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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Wichita, KS

October 8, 2003McPherson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 2003, 8:06 PM CDT for McPherson County, Kansas. It was in force for 114 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 8, 2003, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2003, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McPherson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 2003-10-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 168 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 2003-10-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 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
168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1022 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-121 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 090107
FFWICT
KSC113-090300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
806 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 802 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
  WAS OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTY. RAIN WAS   
  FALLING AT THE RATE OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR AND WILL THROUGH 9 
  PM. THIS IS ON TOP OF 3 TO AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES THAT HAS FALLEN IN  
  THE PAST 6 HOURS. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR
DRAINAGE.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER.



REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MCPHERSON
COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3821 9780 3817 9765 3818 9739 3833 9738
          3834 9774

$$

/OMITT

NNNN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KICT 090229
FFSICT
KSC113-090300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
925 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM
CDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 
4 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF MCPHERSON 
COUNTY WITH RAINFALL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 
HOUR. 

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE CANTON...GALVA...INMAN...MCPHERSON...
MOUNDRIDGE AND MC PHERSON.

AT 925 PM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED BLACK KETTLE CREEK WAS 
RUNNING BANKFULL. ALSO NUMEROUS SMALL STREAMS WERE FLOODED WITH 
WATER OVER THE ROADS COUNTYWIDE. FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS 
REPORTED IN MCPHERSON SINCE THIS AFTERNOON. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

$$

/KETCHAM

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 8, 8:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarvey118 min
Oct 8, 8:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTReno3 hr
Oct 8, 8:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTSedgwick83 min
Oct 8, 9:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler4 hr
Oct 8, 9:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTMcPherson3 hr
Oct 8, 10:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTSedgwick4 hr
Oct 8, 10:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarvey3 hr
Oct 8, 11:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTSumner4 hr
Oct 9, 12:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTGreenwood5 hr
Oct 9, 1:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler5 hr
Oct 9, 1:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTCowley5 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.