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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS
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.
- 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
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
$$
/OMITT
NNNN2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KICT 290740 FFSICT KSC053-167-291045- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 238 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR RUSSELL AND ELLSWORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM CDT... AT 238 AM CDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAY 14 NORTH OF ELLSWORTH. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL RATES WERE DECREASING ACROSS THIS AREA...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO NEARLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF RUSSELL AND ELLSWORTH COUNTIES IN THE PAST 2 HOURS. FLOODING DUE TO RUNOFF WILL OCCUR. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ /OMITT NNNN
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 NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 2:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Saline | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 3:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 47 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.