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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Wichita, KS

July 4, 2005Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2005, 12:40 AM CDT for Cowley 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: Jul 4, 2005, 12:40 AM CDT (05:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2005, 6:45 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cowley County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:40 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 4511 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1487 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 256 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 14.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KICT 040542
FFWICT
KSC035-041145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1240 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 645 AM CDT.

* AT 1235 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED    
  AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ANOTHER 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN CAN  
  BE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME FLASH 
  FLOODING ON ALREADY SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS.

* THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE   WARNED    
  AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH         
  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING    
  INCLUDE...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...ATLANTA...BURDEN...DEXTER...  
  UDALL...MAPLE CITY...ROCK AND STROTHER FIELD AIRPORT.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 3701 9713 3701 9671 3746 9672 3747 9712

$$

COX

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS73 KICT 041048
FFSICT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
548 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2005

KSC035-041058-
COWLEY KS-
548 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR COWLEY COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3701 9713 3701 9671 3746 9672 3747 9712

$$

COX

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 3, 5:00 PM CDT, 7 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 5:00 PM CDT, 7 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
500 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

.MESO UPDATE...

LONG-TRACK SUPERCELL FINALLY DISSIPATED NEAR MCPHERSON. THIS APPEARS
MOST LIKELY DUE TO THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY BECOMING DIFFUSE TO
NON-EXISTENT EAST OF I-135, WHICH LIKELY RESULTED IN DECREASED
INGESTION OF LOW-LEVEL HELICITY INTO THE STORM.

SURFACE WINDS HAVE BACKED SUBSTANTIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS, WHICH HAVE ENHANCED
THE LOW-LEVEL HELICITIES AND ASSOCIATED TORNADO THREAT.
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM WEST OF HUTCHINSON ALONG AND JUST TO
THE NORTH OF A SOUTHWARD SAGGING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. WITH STORMS
MOVING INTO RICHER LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS,
ALONG WITH INCREASED BACKED FLOW/HELICITIES AND LOWER CLOUD BASES
ALONG BOUNDARY, TORNADO THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING.
VERY LARGE HAIL, DUE TO EXTREME INSTABILITY, AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL
BE THREATS AS WELL. LOW-LEVEL WIND PROFILES WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO
BACK EVEN MORE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS, ALONG WITH CLOUDS BASES
LOWERING SLIGHTLY DUE TO DIURNAL COOLING. THIS WILL ONLY ENHANCE THE
TORNADO THREAT THIS EVENING.

KLEINSASSER/CARUSO

---------------------------------------------------------------------
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION
234 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

.DISCUSSION...
FORECAST CONCERNS...
SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL OVERNIGHT...

CURRENT SUPERCELL STORM IN BARTON COUNTY KANSAS JUST THE BEGINNING
OF WHAT WILL BE A LONG EVENING/NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND EVENTUALLY
SOUTH CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST KANSAS. ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME VERY TO
EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. BACKED NEAR SURFACE
FLOW ALONG/JUST AHEAD OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND SURFACE COLD FRONT
WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TORNADO THREAT INTO THE EARLY EVENING,
THOUGH MODE SHOULD TRANSITION TO BOW ECHO/DAMAGING WIND THREAT LATER
ON. BESIDES VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS, HEAVY RAIN RISK WILL
INCREASE WITH DEVELOPMENT OF LARGER SCALE MESOSCALE SYSTEM(S) INTO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THOUGH FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES HAVE COME UP
A BIT, PARTS OF THE AREA STILL RECOVERING FROM JUNE DELUGES, SO
FIGURED IT WISE TO GO WITH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT.

OTHERWISE, GENERALLY ONLY SLIGHT TWEAKS TO FORECAST NEEDED INTO
THE OUTER PERIODS. CHANCES, ALBEIT MODEST AND HARD TO PIN DOWN
AT THIS POINT, WILL CONTINUE IN WEAK-MODEST WEST-NORTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

