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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Wichita, KS

June 29, 2007Wilson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2007, 2:53 PM CDT for Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 6 reports 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, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2007, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Wilson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 2:55 PM CDTFLASH FLOODFredonia, KSMANY ROADS LEADING IN TO FREDONIA ARE STILL IMPASSABLE. IN ADDITION HIGHWAY 400 BETWEEN FREDONIA AND NEODESHA IS REPORTED CLOSED.
Jun 29, 7:31 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 7Fredonia, KS7 INCHES OF RAIN MEASURED IN THE CITY OF FREDONIA DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS.
Jun 29, 8:04 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 22 Sw Fredonia, KSTWO INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED IN AN HOUR 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FREDONIA.
Jun 29, 8:31 PM CDTFLASH FLOODFredonia, KSA FEW ROADS IN TOWN HAD TWO TO FOUR FEET OF WATER OF STANDING WATER. A CAR WAS STALLED IN HIGH WATER SOUTH OF TOWN. MANY ROADS IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF FREDONIA ARE IMPASSABLE.
Jun 29, 8:31 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.4Fredonia, KSEMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED 2.4 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR OVER THE CITY OF FREDONIA.
Jun 29, 8:50 PM CDTFLASH FLOODFredonia, KSSOME PEOPLE ARE BEING EVACUATED FROM HOMES IN THE TOWN OF FREDONIA DUE TO FAST RISING 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 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2007-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 65 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2007-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
65 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-25 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 291957
FFWICT
KSC205-300215-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS EXTENDED THE

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

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT.

* AT 205 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY 
RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ALTOONA...BENEDICT...BUFFALO...BUXTON...COYVILLE...FREDONIA...
  NEODESHA.

AT 250 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS 
LEADING IN TO FREDONIA ARE STILL IMPASSABLE. IN ADDITION HIGHWAY 400 
BETWEEN FREDONIA AND NEODESHA IS REPORTED CLOSED. SCATTERED SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS. WHILE THESE 
SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE SMALL...THEY WILL PRODUCE HIGH RAINFALL RATES 
WHICH WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION.

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.

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
WICHITA.

LAT...LON 3739 9554 3759 9553 3771 9552 3773 9595
      3739 9594

$$

LAWSON
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KICT 300010
FFSICT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
710 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007

KSC205-300215-
WILSON KS-
710 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
WILSON COUNTY...

AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 
AREA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY 
WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR. 

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 3738 9553 3757 9552 3773 9552 3773 9595
      3738 9595

$$

CARUSO

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, 7:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTElk5 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, 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

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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.