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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2005, 4:24 PM CDT for Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 5 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, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Marion County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 122126 FFWICT KSC115-130230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 424 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 930 PM CDT. * AT 419 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES NEAR 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAINLY OVER NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY. * SLOW MOVING 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...MARION...DURHAM...FLORENCE...HILLSBORO...LEHIGH... LINCOLNVILLE...TAMPA...LOST SPRINGS...MARION LAKE AND PILSEN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3819 9735 3818 9686 3857 9694 3857 9733 $$ /SPURGEON
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KICT 122349 FFSICT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 645 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 KSC115-130230- MARION KS- 645 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MARION COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED CURRENT STORM TOTALS OF 2.5 TO 3.5 INCHES OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY. EXPECT RAINFALL RATES OF .50 INCHES .75 INCHES PER HOUR TO OCCUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 3819 9735 3818 9686 3857 9694 3857 9733 $$ /SPURGEON
000 WGUS73 KICT 130047 FFSICT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 747 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 KSC115-130057- MARION KS- 747 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MARION 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 3819 9735 3818 9686 3857 9694 3857 9733 $$ /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, 3:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | McPherson | 6 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.