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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS

May 6, 2007Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 2007, 4:37 AM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 7 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 6, 2007, 4:37 AM CDT (09:37 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2007, 11:45 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 6, 10:33 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 E Brookville, KS	SPRING CREEK IS RISING BUT NOT YET OUT OF ITS BANKS AT THIS LOCATION. IT IS OUT OF ITS BANKS ABOUT 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF THIS LOCATION. 5 INCHES OF RAIN RECEIVED OVERNIGHT.

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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 1963 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1234 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.1
Supercell composite: 10.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KICT 060940
FFWICT
KSC169-061645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
437 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT.

* AT 435 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OCCURRING OVER            
  SOUTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY. 

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN   
  ACROSS THE AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE    
  INCH POSSIBLE.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ASSARIA...BRIDGEPORT...BROOKVILLE...GLENDALE...GYPSUM...NEW
  CAMBRIA...SALINA...SMOLAN...SALINA AIRPORT.

AT 435 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS STREETS WERE FLOODING 
IN AND AROUND SALINA. SOME ROADS HAD 4 FEET OR HIGHER OF WATER 
ACROSS THEM. 

AT 415 AM CDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL 3 MILES WEST 
OF SALINA. 

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 3860 9793 3860 9737 3895 9737 3896 9792

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS73 KICT 061514
FFSICT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1009 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

KSC169-061645-
SALINE KS-
1009 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR
SALINE COUNTY...

AT 950 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE 
DRY CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS. 

OTHER AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS AFFECTED BY THIS WARNING INCLUDE 
MULBERRY CREEK...SPRING CREEK...RALSTON CREEK...SMOKY HILL 
RIVER...MIDDLE DRY CREEK...AND GYPSUM CREEK.

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 3860 9793 3860 9737 3895 9737 3896 9792

$$

SCHRECK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 7:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Russell	48 min
May 5, 7:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	9 hr
May 5, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	46 min
May 5, 8:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton	40 min
May 5, 8:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Lincoln	22 min
May 5, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	29 min
May 5, 9:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice	33 min
May 5, 9:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice, Russell	48 min
May 5, 9:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth	6 hr
May 5, 9:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton	41 min
May 5, 10:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	60 min
May 5, 10:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice	49 min
May 5, 11:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline	26 min
May 5, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	49 min
May 5, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	31 min
May 5, 11:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	5 hr
May 6, 12:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson	5 hr
May 6, 3:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	36 hr
May 6, 9:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	65 min
May 6, 10:21 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harper	39 min
May 6, 10:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Elk, Greenwood	49 min
May 6, 10:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner	38 min
May 6, 11:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner	4 hr
May 6, 12:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner	9 hr
May 6, 12:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner	9 hr
May 6, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Sedgwick	51 min
May 6, 1:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	48 min
May 6, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	36 min
May 6, 2:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner	44 min
May 6, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	45 min
May 6, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	36 min
May 6, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	47 min
May 6, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice	37 min
May 6, 4:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	20 min
May 6, 5:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	50 min
May 6, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	31 min
May 6, 5:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Reno	23 min
May 6, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	15 min
May 6, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	McPherson, Reno, Rice	43 min
May 6, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion, Saline	29 min

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.