Heavy slow moving thunderstorms tracked over the same areas of Coffey county and produced flooding and flash flooding.
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The episode as NWS TOP wrote it up.
Heavy slow moving thunderstorms tracked over the same areas of Coffey county and produced flooding and flash flooding.
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 27, 2:23 PM CST, 9 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 323 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 .DISCUSSION... COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE AREA TODAY. FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM THE NORTH LINGERING SOMEWHERE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS...WHILE UPPER LOW OVER OKLAHOMA MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWARD. HAVE HAD AN INITIAL ROUND OF CONVECTION WITH THE NORTHERN FRONT PROMPTING HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE KS NE BORDER...AND ARE NOW SEEING A LINE OF HEAVIER RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH SOUTHERN LOW MOVING NORTH INTO EAST CENTRAL KS ATTM. DIFFICULT TO REFINE DETAILS WITH ONGOING CONVECTION...HOWEVER DO THINK THAT BOUNDARY CURRENTLY BISECTING THE CWA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWARD SLOWLY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. AS UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO PROGRESS NORTH...EXPECT ONE TO ENHANCE THE OTHER AND BRING ADDITIONAL AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN TO EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. STORMS ARE RATHER PROLIFIC RAIN PRODUCERS...DROPPING AN INCH IN HALF AN HOUR IN SOME LOCATIONS. SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AS BOUNDARY PASSES...SO THINK OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES WILL BE OK OUT OF THE WATCH ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL STILL POSSIBLE. SOUTHERN COUNTIES MAY GET A PROLONGED ROUND OF PRECIPITATION AND THINK THE WATCH IS STILL WARRANTED SO WILL STAY IN PLACE. HAVE KEPT HIGH POPS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I70 FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...AND DECREASED ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDER TO NO POPS AFTER MIDNIGHT AS SYSTEM SLOWLY GETS SHUNTED SOUTHWARD BY THE MEAN FLOW. WILL CARRY LIKELY POPS ALONG/SOUTH OF I35 IN THE MORNING THEN DIMINISH LATER IN THE DAY AS THREAT DECREASES. HAVE COOLED TEMPS A BIT AND INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND ADJUSTED QPF TO TRY AND BETTER CAPTURE ONGOING AND FORECAST PRECIP. 67 THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY TODAY AND THE MODELS HAVING DIFFICULTY JUST IN INITIALIZATION LEFT SOME LOW CHANCE TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KS OVERNIGHT. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BEGIN TO BUILD INTO NORTH CENTRAL KS OVERNIGHT SO WOULD NOT ANTICIPATE MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIPITATION FURTHER NORTH THAN I35. AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING CONTINUES TO NUDGE EAST FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOULD SINK SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA BY THE MORNING HOURS SO REMOVED POPS AFTER 12Z FRIDAY. FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...IN GENERAL PATTERN WILL BE CHARACTERIZED WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGING AND GRADUAL WARMING. INITIALLY IN THE PERIOD BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF THE WEAK COLD FRONT H500 RIDGE WILL BUILD IN WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE CWA CLEARING OUT ANY LINGERING PRECIPITATION ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BAND OF WESTERLIES WILL SET UP NORTH OF THE H500 RIDGE AXIS BRINGING LEE SIDE TROUGHING OVER THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS BY SATURDAY. LEE TROUGHING WILL VEER LOW LEVEL WINDS AROUND TO THE SOUTH ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BETWEEN SOUTHERLY FLOW AND MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ASSOCIATED WITH MID TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGING TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. HIGHS ON FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED TO TOP OUT IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AND BY MONDAY HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. BY TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY THE GFS WAS INDICATING AN AMPLIFICATION OF THE H500 RIDGE WEST OVER THE ROCKIES AS A FEW STRONG SHORTWAVES MOVE SOUTH OUT OF CANADA INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. IF THIS VERIFIES THE FLOW ALOFT WOULD TRANSITION TO NORTHWEST FLOW WITH AN AMPLIFIED RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN CONUS...AND A MEAN TROUGH OVER THE EAST COAST. WITH PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY FLOW AND TRANSITIONING NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY THERE IS AN INCREASING CHANCE OF A POSSIBLE WEAK FRONTAL PASSAGE OR EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE PASSAGE THAT COULD SET OFF SOME CONVECTION ACROSS THE CWA. WITHOUT MUCH CONFIDENCE IN THESE RELATIVELY SMALL SCALE FEATURES OUT AT DAY 7 OF THE FORECAST PACKAGE HAVE LEFT THE FORECAST DRY AT THIS TIME. THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED FOR PRECIPITATION CHANCES IF THE FLOW ALOFT DOES TRANSITION TO A NORTHWEST FLOW. CAVANAUGH && .AVIATION... HAVE CARRIED VFR CONDITIONS INITIALLY AT TAF SITES HOWEVER HAVE IFR CONDITIONS AT TIME OF GREATEST THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND TSTORMS. HAVE DEPICTED HEAVIEST ROUNDS AT MHK IN THE AFTERNOON...WITH TOP AND FOE IN THE EVENING HOURS. AS FRONT MOVES SOUTH THINK THAT WILL BRING CIGS BACK UP TO MVFR IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. 67 && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 7 PM THURSDAY FOR KSZ040-054>056-058-059. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 418 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-282130- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 418 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT WITH THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF HEAVY RAIN EXISTING ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. AS A RESULT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 700 PM THURSDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 35. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY AND BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER ONE INCH TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
702 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0627 PM HEAVY RAIN ST. MARYS 39.19N 96.07W
06/27/2007 M3.10 INCH POTTAWATOMIE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
MEASURED IN A RAIN GAUGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY. 2.9
INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED BY A SPOTTER JUST UP THE
ROAD. WATER WAS FLOWING ALONG MANY ROADWAYS...AND SOME
PONDING OF WATER WAS OCCURING IN YARDS AND FIELDS.
&&
EKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
738 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0549 PM HEAVY RAIN SCANDIA 39.79N 97.78W
06/27/2007 M3.00 INCH REPUBLIC KS TRAINED SPOTTER
RAIN HAD ENDED. TOTAL FROM EARLIER TODAY.
0601 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 NW MUNDEN 39.94N 97.58W
06/27/2007 M3.50 INCH REPUBLIC KS TRAINED SPOTTER
RAIN HAD ENDED. TOTAL FROM EARLIER TODAY.
0621 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 N ST. MARYS 39.21N 96.07W
06/27/2007 M2.50 INCH POTTAWATOMIE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL RAINING. TOTAL SINCE HEAVIER RAIN BEGAN AROUND 4PM.
&&
KAYSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1011 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 N DELIA 39.27N 95.97W
06/27/2007 JACKSON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
A QUARTER MILE WEST OF E ROAD AND 122ND...FAST FLOWING
WATER UP TO A FOOT DEEP WAS OVER THE ROAD.
0900 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 N DELIA 39.26N 95.97W
06/27/2007 JACKSON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
A HALF MILE WEST OF E ROAD AND 118TH...A WATERSHED POND
WAS OVERFLOWING ACROSS THE ROAD WITH A DEPTH OF ABOUT 2
FEET.
&&
WOLTERSThe Topeka radar (KTWX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:51 UTC.
1 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff reports a swift current of water flowing over 23rd rd. between US 75 and Kafir rd. Water was flowing fast enough that officer did not want to try and cross the road...at least 4 inches deep.
The intersection of 12th and Shetland road and the intersection of 16th and Quail road were both water covered and impassable. Reports of up to 4.5 inches of rain.
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, June 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: 39634, 40768.