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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS

June 29, 2003Ellsworth County, Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2003, 1:36 AM CDT for Ellsworth County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 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
Jun 29, 2003, 1:36 AM CDT (06:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2003, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Russell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:35 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2003-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2306 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2003-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -48 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2306 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1409 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KICT 290638
FFWICT
KSC053-167-291030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
136 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS
  ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 135 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS   
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS RUSSELL AND ELLSWORTH COUNTIES.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  WILSON...RUSSELL AIRPORT...RUSSELL...KANOPOLIS...GORHAM

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.

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL BEFORE ENDING. 
FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR.


REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR RUSSELL AND
ELLSWORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3900 9904 3874 9903 3868 9810 3885 9804
          3884 9848

$$

/OMITT

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2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KICT 290740
FFSICT
KSC053-167-291045-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
238 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR RUSSELL AND ELLSWORTH COUNTIES
UNTIL 530 AM CDT...

AT 238 AM CDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAY 14 NORTH OF 
ELLSWORTH.  ALTHOUGH RAINFALL RATES WERE DECREASING ACROSS THIS 
AREA...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO NEARLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 
ACROSS PORTIONS OF RUSSELL AND ELLSWORTH COUNTIES IN THE PAST 2 
HOURS.  FLOODING DUE TO RUNOFF WILL OCCUR.

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.

$$

/OMITT

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000 
WGUS73 KICT 290938
FFSICT
KSC053-167-291030-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
437 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RUSSELL AND ELLSWORTH COUNTIES HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...

THE RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD 
THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE 
THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
IS BEING CANCELLED.



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

$$

/JAKUB

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell63 min
Jun 29, 2:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTSaline4 hr
Jun 29, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey60 min
Jun 29, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion43 min
Jun 29, 3:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick47 min

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.