Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 11, 2003, 7:27 AM CDT for Butler 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 11, 2003, 7:27 AM CDT (12:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2003, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Butler County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:27 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 12:00Z, 0.5 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
- 145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KICT 111227 FFWICT KSC015-111800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 727 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 100 PM CDT * AT 717 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF THE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE COUNTY, WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. BANDS OF ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY THIS MORNING. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN STREET FLOODING AND RAPID RISES ON CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3806 9656 3749 9654 3748 9712 3805 9712 $$ /HOWERTON NNNN
4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KICT 111413 FFSICT KSC015-111600- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 911 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL 1100 AM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF BUTLER COUNTY THIS MORNING. LOW LYING AREAS IN AUGUSTA AND ANDOVER COULD RECIEVE ANOTHER HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WHICH WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE AUGUSTA...BENTON...DOUGLASS...EL DORADO...LATHAM AND LEON. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ /KETCHAM NNNN
000 WGUS73 KICT 111618 FFSICT KSC015-111800- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1120 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH RAINFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR WAS FALLING OVER BUTLER COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE AUGUSTA...DOUGLASS...EL DORADO... LATHAM...LEON AND POTWIN. AT 1110 AM CDT BUTLER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A STALLED CAR WITH A WATER RESCUE IN PROGRESS NEAR 159TH AND CENTRAL NEAR TERRADYNE COUNTY CLUB. ALSO WATER WAS OVER THE ROAD NEAR ROSE HILL AND 71ST STREET SOUTH. ALSO, AN OFF DUTY WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED FLOODING AT MEADOWLARK ELEMENTARY IN ANDOVER. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ /KETCHAM NNNN
000 WGUS73 KICT 111648 FFSICT KSC015-111800- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1139 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND HALF WAS FALLING OVER BUTLER COUNTY WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE AUGUSTA...BENTON...EL DORADO...POTWIN AND TOWANDA. AT 1139 AM CDT BUTLER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMBEROUS ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO HIGH WATER BETWEEN EL DORADO AND AUGUSTA. SOME ROADS THAT WERE CLOSED INCLUDED, SOUTHWEST 50TH AT OHIO, SOUTHWEST 20TH AT HOPKINS SWITCH ROAD. AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54 ON DIKE ROAD. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ /KETCHAM NNNN
000 WGUS73 KICT 111731 FFSICT KSC015-111800- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1224 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL WAS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH OVER BUTLER COUNTY BUT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. AT 1224 PM CDT BUTLER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED 2 HOUSES WITH FLOODED BASEMENTS NEAR ANDOVER. NUMEROUS ROADS BETWEEN EL DORADO AND AUGUSTA WERE REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. ALSO TAWAKONI AND NORTHWEST 30TH IN WEST BUTLER COUNTY HAD 2 FEET OF WATER OVER THE ROAD. 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. $$ /KETCHAM 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 10, 10:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Sep 11, 4:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 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
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.