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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 10, 2003, 10:03 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 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
- Sep 10, 2003, 10:03 PM CDT (03:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2003, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lincoln County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 1765 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1212 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 9.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KICT 110303 FFWICT KSC105-110900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1003 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 400 AM CDT * AT 955 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR WAS ESTIMATING 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL PER HOUR FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY. 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. REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 400 AM CDT. LAT...LON 3911 9846 3891 9844 3919 9809 3919 9837 $$ /CARUSO NNNN
5 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KICT 110440 FFSICT KSC105-110900- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1140 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 400 AM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MORE THUNDERSTORMS, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HOURLY RAINFALL RATES AS MUCH AS TWO TO THREE INCHES, MOVING NORTHEAST INTO LINCOLN COUNTY. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL GREATLY INCREASE THE FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL IF YOU LIVE IN LINCOLN COUNTY, ESPECIALLY IN SYLVAN GROVE, ASH GROVE, VESPER OR ALONG SPILLMAN CREEK, BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ASH GROVE...BARNARD...LINCOLN SYLVAN GROVE, AND VESPER. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED, MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ /ES NNNN
000 WGUS73 KICT 110553 FFSICT KSC105-110900- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1255 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 4 AM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO CROSS LINCOLN COUNTY IN A NORTHEAST MANNER. THE HEAVIEST RAINS, ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR, ARE LIKELY, ESPECIALLY IN ASH GROVE, SYLVAN GROVE, LINCOLN, AND ALONG BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH FORKS OF SPILLMAN CREEK. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ASH GROVE...BARNARD...BEVERLY... LINCOLN...AND SYLVAN GROVE. 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 AT ONCE A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT IF YOU LIVE IN LINCOLN COUNTY, BE LISTENING FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY FURTHER WARNINGS. $$ /ES NNNN
000 WGUS73 KICT 110719 FFSICT KSC105-110900- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 220 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 400 AM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL RATES WERE DECREASING ACROSS LINCOLN COUNTY. HOWEVER, WITH WIDESPREADE SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO CROSS LINCOLN COUNTY, ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL, EVEN AROUND ONE HALF INCH, MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. KEEP IN MIND THAT RUNOFF CAN CONTINUE FOR A COUPLE HOURS AFTER THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE OCCURRED, SO REMAIN ALERT FOR CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ASH GROVE...BARNARD...BEVERLY... LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE AND WESTFALL. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS AND EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. IF YOU LIVE LINCOLN COUNTY, BE LISTENING FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY FURTHER WARNINGS. $$ /ES NNNN
000 WGUS73 KICT 110821 FFSICT KSC105-110900- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 320 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 400 AM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTIUING ACROSS LINCOLN COUNTY. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES WERE STARTING TO INCREASE AGAIN, INTO THE 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH RANGE. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGREVATE THE FLASH FLOODING SITUATION, ESPECIALLY ALONG BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH FORKS OF THE SPILLMAN CREEK. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ASH GROVE...BARNARD...BEVERLY... LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE AND WESTFALL. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS, AS WELL AS THEIR PREDECESSORS, 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 AT ONCE IF YOU LIVE IN LINCOLN COUNTY, REMAIN ALERT FOR FLASH FLOODING AND BE LISTENING FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY FURTHER WARNINGS. $$ /ES NNNN
000 WGUS73 KICT 110848 FFSICT KSC105-110945- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 350 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL INTENSITY WAS WEAKENING ACROSS THE PREVIOUSLY WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING IS ENDING. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ /ES NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 58 min |
| Sep 11, 4:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 6 hr |
| Sep 11, 7:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 6 hr |
| Sep 11, 10:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 2 hr |
| Sep 11, 12:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 3 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.