Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 4, 2004, 11:41 AM CST for Cowley 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, 11:41 AM CST (17:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2004, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cowley County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 74 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 213 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 041742 FFWICT KSC035-042345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1141 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 545 PM CST * AT 1137 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... WINFIELD...DEXTER...CAMBRIDGE...BURDEN...ATLANTA...ARKANSAS CITY EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED. SOME ROADWAYS ARE COVERED WITH WATER. REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CST. LAT...LON 3744 9655 3706 9655 3706 9702 3744 9703 $$ /SPURGEON NNNN
6 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KICT 041850 FFSICT KSC035-042345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1250 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CST... AT 1245 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD RAINS CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH ACROSS COWLEY COUNTY. DOPPLER ESTIMATES ARE THAT HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. AT SUCH RATES, EVENT TOTALS ACROSS COWLEY COUNTY WOULD REACH 4 TO 5 INCHES. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ARKANSAS CITY...ATLANTA...BURDEN... CAMBRIDGE...DEXTER AND MAPLE CITY. AT 1245 PM CST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MANY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS FLOODED THROUGHOUT COWLEY COUNTY. IN A FEW INSTANCES, MOST NOTEABLY 2-3 MILES EAST OF ATLANTA, ROADS WERE FLOODED TO 3 FOOT DEPTHS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES, SO NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ /ES NNNN
000 WGUS73 KICT 041931 FFSICT KSC035-052345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 130 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CST... AT 130 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES WERE DECREASING ACROSS COWLEY COUNTY. HOWEVER FLASH FLOODING REMAINS IN PROGRESS ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF COWLEY COUNTY, WITH A FEW ROADS NOW BEING BARRICADED. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ARKANSAS CITY...ATLANTA...BURDEN... CAMBRIDGE...DEXTER AND MAPLE CITY. AT 125 PM CST THE COWLEY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED COUNTY ROAD 520 HAD BEEN BARRICADED FROM ATLANTA NORTH TO BURDEN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS OR HIGHWAYS 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. $$ /ES NNNN
000 WGUS73 KICT 041937 CCA FFSICT KSC035-052345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 135 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CST... AT 130 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES WERE DECREASING ACROSS COWLEY COUNTY. HOWEVER FLASH FLOODING REMAINS IN PROGRESS ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF COWLEY COUNTY, WITH A FEW ROADS NOW BEING BARRICADED. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ARKANSAS CITY...ATLANTA...BURDEN... CAMBRIDGE...DEXTER AND MAPLE CITY. AT 125 PM CST THE COWLEY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED COUNTY ROAD 520 HAD BEEN BARRICADED FROM ATLANTA SOUTH TO BURDEN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ /ES NNNN *CORRECTED 3RD PARAGRAPH DETAILING LOCATION OF BARRICADED ROAD.
000 WGUS73 KICT 042045 FFSICT KSC035-042345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 245 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CST... AT 240 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL, ON THE ORDER OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH PER HOUR, CONTINUING ACROSS COWLEY COUNTY, WITH THE LIGHTER RATES PREDOMINANT. HOWEVER, WITH RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY FLOODED, EVEN ADDITIONAL RAINFALLS AT THIS RATE WOULD AGGREVATE THE FLASH FLOODING SITUATION. THEREFORE, THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COWLEY COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ARKANSAS CITY...ATLANTA...BURDEN... CAMBRIDGE...DEXTER AND MAPLE CITY. AT 242 PM CST WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED COWLEY COUNTY ROAD 7 FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE 3 MILES NORTH OF CAMBRIDGE. 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. $$ /ES NNNN
000 WGUS73 KICT 042136 FFSICT KSC035-052345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 335 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CST... AT 330 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS ALL OF COWLEY COUNTY. THE SLIGHTLY GREATER RAINFALL RATES, AROUND 1/4 INCH PER HOUR, WERE OVERSPREADING EXTREME SOUTHEAST COWLEY COUNTY. WITH FLASH FLOODING IN PROGRESS ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF THE COUNTY, THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL, REGARDLESS OF AMOUNT, WILL ONLY AGGREVATE THE FLASH FLOODING SITUATION. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ARKANSAS CITY...ATLANTA...BURDEN... CAMBRIDGE...DEXTER AND MAPLE CITY. AT 320 PM CST WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED COWLEY COUNTY ROAD 19 WAS NOW FLOODED 16 MILES EAST OF WINFIELD. THE FLASH FLOODING IS INCREASING AT THIS LOCATION WITH THE ROAD SOON TO BE BARRICADED. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ /ES NNNN
000 WGUS73 KICT 042318 FFSICT KSC035-042345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 515 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CST... AT 510 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS ALL OF COWLEY COUNTY. THE GREATER RAINFALL RATES, AROUND 1/4 INCH, WERE OCCURRING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST COWLEY COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ARKANSAS CITY...ATLANTA...BURDEN... CAMBRIDGE...DEXTER AND MAPLE CITY. AT 500 PM CST, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THE FOLLOWING ROADS WERE CLOSED: HALES ROAD BETWEEN VIKING BOULEVARD AND 152ND, FLOODED TO 3.5 FOOT DEPTH. WINFIELD, AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE 5TH AND MAIN STREETS. EAST SIDE OF WINFIELD NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL. COUNTY ROAD 7, 3 MILES SOUTH OF CAMBRIDGE, COUNTY ROADS 19, AND 28. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO 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 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, 11:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 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.