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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS

September 11, 2003Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 11, 2003, 10:58 AM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 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, 10:58 AM CDT (15:58 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2003, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 12:00Z on 2003-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 145 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 12:00Z on 2003-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KICT 111604
FFWICT
KSC173-111800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1058 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1058 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 
OVER ROADWAYS AT NUMEROUS LOCATIONS IN THE CITY OF WICHITA, WITH 
ROADS BARRICADED. 

SOME LOCATIONS STILL CLOSED TO DUE TO HIGH WATER INCLUDE, 31ST AND 
SENACA AND 13TH AND WEST.  ALSO WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROAD AT 
NORTH 25TH STREET NEAR CLOUD ELEMENTARY. 

TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES, INCLUDING 
CARS AND TRUCKS.

REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SEDGWICK COUNTY
UNTIL 100 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3789 9717 3751 9717 3751 9765 3789 9765

$$

/KETCHAM

NNNN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KICT 111759
FFSICT
KSC173-111900-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1259 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SEDGWICK COUNTY IS BEING ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE...

RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS ENDING 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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln58 min
Sep 10, 10:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTLincoln6 hr
Sep 11, 4:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick6 hr
Sep 11, 7:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler6 hr
Sep 11, 12:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler3 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.