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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 7, 2007, 9:07 PM CDT for Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2007, 9:07 PM CDT (02:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2007, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Reno County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 11:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Hutchinson, KS | WATER RESCUES AND EVACUATIONS CONTINUE TO BE PERFORMED ALONG THE COW CREEK NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...DUE TO THE COW CREEK RUNNING OUT OF ITS BANKS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 455 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KICT 080209 FFWICT KSC155-080800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 907 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 300 AM CDT. * AT 905 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE CITY OF HUTCHINSON...DUE TO THE COW CREEK FLOWING OUT OF ITS BANKS. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BUHLER...HUTCHINSON...SOUTH HUTCHINSON...WILLOWBROOK...HUTCHINSON AIRPORT. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...RURAL COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 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. LAT...LON 3799 9807 3798 9770 3817 9770 3817 9807 $$ KLEINSASSER
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KICT 080406 FFSICT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1103 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2007 KSC155-080800- RENO KS- 1103 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY... AT 1100 PM CDT...RENO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED WATER RESCUES AND EVACUATIONS WERE STILL BEING PERFORMED NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON ALONG THE COW CREEK...DUE TO THE COW CREEK RUNNING OUT OF ITS BANKS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 3799 9807 3798 9770 3817 9770 3817 9807 $$ KLEINSASSER
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.