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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2007, 7:01 PM CDT for Elk County, Kansas. It was in force for 12 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
- Jun 28, 2007, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2007, 7:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Elk County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:33 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W Elk Falls, KS | AMATEUR RADIO PERSON CALLED VIA LAND-LINE TO REPORT HWY 160 WEST OF ELK FALLS TO HWY 99 CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER ROAD. |
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, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 495 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 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 290003 FFWICT KSC049-291215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 701 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 715 AM CDT FRIDAY. * AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR WERE INDICATED OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ELK FALLS...GRENOLA...HOWARD...LONGTON...MOLINE. AT 645 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOOD WATERS. HIGHWAY 160 WEST OF MOLINE WAS CLOSED. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3730 9651 3729 9596 3760 9595 3760 9652 $$ CARUSO
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KICT 290212 FFSICT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 909 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007 KSC049-291215- ELK KS- 909 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR ELK COUNTY... AT 906 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR WERE INDICATED. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS INDICATED THAT NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. IN ADDITION...HIGHWAY 160 WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM WEST OF ELK FALLS TO HIGHWAY 99...AND WEST OF MOLINE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 3730 9651 3729 9596 3760 9595 3760 9652 $$
000 WGUS73 KICT 290952 FFSICT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 450 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 KSC049-291215- ELK KS- 450 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR ELK COUNTY... AT 440 AM CDT...DOPPLER CONTINUED TO INDICATE WIDESPREAD RAIN MOVING NORTH ACROSS ELK COUNTY...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR LIKELY IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ELK COUNTY. AT 440 AM CDT...ELK COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 160 WAS BARRICADED AT THE JUNCTION WITH HIGHWAY 99...WHERE FLOODING HAD REACHED A DEPTH OF TWO FEET. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD OR HIGHWAY...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. LAT...LON 3730 9651 3729 9596 3760 9595 3760 9652 $$ ES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 9:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 12 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 8 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho, Wilson | 8 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sumner | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Elk | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 12:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Elk | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 12:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sumner | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Elk | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sumner | 9 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 12 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007
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.