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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Wichita, KS

October 8, 2003Harvey County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 2003, 10:16 PM CDT for Harvey 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, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired
Oct 9, 2003, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Harvey County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 193 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°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 090318
FFWICT
KSC079-090615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1016 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1010 PM CDT...PUBLIC AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WIDESPREAD 
SERIOUS FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF HARVEY COUNTY. NUMEROUS STALLED CAR 
REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM HARVEY COUNTY. RAINFALL WILL END 
THROUGH MIDNIGHT, HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES 
SINCE NOON TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 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 HARVEY COUNTY
UNTIL 115 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3800 9759 3793 9766 3793 9718 3811 9718
          3811 9763

$$

/OMITT

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KICT 090510
FFSICT
KSC079-090615-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1208 AM CDT THU OCT 9 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HARVEY COUNTY UNTIL 115 AM
CDT...

AT 1205 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WIDESPREAD 
FLOODING OF COUNTY ROADS CONTINUES. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WATER OVER 
ROADS AND FLOODED PROPERTY HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. HOWEVER, RADAR 
INDICATES THAT THE RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS HARVEY COUNTY. EVEN SO, 
THE THREAT FOR FLOODING WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AS 
RUNOFF PERSISTS. DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 

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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 8, 8:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTMcPherson114 min
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, 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

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.