Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Watches in 2006
Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood watch at May 4, 2006, 1:39 AM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2006, 1:39 AM CDT (06:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2006, 11:34 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:41 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 258 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
- 1050 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at May 4, 1:34 AM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 1:34 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 12:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1212 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-050615- 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- 1212 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE REGION DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE GREATER THREAT ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS. AS A RESULT...SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS COULD OCCUR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 3, 9:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
912 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM TSTM WND GST 3 SE COYVILLE 37.66N 95.86W
05/03/2006 E60.00 MPH WILSON KS PUBLIC
0425 PM HAIL 2 SSE BUFFALO 37.67N 95.69W
05/03/2006 E0.75 INCH WILSON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0450 PM HAIL IOLA 37.93N 95.40W
05/03/2006 M1.75 INCH ALLEN KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
0454 PM HAIL 1 N IOLA 37.94N 95.40W
05/03/2006 M1.00 INCH ALLEN KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
0457 PM HAIL 1 N CHANUTE 37.68N 95.46W
05/03/2006 M0.75 INCH NEOSHO KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0505 PM HAIL IOLA 37.93N 95.40W
05/03/2006 M1.00 INCH ALLEN KS TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL WAS NOT ROUND IT WAS FLAT AND ABOUT 1/4 INCH THICK.
&&
BRWSpecial weather statement, May 4, 12:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1214 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 KSZ067-040545- RENO- 1214 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR RENO COUNTY... AT 1212 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PARTRIDGE...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH HUTCHINSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF RENO COUNTY. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KLEINSASSER
Special weather statement, May 4, 12:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1222 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 KSZ068-040545- HARVEY- 1222 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HARVEY COUNTY... AT 1220 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HALSTEAD...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KLEINSASSER
Special weather statement, May 4, 12:42 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1242 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 KSZ070-040630- GREENWOOD- 1242 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR GREENWOOD COUNTY... AT 1237 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF SEVERY...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EUREKA...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. JAKUB
Special weather statement, May 4, 1:03 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 103 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 KSZ083-040630- SEDGWICK- 103 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SEDGWICK COUNTY... AT 1258 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WICHITA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KLEINSASSER
Special weather statement, May 4, 1:03 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 103 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 KSZ071-095-040645- WILSON-WOODSON- 103 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR WILSON AND WOODSON COUNTIES... AT 102 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF TORONTO...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF FREDONIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. JAKUB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 1:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Reno | 4 hr |
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.