Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 4, 2004, 11:51 AM CST for Woodson 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, 11:51 AM CST (17:51 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 Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 041752 FFWICT KSC207-042345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1151 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS * UNTIL 545 PM CST * AT 1147 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS WOODSON COUNTY FOR THE NEXT 3 HOURS. REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WOODSON COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CST. LAT...LON 3801 9559 3776 9557 3776 9591 3802 9592 $$ /KREYENHAGEN NNNN
4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KICT 041906 FFSICT KSC207-042345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 105 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WOODSON COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CST... AT 100 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINS, ON THE ORDER OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR, OCCURRING ACROSS WEST AND NORTHWEST WOODSON COUNTY. AT SUCH RATES, RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS WOODSON COUNTY WOULD REACH 2 TO 4 INCHES BY 5 PM, WITH THE GREATER AMOUNTS FOUND ACROSS WEST AND NORTHWEST WOODSON COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BATESVILLE...NEOSHO FALLS...ROSE AND YATES CENTER. AT 100 PM CST WOODSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN PROGRESS ON HIGHWAY 54 3-4 MILES WEST OF BATESVILLE. THIS WOULD BE JUST EAST OF THE GREENWOOD COUNTY LINE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS OR HIGHWAYS COVERED BY WATER. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ /ES NNNN
000 WGUS73 KICT 042035 FFSICT KSC207-042345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 235 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WOODSON COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CST... AT 230 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES GRADUALLY DECREASING ACROSS WOODSON COUNTY. THE GREATER RAINFALLS, ON THE ORDER OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH PER HOUR, WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE WESTERN THIRD OF WOODSON COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BATESVILLE...NEOSHO FALLS...ROSE AND YATES CENTER. AT 232 PM CST, WOODSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MINOR FLOODING OF COUNTY ROADS, WITH NO FLOODING IN PROGRESS ON ANY OF THE HIGHWAYS. WITH MORE RAIN FORECAST FOR WOODSON 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. $$ /ES NNNN
000 WGUS73 KICT 042222 FFSICT KSC207-042345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 425 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WOODSON COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CST... AT 420 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS ALL OF WOODSON, WITH THE MODERATE RAINS OCCURRING ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BATESVILLE...NEOSHO FALLS...ROSE AND YATES CENTER. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ /ES NNNN
000 WGUS73 KICT 042343 FFSICT KSC207-050015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 540 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WOODSON 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. AT 520 PM CST, WOODSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MOST COUNTY RAODS WERE FLOODED, WITH BARRICADES BEING POSITIONED ACROSS THE MORE PRIMARY ROUTES. DOPPLER INDICATES THAT THE HEAVIER RAINS WILL BE EXITING WOODSON COUNTY BY 6 PM. THEREFORE, THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR WOODSON COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE, WITH A COUNTY WIDE FLOOD WARNING REMAINING IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL 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 TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. 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, 11:41 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 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.