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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS

May 9, 2000Labette County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 2000, 7:22 AM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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
May 9, 2000, 7:22 AM CDT (12:22 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2000, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Labette County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:25 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2000-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 83 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2000-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 351 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
83 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-220 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1067 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
116 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
474 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KICT 091222
FFWICT
KSC099-091515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
722 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT.

* AT 710 AM CDT  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT WATER 
OVER HIGHWAY 101 NORTH OF EDNA. THE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS LABETTE COUNTY 
HAS ENDED...BUT RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINS WILL STILL CAUSE FLOODING
OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

KEEP TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL 
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS FLOODING EVENT.

REPEATING...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR LABETTE COUNTY
UNTIL 1015 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3736 9517 3704 9517 3701 9551 3739 9547

HYSELL

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua63 min
May 8, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery58 min
May 8, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette57 min
May 9, 3:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTLabette, Montgomery4 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.