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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2000, 2:45 AM CDT for Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2000, 2:45 AM CDT (07:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2000, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Wilson County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 816 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KICT 260802 FFWICT KSC205-261400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 245 AM CDT MON JUN 26 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS * UNTIL 900 AM CDT * AT 245 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER WILSON COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT UPWARDS OF 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN NEAR FREDONIA. WILSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ALSO REPORTED THAT HOUSES WERE BEGINNING TO FLOOD IN THE FREDONIA AREA DUE TO WATER COMING OUT OF SMALL CREEKS NEAR THE CITY. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... ALTOONA...BENEDICT...BUXTON...FREDONIA...NEODESHA EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 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. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WILSON COUNTY UNTIL 900 AM CDT. LAT...LON 3763 9561 3740 9557 3741 9595 3765 9595 NOONAN NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 61 min |
| Jun 25, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson | 66 min |
| Jun 25, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 49 min |
| Jun 25, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 55 min |
| Jun 25, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 66 min |
| Jun 26, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 12:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 6 hr |
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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.