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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS

June 5, 2008Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2008, 8:44 PM CDT for Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 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
Jun 5, 2008, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2008, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Cowley County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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 5, 8:45 PM CDTFLASH FLOODArkansas City, KSWATER OVER 8TH STREET SOUTH OF CHESTNUT AVE. IN ARKANSAS CITY WATER IS 18 INCES DEEP.

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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1747 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 281 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1747 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1265 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
281 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
304 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.6
Supercell composite
13.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KICT 060145
FFWICT
KSC035-060745-
/O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0021.080606T0144Z-080606T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
844 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT FRIDAY.

* AT 839 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 
ACROSS THE AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES 
POSSIBLE.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ARKANSAS CITY...ATLANTA...BURDEN...CAMBRIDGE...DEXTER...MAPLE
  CITY...UDALL...WINFIELD...ROCK...STROTHER FIELD AIRPORT.

AT 839 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER 8TH STREET SOUTH 
OF CHESTNUT AVENUE IN ARKANSAS CITY. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 3747 9715 3747 9660 3746 9651 3700 9652
      3699 9714
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 180DEG 0KT 3751 9688

$$

SCHRECK
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KICT 060745
FFSICT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
243 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

KSC035-060753-
/O.EXP.KICT.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080606T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COWLEY KS-
243 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR COWLEY COUNTY HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A 
FLOOD WARNING...

IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3747 9715 3747 9660 3746 9651 3700 9652
      3699 9714
TIME...MOT...LOC 0743Z 180DEG 0KT 3751 9688

$$

BOWMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sumner28 min
Jun 5, 7:33 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler, Cowley4 hr
Jun 5, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Woodson56 min
Jun 5, 8:23 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTElk, Greenwood12 hr
Jun 5, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Wilson and 1 more66 min
Jun 5, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson and 1 more58 min
Jun 5, 10:02 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTChautauqua9 hr
Jun 5, 10:20 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSumner9 hr
Jun 5, 11:11 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler8 hr
Jun 5, 11:19 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTAllen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson9 hr
Jun 6, 12:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSaline13 hr
Jun 6, 2:40 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTCowley8 hr
Jun 6, 7:32 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson7 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.