DARMOFAL

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    68  87  66  89 /  70  30  20  20
HUTCHINSON      67  87  64  89 /  80  20  20  20
NEWTON          67  86  65  88 /  80  20  20  20
ELDORADO        68  86  66  88 /  70  30  20  20
WINFIELD-KWLD   70  89  68  91 /  70  40  20  20
RUSSELL         63  86  62  88 /  70  10  10  10
GREAT BEND      64  86  63  88 /  80  20  20  20
SALINA          66  87  64  90 /  80  20  10  10
MCPHERSON       67  87  64  89 /  80  20  20  20
COFFEYVILLE     70  87  68  89 /  60  40  20  20
CHANUTE         68  86  66  88 /  70  30  10  10
IOLA            68  85  66  87 /  70  30  10  10

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...ALLEN...BARTON...BUTLER...CHASE...
CHAUTAUQUA...COWLEY...ELK...ELLSWORTH...GREENWOOD...HARPER...
HARVEY...KINGMAN...LABETTE...LINCOLN...MARION...MCPHERSON...
MONTGOMERY...NEOSHO...RENO...RICE...RUSSELL...SALINE...
SEDGWICK...SUMNER...WILSON...AND WOODSON.

&&

DARMOFAL

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 3:15 PM CDT, 9 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
315 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-041200-
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-
RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-
SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
314 PM PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS, AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES
SLOWLY SOUTH INTO THE AREA. VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE
AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS TO 80 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE
STRONGEST STORMS. A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
EARLY THIS EVENING.

INDIVIDUAL SUPERCELLS OR STORM CLUSTERS ARE EXPECTED TO EVOLVE
OR DEVELOP INTO MORE OF A LINEAR STORM STRUCTURE LATER IN THE
EVENING OR OVERNIGHT, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY AFFECT SOUTHEAST
KANSAS. BESIDES A WIND AND HAIL THREAT, THE RISK FOR LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO BECOME A CONCERN ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA,
WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SOME LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE, MAINLY OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS MONDAY MORNING. THE MAIN RISK WITH
THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.

MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN
UNSTABLE FOR MORE COMPLEXES OF THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER, THE
PLACEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE POSITION OF THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY. RIGHT NOW, IT IS TOO EARLY TO DEPICT THE DEGREE
OF SEVERITY AND  TIMING OF THE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS ANTICIPATED THIS EVENING, POSSIBLY
LASTING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWOICT.HTM

KED

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 4, 12:13 AM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1213 AM CDT MON JUL 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1207 AM     TSTM WND GST     WELLINGTON              37.27N 97.40W
07/04/2005  65 MPH           SUMNER             KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            REPORTED BY KSN WEATHER LAB

&&

REC

Local storm report, Jul 4, 12:22 AM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1222 AM CDT MON JUL 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1210 AM     TSTM WND GST     OXFORD                  37.27N 97.17W
07/04/2005  56 MPH           SUMNER             KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            KSN WEATHER LAB SITE IN OXFORD.

&&

CDB

Local storm report, Jul 4, 12:27 AM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1227 AM CDT MON JUL 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1226 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 W WINFIELD            37.27N 96.99W
07/04/2005  65 MPH           COWLEY             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

CDB

Local storm report, Jul 4, 12:31 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1231 AM CDT MON JUL 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 AM     TSTM WND GST     5 E OXFORD              37.29N 97.07W
07/04/2005  60 MPH           COWLEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

REC

Local storm report, Jul 4, 12:33 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1233 AM CDT MON JUL 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1232 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 SE WINFIELD           37.26N 96.96W
07/04/2005  60 MPH           COWLEY             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

CDB

Local storm report, Jul 4, 12:36 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1236 AM CDT MON JUL 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1232 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 S ARKANSAS CITY       37.05N 97.04W
07/04/2005  60 MPH           COWLEY             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

CDB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	58 min
Jul 3, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	53 min
Jul 3, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	62 min
Jul 3, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	65 min
Jul 3, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	53 min
Jul 3, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	64 min
Jul 3, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Greenwood	59 min
Jul 3, 8:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	6 hr
Jul 3, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	60 min
Jul 3, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Woodson	47 min
Jul 3, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Harper, Sumner	67 min
Jul 3, 9:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	6 hr
Jul 3, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	57 min
Jul 3, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	54 min
Jul 3, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Harper, Sumner	61 min
Jul 3, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	29 min
Jul 3, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	28 min
Jul 3, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	57 min
Jul 3, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	61 min
Jul 3, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	54 min
Jul 3, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	37 min
Jul 3, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	60 min
Jul 4, 12:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	54 min
Jul 4, 12:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	34 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.