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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2005, 3:38 PM CDT for McPherson 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, 2005, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2005, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County McPherson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1153 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 395 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 122039 FFWICT KSC113-130245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 338 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 945 PM CDT. * AT 335 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS CAUSING FLOODING IN THE MOUNDRIDGE AREA. WATER WAS OVER THE ROAD AT 27TH AND DAKOTA. A FLASH FLOODING WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 3860 9738 3822 9738 3821 9788 3858 9785 $$ /WIGHTMAN
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KICT 122249 FFSICT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 545 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 KSC113-130245- MCPHERSON KS- 545 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM CDT... AT 515 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGERS REPORTED STREET FLOODING OCCURRING IN THE CITY OF MCPHERSON. AT 520 PM CDT ....A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED WATER COVERING ROADS IN LOW WATER SPOTS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCPHERSON. SO FAR STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS NEAR 1.50 INCHES OVER CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTY AND 2 TO 2.5 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY. AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ANOTHER BATCH OF HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TO ENTER THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY. EXPECT RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. LAT...LON 3860 9738 3822 9738 3821 9788 3858 9785 $$ /SPURGEON
000 WGUS73 KICT 130046 FFSICT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 744 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 KSC113-130054- MCPHERSON KS- 744 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA HAVE WEAKENED BRINGING THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL TO AN END. HOWEVER, WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVERNIGHT, NUISANCE FLOODING WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. LAT...LON 3860 9738 3822 9738 3821 9788 3858 9785 $$ /LAWSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson | 50 min |
| May 12, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 47 min |
| May 12, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 21 min |
| May 12, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 30 min |
| May 12, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 28 min |
| May 12, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion | 49 min |
| May 12, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 40 min |
| May 12, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 39 min |
| May 12, 4:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 5 hr |
| May 12, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 33 min |
| May 12, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.