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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 2003, 9:53 PM CDT for McPherson 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 as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 8, 2003, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2003, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County McPherson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:55 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KICT 090255
FFWICT
KSC113-090600-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
953 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 100 AM CDT
* AT 950 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING
ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY
RAINS WILL END THROUGH 11 PM, HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM THE 4 TO 6 INCHES
OF RAIN THAT FELL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SERIOUS FLOODING.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR
DRAINAGE. 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.
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 100 AM CDT.
LAT...LON 3836 9789 3820 9786 3820 9740 3844 9743
3843 9788
$$
/OMITT
NNNN3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KICT 090335 FFSICT KSC113-090600- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1027 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM CDT... AT 1027 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN MOUND RIDGE. ADDITIONALLY, THE BLACK KETTLE CREEK WAS RUNNING OVER VAROIUS BRIDGES. AS MUCH AS 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF MCPHERSON COUNTY. RAIN WAS BEGINNING TO EXIT THE COUNTY, AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY, BUT CONTINUED RUNOFF WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ /KLEINSASSER NNNN
000 WGUS73 KICT 090337 CCA FFSICT KSC113-090600- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1035 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM CDT... AT 1027 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN MOUND RIDGE. ADDITIONALLY, THE BLACK KETTLE CREEK WAS RUNNING OVER VARIOUS BRIDGES. AS MUCH AS 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF MCPHERSON COUNTY. RAIN WAS BEGINNING TO EXIT THE COUNTY, AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY, BUT CONTINUED RUNOFF WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. 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. 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. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ /KLEINSASSER NNNN
000 WGUS73 KICT 090452 FFSICT KSC113-090600- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1147 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL HAD MOVED EAST OF THE AREA BUT WIDESPREAD FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT HOUR. AT 1147 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODED ROADWAYS IN MOUND RIDGE. ALSO FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE BLACK KETTLE CREEK. NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS CONTINUED TO BE FLOODED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ /KETCHAM NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 8:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | McPherson | 114 min |
| Oct 8, 8:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey | 118 min |
| Oct 8, 8:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Reno | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 8:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 83 min |
| Oct 8, 9:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 4 hr |
| Oct 8, 10:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 4 hr |
| Oct 8, 10:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 11:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 4 hr |
| Oct 9, 12:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 5 hr |
| Oct 9, 1:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 5 hr |
| Oct 9, 1:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 5 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.