Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 23, 2004, 6:22 PM CDT for Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2004, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2004, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cowley County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 7:03 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 E Winfield, KS | 171ST STREET ROAD JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 160 UNDER WATER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KICT 232323 FFWICT KSC035-191-240415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 622 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 615 PM CDT...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF OVER AN INCH OF RAINFALL IN THE LAST HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHERN SUMNER AND COWLEY COUNTIES. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE AS ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... MILE POST 10 ON THE KANSAS TURNPIKE...WINFIELD...OXFORD...MAPLE CITY...GEUDA SPRINGS...SOUTH HAVEN AND CALDWELL. 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. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUMNER AND COWLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3731 9668 3703 9658 3703 9739 3726 9742 $$ /LAWSON NNNN
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KICT 240016 FFSICT KSC035-191-240415- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 712 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SUMNER AND COWLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES STORMS CONTINUING TO TRACK ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF BOTH SUMNER AND COWLEY COUNTIES PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROADS UNDER WATER ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF BOTH COUNTIES. WITH SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT, ADDITIONAL FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ARKANSAS CITY...DEXTER...GEUDA SPRINGS...MAPLE CITY...SOUTH HAVEN AND WINFIELD. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ /LAWSON NNNN
000 WGUS73 KICT 240415 FFSICT KSC035-191-240445- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1115 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SUMNER AND COWLEY COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... 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 CANCELLED. 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. $$ /JAKUB NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 7:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 59 min |
| Apr 23, 7:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 64 min |
| Apr 23, 7:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 55 min |
| Apr 23, 8:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 52 min |
| Apr 23, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 55 min |
| Apr 23, 9:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 54 min |
| Apr 23, 9:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 9:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho, Wilson | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 10:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 10:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 53 min |
| Apr 23, 10:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 59 min |
| Apr 23, 10:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 56 min |
| Apr 23, 10:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 57 min |
| Apr 23, 10:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 10:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 71 min |
| Apr 23, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk | 50 min |
| Apr 23, 11:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 69 min |
| Apr 23, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 67 min |
| Apr 23, 12:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson | 55 min |
| Apr 23, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 64 min |
| Apr 23, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 6:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 6 hr |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.