Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 4, 2004, 11:40 AM CST for Greenwood 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
- Mar 4, 2004, 11:40 AM CST (17:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2004, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Greenwood County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:42 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 451 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KICT 041739
FFWICT
KSC073-042330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1140 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
* UNTIL 530 PM CST
* AT 1132 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
SEVERY...PIEDMONT...FALL RIVER...EUREKA...CLIMAX
* RAINFALL RATES OF OVER 2 INCHES PER HOUR
HAVE BEEN OBSERVED
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR
DRAINAGE.
REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GREENWOOD
COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CST.
LAT...LON 3760 9647 3773 9647 3774 9648 3791 9648
3791 9601 3760 9602
$$
/SPURGEON
NNNN4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KICT 041836 FFSICT KSC073-042330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1235 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GREENWOOD COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CST... AT 1230 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER GREENWOOD COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS, ON THE ORDER OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR, OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHEAST GREENWOOD, INCLUDING FALL RIVER LAKE. AT THIS RATE, 3 TO 4 INCH RAINFALLS WOULD BE LIKELY, ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST GREENWOOD COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE CLIMAX...EUREKA...HAMILTON...THRALL AND VIRGIL. AT 1225 PM CST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THE FOLLOWING AREAS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING: STATE STREET BRIDGE JUST SOUTH OF EUREKA, AS WELL AS CASNER AND BADGER CREEK ROADS AT FALL RIVER LAKE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ /ES NNNN
000 WGUS73 KICT 042028 FFSICT KSC073-042330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 230 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GREENWOOD COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CST... AT 225 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES DECREASING ACROSS GREENWOOD COUNTY. THE GREATER RAINFALL RATES, ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH PER HOUR, WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HALF OF GREENWOOD COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE CLIMAX...EUREKA...HAMILTON... SEVERY...THRALL AND VIRGIL. AT 225 PM CST, GREENWOOD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MINOR FLOODING OCCURRING ON HIGHWAY 54 2 MILES WEST OF THE WOODSON COUNTY LINE, WITH THE FLOODING GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. HOWEVER, WITH MORE RAIN FORECAST FOR GREENWOOD COUNTY, THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT. 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. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ /ES NNNN
000 WGUS73 KICT 042204 FFSICT KSC073-042330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 405 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GREENWOOD COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CST... AT 400 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES INCREASING ACROSS GREENWOOD COUNTY, GENERALLY INTO THE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH RANGE. WITH FLASH FLOODING IN PROGRESS ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY, ADDITIONAL RAINFALL, REGARDLESS OF AMOUNT, WILL ONLY AGGREVATE THE FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE CLIMAX...EUREKA...HAMILTON... PIEDMONT...SEVERY AND THRALL. AT 358 PM CST GREENWOOD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THE FOLLOWING ROADS CLOSED: FALL RIVER LAKE ROAD AT FALL RIVER STATE PARK. STATE STREET BRIDGE JUST SOUTH OF EUREKA. COUNTY ROAD 80 EAST OF CLIMAX. NO EXACT DISTANCE WAS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ /ES NNNN
000 WGUS73 KICT 042322 FFSICT KSC073-042345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 520 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GREENWOOD 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. $$ /ES NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 11:41 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 11:51 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Woodson | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 11:53 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Elk | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Labette, Montgomery | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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.