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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS

June 26, 2000Butler County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2000, 3:12 AM CDT for Butler 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, 3:12 AM CDT (08:12 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 Butler County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2000-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 816 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2000-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KICT 260812
FFWICT
KSC015-261400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
312 AM CDT MON JUN 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 301 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
  HAD FALLEN OVER BUTLER COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT UPWARDS
  OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAD FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS OF BUTLER 
  COUNTY.  ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...RUNOFF IS 
  EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS...THUS PROLONGING THE 
  FLOODING.  SEVERAL ROADS ARE STILL CLOSED AND AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS
  WILL ARE RISING QUICKLY AND MAY EVEN OVERFLOW IN SOME AREAS.  

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  AUGUSTA...AUGUSTA...BENTON...BENTON...DOUGLASS

THIS EXTENDS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR BUTLER 
COUNTY.

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 BUTLER COUNTY 
UNTIL 900 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3783 9654 3750 9654 3749 9715 3792 9714

NOONAN

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice61 min
Jun 25, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson66 min
Jun 25, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno49 min
Jun 25, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman55 min
Jun 25, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick66 min
Jun 26, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sedgwick, Sumner44 min
Jun 26, 12:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler, Sedgwick3 hr
Jun 26, 2:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTWilson6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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.