1 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 May 13, 3:05 AM CST, 9 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 405 AM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 .DISCUSSION... PRECIP CHANCES AND POSSIBLE FLOODING FOR TODAY IN ADDITION TO TEMPS NEXT COUPLE DAYS ARE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE FORECAST. AT 08Z A STALLED BOUNDARY WAS LAYING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KS WHILE THE MAIN SYNOPTIC COLD FRONT WAS STILL OVER CENTRAL NEB AND NORTHWEST KS. ALOFT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WAS SITUATED FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO WESTER CO WITH SHORTWAVE ROTATING THROUGH UTAH. BIGGEST QUESTION MARK IS HOW STRONG CONVECTION WILL BE IF IT IS ABLE TO DEVELOP AS THE MAIN SYNOPTIC FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. BOTH THE GFS AND NAM SHOW AROUND A HALF INCH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KS. AM CONCERNED WITH THE FRONT STILL IN THE AREA AND THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS STILL TO THE WEST...THAT IF THIS MORNING CONVECTION DIES OFF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD DEVELOP WITH THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. CONSIDERED EXTENDING THE FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KS. HAVE DECIDED TO HOLD OFF ON THIS. FIRST THINK THE FRONT WILL BE SOMEWHAT MORE PROGRESSIVE AND TRAINING WILL BE LESS OF A THREAT...ESPECIALLY AS THE MID LEVEL WINDS VEER. ALSO CONVECTION ONGOING ACROSS OK MY CONSUME SOME OF THE DEEP MOISTURE AND THE MOISTURE FLUX WILL NOT BE AS GREAT. HAVE GONE CATEGORICAL WITH THE POPS FOR EAST CENTRAL KS WITH ONLY CHANCE POPS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KS. WILL ALSO LET THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KS UNTIL 7 AM WHERE IT IS STILL RAINING. THINGS SHOULD CLEAR OUT PRETTY QUICKLY TONIGHT AS SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE WAVE INCREASES AND DRY AIR ADVECTS INTO THE AREA. WITH SKIES CLEARING AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE ON THE GROUND...HAVE ADDED PATCHY FOG TO THE FORECAST. WINDS DO NOT GO COMPLETELY CALM TONIGHT AS THE SURFACE RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. BUT THINK THE BOUNDARY LAYER COULD DECOUPLE AND SOME PATCHY FOG FORM IN SPITE OF THE DRYER AIR MOVING IN. ALSO ADJUSTED LOWS A DEGREE OR SO DOWN. THE BIGGEST ADJUSTMENT TO TEMPS WAS TO LOWER SUNDAY MORNING LOWS TO AROUND 40. THE SURFACE RIDGE SHOULD BE CENTERED OVER KS AND THE AIRMASS LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE MODIFIED AS IT COMES SOUTH FROM CANADA. KEPT HIGHS IN THE 60S FOR SATURDAY AND LOWERED HIGHS FOR SUNDAY INTO THE UPPER 60S. MODELS INDICATE RIDGING WOULD CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY SUNDAY RETARDING ANY WARMUP. MODELS ARE SHOWING WARM AIR AND MOISTURE ADVECTION INCREASING SUNDAY NIGHT. THE NAM IS VERY AGGRESSIVE IN GENERATING PRECIP SUNDAY NIGHT AS IT DIVES A SHORTWAVE UNDER THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. THINK THE NAM IS A LITTLE OVER DONE AND FOLLOWED THE GFS WHICH HAS TRENDED TO KEEPING ANY ELEVATED PRECIP ACROSS SOUTHWEST KS. THE 850 WINDS JUST BEGIN TO TURN AROUND ON SUNDAY AND THINK THAT MOISTURE RETURN MAY BE TO LIMITED TO ALLOW PRECIP TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. HAVE NOT MADE ANY CHANGES TO THE FORECAST AFTER SUNDAY. THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF WAA PRECIP MONDAY NIGHT AS WELL. WILL LET THE DAY SHIFT REEVALUATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ELEVATED PRECIP FOR NEXT WEEK. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH GENERALLY SOUTH OF I-70 UNTIL 7 AM CDT. WOLTERS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1245 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-141000- 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 1245 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND PRIMARILY OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AT TIMES...AND WITH SATURATED GROUNDS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY OCCUR. ALSO SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. THE HEAVY RAINFALL OF YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY LAST NIGHT HAS PUSHED A FEW MAIN STEM RIVERS TO FLOOD STAGE WITH A FEW MORE EXPECTED TO EXCEED FLOOD STAGE LATER TODAY INTO SATURDAY. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENTS FOR CREST HEIGHTS AND TIMING. DEPENDING ON CLOUD COVER AND WINDS...SOME PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. && 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 118 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 KSZ020-021-034>037-054-058-132130- CLAY-CLOUD-COFFEY-DICKINSON-GEARY-LYON-MORRIS-OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...CLAY CENTER...CONCORDIA... EMPORIA AND JUNCTION CITY 118 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 ...ABILENE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OUT OF SERVICE... NOAA WEATHER RADIO WXL 71 IN ABILENE KANSAS OPERATING ON A FREQUENCY OF 162.525 MEGAHERTZ HAS BEEN OFF THE AIR SINCE AROUND 10 AM THIS MORNING. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE NOTIFIED SHORTLY AFTER THAT TIME. IT IS STILL UNKNOWN WHEN SERVICE MAY BE RESTORED. OTHER NOAA WEATHER SITES THAT COVER PORTIONS OF THIS AREA ARE... WXK 94 IN CONCORDIA KANSAS AT A FREQUENCY OF 162.550 MEGAHERTZ. WXK 91 TOPEKA KANSAS AT A FREQUENCY OF 162.475 MEGAHERTZ. WXK 92 IN ELLSWORTH KANSAS AT A FREQUENCY OF 162.400 MEGAHERTZ. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Intense rain over the neosho river basin brought moderate flooding across southcentral lyon county.
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, May 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: 5461608.