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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS

May 12, 2005McPherson County, Kansas

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2005-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2005-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 418 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson50 min
May 12, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Reno47 min
May 12, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno21 min
May 12, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline30 min
May 12, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick28 min
May 12, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Marion49 min
May 12, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman40 min
May 12, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno39 min
May 12, 4:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTMarion5 hr
May 12, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick33 min
May 12, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper25 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.