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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS

June 16, 1997Chase County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 1997, 12:17 AM CDT for Chase County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 1997, 12:17 AM CDT (05:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1997, 4:20 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Chase County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 1997-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2800 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 1997-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
2800 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.0
Supercell composite
9.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KICT 160517
FFWICT
KSC017-160920-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1217 AM CDT MON JUN 16 1997

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  CHASE COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 420 AM CDT
 
RADAR ESTIMATED PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN
OVER CHASE COUNTY IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS. RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL
OVER THE COUNTY WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE THROUGH 2 AM.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS. WATER-COVERED ROADS. THE WATER
DEPTH AND CURRENT MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY.

RENO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno61 min
Jun 15, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman59 min
Jun 15, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick59 min
Jun 15, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase61 min
Jun 15, 11:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTMarion4 hr
Jun 16, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley62 min
Jun 16, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner64 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.