Early morning thunderstorms produced local flash flooding across parts of east central Kansas.
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Early morning thunderstorms produced local flash flooding across parts of 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 Jun 17, 3:10 AM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 410 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 407 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013 THIS MORNING...A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KS. THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THIS COMPLEX EXTENDED NORTHWARD TO I-70 IN DICKINSON COUNTY..THEN EXTENDED SOUTHEAST TO WEST OF EMPORIA. WATER VAPOR SATELLITE SHOWS A POSSIBLE MCV FORMING NORTHEAST OF ICT. THIS MCV WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST KS DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THERE MAY BE SOME ENHANCE LIFT AHEAD OF THE MCV...ALONG WITH ISENTROPIC LIFT CAUSING AN EAST-WEST ORIENTED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS COFFEY AND ANDERSON COUNTIES THIS MORNING. AS THE MCV SHIFTS EAST INTO SOUTHWEST MO...THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST OUT THE CWA DURING THE MID AND LATE MORNING HOURS. THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT....AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE WEST CENTRAL CONUS WILL AMPLIFY...THIS WILL KEEP THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS UNDER NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. A LEE SFC TROUGH WILL DEEPEN ACROSS THE HIGHS PLAINS. SOUTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL CAUSE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NE AND EASTERN CO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONGEAL INTO ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES OR MCS'S. ONCE AGAIN THE 00Z NAM TRACKS A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX FROM WESTERN NE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE CWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE ARW AND RUC SHOW THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX TRACKING SOUTHEAST AND REMAINING JUST WEST OF THE CWA. ATTM...I ONLY PLACED A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KS IN CASE THE TRACK OF ANY THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX THAT DEVELOPS HAS A FARTHER EAST TRACK THAT COULD AFFECT THE WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL COUNTIES OF THE CWA. THE NUMERICAL MODELS MAY NOT HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON MESOSCALE DEVELOPMENTS...SO IT MAY BE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS UNTIL IT IS KNOWN IF ONE OF THE HIGH PLAINS THUNDERSTORMS COMPLEXES MAY MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF THE CWA. SKIES WILL STAY MOSTLY CLOUD THIS MORNING...THEN WE SHOULD SEE CLEARING SKIES BY LATE MORNING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KS...THEN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS TODAY SHOULD REACH THE MID 80S WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID 60S. GARGAN .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 407 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013 DRIER AIR IN THE LOW AND MID LEVELS REMAINS DOMINANT WITH THE EASTERLY FLOW TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE FLOW BEGINS TO VEER AROUND MORE TO THE SOUTHEAST AND EVENTUALLY SOUTH AT 850MB BY WEDNESDAY. WILL THEREFORE KEEP A DRY FCST GOING DURING THIS TIME FRAME. HIGHS ON TUESDAY STILL LOOK TO BE IN THE MID 80S WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. AS THE WEST COAST UPPER LOW PUSHES EASTWARD AND A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE WEST/NORTHWEST FLOW OVER THE AREA AHEAD OF THE AMPLIFYING WEST RIDGE...PRECIP CHANCES SHOULD INCREASE WEDNESDAY INTO THE THURSDAY AS THE AREA UNDERGOES A TRANSITION BACK TO DEEPER MOISTURE AND WARM AIR ADVECTION. THE EC IS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH A POSSIBLE MCS AFFECTING THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT/EARLY THURSDAY. WILL KEEP POPS MAINLY SLIGHT CHANCE PRIOR TO THIS TIMEFRAME...THEN HIGHER CHANCE POPS INTO THU. AS THE UPPER RIDGE RAPIDLY BUILDS INTO THE CWA INTO FRIDAY AND SHOULD RESULT IN A QUICK NORTHWARD SHIFT IN CONVECTION AS A STRONG ELEVATED MIXED LAYER OVERSPREADS THE AREA AND A HOTTER SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPS. HAVE EDGED HIGHS FURTHER INTO THE 90S FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND...BUT EVEN HIGHER TEMPS CLOSE TO THE CENTURY MARK MAY NEED TO BE CONSIDERED IF MODEL TRENDS CONTINUE. ANY PRECIP CHANCES OVER THE WEEKEND LOOK LOW AND LIMITED PRIMARILY TO THE FAR NORTHERN BORDER. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1141 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 FOR THE 06Z TAFS...TWO AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...TRACKING SOUTH AND EAST INTO SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. AS THESE TWO AREAS MERGE TOGETHER...MAY SEE MORE SCATTERED ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING HOW LONG THIS ACTIVITY WILL PERSIST INTO THE MORNING HOURS. DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WITH LIGHT NORTHEASTERLY WINDS. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...GARGAN LONG TERM...63 AVIATION...HENNECKE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 541 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-181045- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 541 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING PRIMARILY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR IN SOME AREAS OF COFFEY AND ANDERSON COUNTIES WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLOODING. THERE IS SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 326 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013 KSZ058-059-170900- ANDERSON-COFFEY- 326 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN ANDERSON AND EASTERN COFFEY COUNTIES... THROUGH 400 AM CDT...A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT 10 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN ANDERSON AND EASTERN COFFEY COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THESE STORM ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE WESTPHALIA AND HARRIS. && LAT...LON 3832 9533 3813 9531 3813 9567 3834 9567 TIME...MOT...LOC 0825Z 282DEG 11KT 3822 9555
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:48 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Over half a foot of water 30 yards flowing over 12th st.
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