRIDAY NIGHT. SECOND MAJOR EVENT EXPECTED SOMETIME LATER SUNDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT. MODELS VERY MUCH DIVERGING BY LATE SUNDAY AND THIS IS SGFNT CONSIDERING SENSIBLE WEATHER. GFS RATHER PROGRESSIVE WITH AN END TO PCPN AND MAJOR CHG IN UPPER AIR PATTERN TO WARM AND DRY BY MIDWEEK. EURO, AND TO LESSER EXTENT UK MODEL, MUCH DIFFERENT WITH SLOWER PROGRESSION OF UPPER RDG TO AREA AND LINGERING PCPN LONGER. HAVE OPTED TO FOLLOW HPC LEAD AND FOLLOW THE GFS. THAT WOULD MAKE ME BELIEVE THAT IT COULD BE AN ACTIVE NIGHT SUNDAY EVENING WITH MUCH BETTER DYNAMICS/SHEAR THAN RECENT OR NEAR TERM EXPECTED EVENTS. TEMPERATURES TRICKY WITH EXPECTED RESIDUAL CLOUDS/PCPN ON SATURDAY. ACTUALLY, DAYTIME TEMPERATURES NEXT FEW DAYS RATHER TRICKY TOO AS A FUNCTION OF AMT OF LOW LVL MOISTURE. FINAL PROBLEM IS WIND FORECAST. WITH LEAD OF GFS, HAVE FOLLOWED 18Z RUN CLOSELY THROUGH TIME BEYOND SUNDAY MORNING. DOES APPEAR TO BE A DRYING PERIOD BY LATE MONDAY. BNDRY MAY BE CLOSE ENUF TO PRECLUDE SOME CHC FOR TSTMS MONDAY AFTERNOON. BUT AS NORTHWEST FLOW EVOLVES BY TUESDAY...BEST RAIN CHCS SHOULD SHIFT OUT OF AREA AND DRYING SHOULD PREVAIL. IF UPPER WAVE DEPICTED BY THE GFS HAS LESS AMPLITUDE BUT RETAINS SPEED AS DEPICTED ON 12Z RUN THIS MRNG...WARMUP NEXT WEEK COULD BE SOONER AND STRONGER THAN CURRENT FCST SHOWS. LOTS OF TIME TO REFINE THAT HOWEVER. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 438 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-101000- 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 438 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND LATE THIS EVENING OR AFTER MIDNIGHT IN NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS. SEVERAL RIVERS ARE...OR WILL BE...IN FLOOD. CHECK THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE ARE CONTINUING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS...FRIDAY INTO MONDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...AND AGAIN LATE SUNDAY OR EARLY MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT OVER NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP (ALL LOWER CASE)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 552 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 KSZ008-020-034-100400- CLOUD-OTTAWA-REPUBLIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA 552 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 444 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... REPUBLIC CLOUD OTTAWA SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE... CONCORDIA STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 811 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 KSZ009>012-021-100500- BROWN-CLAY-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAY CENTER...HIAWATHA AND MARYSVILLE 811 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 446 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... WASHINGTON NEMAHA MARSHALL BROWN CLAY SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE... CLAY CENTER MARYSVILLE HIAWATHA STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:57 UTC.
3 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
At least 6 inches of fast flowing water across several rural roads western part of the county.
At least 6 inches of fast flowing water across roads around Washington.
A four inch downpour brought small stream and urban flooding with some sandbagging along Blackjack Creek on the west side of St. George.
Flash flooding was reported with four to six inches of rain. Cars were stranded by fast flowing water across Tuttle Creek Boulevard. A mudslide also occurred but no injuries or damage were reported from the mud slide.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 2005
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: 5460660, 5460661, 5460663, 5460662.