Another round of heavy thunderstorms brought areas of flooding to portions of north central and east central Kansas.
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The episode as NWS TOP wrote it up.
Another round of heavy thunderstorms brought areas of flooding to portions of north central and east central Kansas.
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 Jul 31, 2:45 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 345 AM CDT TUE JUL 31 2007 .DISCUSSION... CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED AGAIN OVERNIGHT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TO EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. PROFILERS AND WATER VAPOR SHOW THE PRESENCE OF A WEAK WAVE OR MCV OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS. BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN ONGOING AND DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST. FURTHER EAST IN OUR CWA WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ON THE EDGE OF THE 850-700MB THETA AXIS AND IN AREA OF WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT AND FRONTOGENESIS THIS MORNING. WEAK LOW LEVEL JET THIS MORNING PUMPING HIGH PWS INTO CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING WILL KEEP FLASH FLOOD WATCH GOING THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING. HAVE MAINTAINED HIGHEST POPS IN THE THETA AXIS THIS MORNING IN THE SOUTH AND WEST PORTIONS OF THE CWA. THETA AXIS BECOMES MORE NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTATED THIS AFTERNOON. PRESENCE OF THE WEAK WAVE AND H5 SHEAR AXIS WILL HELP SUPPORT SCATTERED CONVECTION AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. FOR TONIGHT MAINTAINED THE BETTER CHANCES FOR CONVECTION OUT IN THE THETA AXIS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND NEAR THE H5 SHEAR AXIS. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND DRAGS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. FRONT LOOKS TO WASH OUT BEFORE IT GETS TO NORTHERN KANSAS BUT KEPT SMALL CHANCE FOR CONVECTION GOING FOR NOW AS BOUNDARY MAY SLIDE INTO THE NORTHERN CWA BEFORE STALLING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 ON THURSDAY. NO CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED THIS MORNING. 53 && .AVIATION... A GRADUAL INCREASE IN SHOWER ACTIVITY CONTINUES EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG A WEAK SURFACE CONFLUENCE LINE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND A POORLY DEFINED SHEAR AXIS ALOFT. ANTICIPATE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SW 2/3RDS OF THE REGION THROUGH MORNING. VISIBILITIES IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS HAVE REMAINED AT 4 TO 6 MILES WITH CEILINGS BECOMING PROGRESSIVELY LOWER FROM NORTH TO SOUTH CWA. EXPECT SIMILAR CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH MID MORNING BEFORE A GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT COMMENCES. FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS...REFER TO SHORT TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION SECTION. BLAIR && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM THIS MORNING...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A COUNCIL GROVE...MANHATTAN TO WASHINGTON LINE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 520 AM CDT TUE JUL 31 2007 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-011030- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 520 AM CDT TUE JUL 31 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY AGAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER ONE INCH TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA.
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:41 UTC.
7 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway 56 flooded west of Overbrook. Water appeared 5 to 6 feet deep along the side of the road. Spotter reported 3.5 inches of rain within about an hour and a half. Water reported flowing around and into the basement of a home.
Water six inches deep reported to have been flowing across Hwy 9.
Six-inch deep water reported to be flowing across Hwy 9.
Water six inches deep reported to be flowing across 260th road. Several other rural roads in the Clyde area water covered or barricaded. Coop observer reported nearly 6 inches of rain.
Water over state highway 148 in Agenda...estimated at 1 to 2 feet deep.
Water flowing over roadway in Munden...estimated up to 6 inches deep. Two inches of rain fell in about an hour.
Water one foot deep over Barton road one quarter mile east of Union road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, July 2007
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: 46486, 46483, 50108, 46484, 46488, 46487, 46489.