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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS

May 7, 2007Reno County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 7, 11:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOODHutchinson, KSWATER 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2007-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 455 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2007-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.