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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Wichita, KS

June 29, 2007Elk County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2007, 7:14 AM CDT for Elk County, Kansas. It was in force for 5 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 29, 2007, 7:14 AM CDT (12:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2007, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
5 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 12:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 12:15 PM CDTFLASH FLOODElk Falls, KSHIGHWAY 160 IS CLOSED FROM THE HIGHWAY 99 JUNCTION TO THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE COUNTY. IN ADDITION NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS ARE STILL UNDERWATER.

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 12:00Z, 0.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2007-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 141 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2007-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KICT 291214
FFWICT
KSC049-291715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
715 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS REISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT.

* AT 707 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 
  ACROSS ELK COUNTY...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE  
  INCH POSSIBLE. THE 5 INCH ESTIMATES WERE LOCATED FROM NORTH-CENTRAL
  TO SOUTH-CENTRAL ELK COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ELK FALLS...GRENOLA...HOWARD...LONGTON...MOLINE.

AT 707 AM CDT...ELK COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 160 REMAINED
CLOSED NEAR LONGTON DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 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.

LAT...LON 3730 9651 3729 9596 3760 9595 3760 9652

$$

ES
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KICT 291625
FFSICT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1122 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007

KSC049-291715-
ELK KS-
1122 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR ELK
COUNTY...

AT 1120 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT MUCH OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD PUSHED OFF TO THE NORTH WITH 
ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA. EVEN THOUGH 
ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW 
HOURS...RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS RAINS WILL STILL CAUSE FLOODING 
PROBLEMS.

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 3730 9651 3729 9596 3760 9595 3760 9652

$$

LAWSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 7:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTElk12 hr
Jun 28, 9:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTChautauqua12 hr
Jun 29, 2:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTMontgomery8 hr
Jun 29, 3:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Wilson8 hr
Jun 29, 6:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTGreenwood, Woodson6 hr
Jun 29, 6:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sumner6 hr
Jun 29, 11:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTWilson4 hr
Jun 29, 12:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTElk5 hr
Jun 29, 12:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sumner5 hr
Jun 29, 2:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTWilson6 hr
Jun 29, 4:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTElk7 hr
Jun 29, 4:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sumner9 hr
Jun 29, 6:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTGreenwood12 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.