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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2008, 5:33 PM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 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
- May 26, 2008, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2008, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Sumner County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:20 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nw Belle Plaine, KS | 6 TO 7 INCHES OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 81. |
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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 2283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 326 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 527 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 27.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KICT 262234 FFWICT KSC191-270230- /O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0009.080526T2233Z-080527T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 533 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 930 PM CDT. * AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 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 UP TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BELLE PLAINE...CALDWELL...MAYFIELD...OXFORD...SOUTH HAVEN... WELLINGTON...PERTH...RIVERDALE...WELLINGTON AIRPORT. 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 3745 9755 3747 9716 3700 9715 3701 9766 TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 180DEG 0KT 3714 9737 $$ KETCHAM
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KICT 270114 FFSICT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 813 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008 KSC191-270230- /O.CON.KICT.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080527T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SUMNER KS- 813 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR EASTERN SUMNER COUNTY... AT 807 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. AT 807 PM CDT...KSN TELEVISION REPORTED THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD BEEN REPORTED IN WELLINGTON SINCE MIDNIGHT. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. LAT...LON 3745 9755 3747 9716 3700 9715 3701 9766 TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 180DEG 0KT 3714 9737 $$ KETCHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 30 min |
| May 25, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 43 min |
| May 25, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 91 min |
| May 25, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Rice | 51 min |
| May 25, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 45 min |
| May 25, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 65 min |
| May 25, 7:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, McPherson, Reno, Rice, Saline | 3 hr |
| May 25, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Rice | 59 min |
| May 25, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson | 19 min |
| May 25, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, Marion | 36 min |
| May 25, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 85 min |
| May 25, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 55 min |
| May 25, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 31 min |
| May 25, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Marion | 55 min |
| May 25, 10:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 8 hr |
| May 25, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 39 min |
| May 25, 10:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice, Saline | 8 hr |
| May 25, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Marion | 55 min |
| May 25, 11:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 39 min |
| May 25, 11:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 28 min |
| May 25, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Elk, Greenwood | 68 min |
| May 25, 11:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 28 min |
| May 26, 10:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Montgomery, Wilson | 5 hr |
| May 26, 1:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson | 7 hr |
| May 26, 1:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Labette | 5 hr |
| May 26, 1:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Elk | 5 hr |
| May 26, 2:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 43 hr |
| May 26, 2:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson | 3 days |
| May 26, 2:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 4 days |
| May 26, 2:18 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Lyon | 30 hr |
| May 26, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 38 min |
| May 26, 3:44 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 6 more | 30 hr |
| May 26, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 57 min |
| May 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 5 hr |
| May 26, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 57 min |
| May 26, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 51 min |
| May 26, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 55 min |
| May 26, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 64 min |
| May 26, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho | 24 min |
| May 26, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 49 min |
| May 26, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 42 min |
| May 26, 5:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 4 hr |
| May 26, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 64 min |
| May 26, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 57 min |
| May 26, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 55 min |
| May 26, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 42 min |
| May 26, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline | 61 min |
| May 26, 6:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 5 hr |
| May 26, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 29 min |
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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.