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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 23, 2004, 7:30 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports 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, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2004, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Montgomery County, KS, Wilson County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10:36 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Independence, KS | SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED IN THE CITY. |
| Apr 23, 10:38 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Fredonia, KS | SEVERAL RURAL AND COUNTY ROADS UNDERWATER COUNTYWIDE. |
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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 631 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KICT 240034 FFWICT KSC125-205-240630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 730 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS * UNTIL 130 AM CDT * AT 727 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG STORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA. WITH GROUNDS ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS, ANY RAIN THAT FALLS WILL GO TO RUNOFF. THEREFORE THE FLOODING POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE AS THE EVENING WARES ON. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... SYCAMORE...NEODESHA...LIBERTY...INDEPENDENCE...INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT...COFFEYVILLE...AND FREDONIA. 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. REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WILSON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT. LAT...LON 3707 9592 3707 9559 3770 9554 3767 9588 $$ /LAWSON NNNN
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KICT 240346 FFSICT KSC125-205-240630- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1045 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WILSON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAIN STILL FALLING ACROSS THE AREA. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO ACROSS MUCH OF MONTGOMERY AND WILSON COUNTIES. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED SOME STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY OF INDEPENDENCE AND A FEW RURAL ROADS WERE UNDERWATER ACROSS WILSON COUNTY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS ACTIVITY WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ /JAKUB NNNN
000 WGUS73 KICT 240619 FFSICT KSC125-205-240715- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 120 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WILSON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL HAD DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA, AND THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WAS THEREFORE DIMINISHING AS WELL. SOME FLOODING WILL CONTINUE, ESPECIALLY ON ABOUT 6 SECONDARY ROADS IN WILSON COUNTY, HOWEVER THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING CANCELLED. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 53 min |
| Apr 23, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 61 min |
| Apr 23, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson | 53 min |
| Apr 23, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 53 min |
| Apr 23, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 8:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 80 min |
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.