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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Wichita, KS

April 28, 19944 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 28, 1994, 1:27 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 1994, 1:27 AM CDT (06:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 1994, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Elk County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Wilson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 187 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1994-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1994-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KICT 280633
FFWICT
KSC019-049-125-205-280930-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
127 AM CDT THU APR 28 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
 
   ...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...ELK COUNTY
   ...NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY...WILSON COUNTY
 
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA.
RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES IS LIKELY OVER THIS AREA. THE
HEAVIEST RAIN THROUGH 100 AM WAS ALONG A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST OF
CHANUTE TO NEAR HARPER TO 45 MILES WEST OF COFFEYVILLE NEAR
WAUNETA...WHERE TWO TO THREE INCHES HAVE FALLEN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
LIKELY ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 400 AM.
 
PEOPLE IN LOW LYING AREAS AROUND FREDONIA...NEODOSHA...LONGTON...
ELK FALLS AND ELK CITY SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT. IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD
PRONE AREA SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY
MOVING WATER...IT MAY BE YOUR LAST MISTAKE.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING
WHEN WATER BEGINS TO RISE.
 
HOWERTON

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 27, 8:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
820 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FOR 4/27/94

ALL TIMES CDT

TIME     COUNTY       REPORT
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

523  PM  SUMNER       TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL 11/2 MILES
                      SOUTHEAST OF CALDWELL

525  PM  SUMNER       3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED IN CALDWELL BY SUMNER COUNTY EP

547  PM  SUMNER       1 INCH HAIL IN BELLE PLAINE REPORTED BY THE SUMNER COUNTY
                      EP

550  PM  SUMNER       1 INCH HAIL 3 MILES NORTH OF BELLE PLAINE REPORTED BY
                      THE SUMNER COUNTY EP
603  PM  SEDGWICK     DIME SIZE HA$IL REPORTED BY A TRAINED SPOTTER IN
                      DERBY

655  PM  COWLEY       DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY A TRAINED SPOTTER IN
                      WINFIELD.

ROSNER
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 8:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
KSC001-019-021-035-037-049-073-099-125-133-191-205-207-280300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
856 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #154 FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL BE ALLOW TO
EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS
THROUGH THE NIGHT BUT WITH HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL AND SMALL HAIL.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 7:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTCowley, Sumner4 hr
Apr 27, 9:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTElk, Greenwood4 hr
Apr 27, 9:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler3 hr
Apr 27, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley30 min
Apr 27, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley63 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.