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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS

October 14, 2007Butler County, Chase County, Marion County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Oct 14, 2007, 9:05 PM CDT for Butler County, Chase County, Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 14, 2007, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
Expired: Oct 15, 2007, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Marion County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 14, 9:15 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Nw Benton, KS	NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BUTLER AND PARALLEL ROAD. ROAD WAS BEING BARRICADED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 141 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: 80 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1370 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 279 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KICT 150210
FFWICT
KSC015-017-115-150600-
/O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0002.071015T0205Z-071015T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
905 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHASE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  NORTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT.

* AT 856 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE      
  WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 
  ACROSS THE AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2       
  INCHES POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

  SOME CREEKS AND RIVERS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS               
  HEAVY RAINFALL ARE CEDAR CREEK...TURKEY CREEK...COTTONWOOD RIVER 
 ...DRY CREEK AND PARTS OF THE WHITEWATER RIVER.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ANDOVER...BENTON...BURNS...CASSODAY...CEDAR POINT...COTTONWOOD
  FALLS...ELBING...ELMDALE...FLORENCE...HYMER...MATFIELD GREEN...
  POTWIN...SAFFORDVILLE...STRONG CITY...TOWANDA...WONSEVU...BAZAAR.

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.

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 3808 9715 3852 9674 3852 9636 3832 9635
      3783 9685 3761 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 180DEG 0KT 3813 9681

$$

COX

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 14, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	50 min
Oct 14, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner	34 min
Oct 14, 10:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	7 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.