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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Wichita, KS

June 19, 1999Harvey County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 1999, 5:51 AM CDT for Harvey 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 19, 1999, 5:51 AM CDT (10:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1999, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Harvey County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 1999-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1999-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
755 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 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 191053
FFWICT
KSC079-191500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
551 AM  CDT SAT JUN 19 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS EXTENDED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 545 AM CDT 911 COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTED THAT FIRST STREET 
EAST OF NEWTON WAS BARRICADED AND CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. IN 
ADDITION MANY SECONDARY ROADS WERE IMPASSABLE. 

EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN IS OVER. HIGH WATER IS STILL A PROBLEM. 
CREEKS ARE CONTINUING TO RISE...ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN PART OF 
THE COUNTY. 

IF YOU ARE DRIVING...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. IN ADDITION 
IF YOU LbIVE ALONG A CREEK OR RIVER AND OBSERVE RISING WATER GET TO 
HIGHER GROUND. 

ELDER

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.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 19, 2:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
234 AM CDT SAT JUN 19 1999

TSRA TRENDS/CHCS TDA AND TEMPS SUNDAY AND BYD ARE THE FCST CONCERNS..
THE MID LVL S/W TROF AND ASSOCD THERMAL TROF WL RMN ACRS ERN KS TDA.
MEANWHILE SLY LO LVL FLO WL CONT TO ADVCT MSTR NWD ACRS THE CWA WITH
NR SFC DWPTS CLIMBING INTO THE 60S. THIS WL KEEP THE AMS UNSTABLE
AND SUPPORT CONTD TSRA CHCS ACRS THE CWA...ESPLY E OF THE TURNPIKE
IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THE MID LVL THERMAL TROF. PWAT VALUES AOA 1.5
INCHES AND SLOW MOVMT/PROPAGATION OF CNVTV CELLS WL RESULT IN LCLY
HVY RAFL. FFG STILL QUITE LOW AND WL HILITE HVY RAFL POTNL IN ZONES
E OF ICT. UPR RDG WL BLD ACRS KS BYD 36HRS AND HOLD SWAY THRU AT
LEAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. DESPITE RATHER MOIST/SOUPY AMS ACRS THE
RGN...WARMING MID LVL TEMPS UNDER THE RDG SHUD DVLP/STRENGTHEN CAP
AND LESSEN TSRA CHCS SUNDAY THRU MUCH OF THE EXTENDED FCST. LO LVL
TEMPS/THKNS WL WARM ACCORDINGLY WITH FIRST REAL TASTE OF SUMMER HEAT
AND HUMIDITY XPCTD MON THRU WED. LTL CHG TO GOING FCST BYD SUN.

FCSTID = 13/DARMOFAL
ICT   79  67  87  68 /  20  20  10  10
HUT   80  66  88  67 /  20  20  10  10
EWK   78  66  87  67 /  20  20  10  10
EQA   77  65  86  67 /  50  20  10  10
WLD   77  66  86  67 /  50  20  10  10
RSL   80  65  90  67 /  20  20  10  10
GBD   80  65  90  67 /  20  20  10  10
SLN   79  66  89  67 /  20  20  10  10
MPR   79  66  89  67 /  20  20  10  10
CFV   75  65  84  67 /  50  20  10  10
CNU   75  65  84  67 /  50  20  10  10
K88   75  65  84  67 /  50  20  10  10

.ICT...NONE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 2:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarvey4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1999Every flash flood warning in 1999

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.