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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS

May 12, 2004Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2004, 11:59 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Sumner 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
May 12, 2004, 11:59 PM CDT (04:59 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2004, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2004-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4023 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2004-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4023 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.5
Supercell composite
18.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KICT 130501
FFWICT
KSC173-191-131100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1159 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 1157 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY        
  RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHERN SEDGWICK AND NORTHERN 
  SUMNER COUNTIES.  RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED 3 TO 6 INCHES
  OF RAIN IN THIS AREA.  THIS RAINFALL...PLUS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN  
  OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS...WILL MAKE FLASH FLOODING LIKELY.


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 SOUTHERN 
SEDGWICK AND NORTHERN SUMNER COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3763 9716 3730 9718 3729 9779 3762 9779

$$

/WOLF

NNNN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KICT 130724
FFSICT
KSC173-191-131100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
223 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN SEDGWICK AND 
NORTHERN SUMNER COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM CDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 
WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  THE
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLOODING

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.

$$

/WOLF

NNNN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarper63 min
May 12, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarvey, Reno65 min
May 12, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman53 min
May 12, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Marion57 min
May 12, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton53 min
May 12, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarper53 min
May 12, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Marion64 min
May 12, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarper, Sumner64 min
May 12, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno59 min
May 12, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase58 min
May 12, 9:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarper6 hr
May 12, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman52 min
May 12, 10:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTKingman6 hr
May 12, 10:16 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSumner59 min
May 12, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick54 min
May 12, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick65 min
May 12, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman57 min
May 12, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler57 min
May 13, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno63 min
May 13, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman55 min
May 13, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno61 min
May 13, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick60 min
May 13, 4:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler59 min
May 13, 5:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler6 hr
May 13, 6:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood55 min
May 13, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Neosho65 min
May 13, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley47 min
May 13, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick59 min
May 13, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner54 min

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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.