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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2009, 7:24 PM CDT for Neosho County, Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 reports 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 9, 2009, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2009, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 8:07 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.5 | 5 Sw Erie, KS | SPOTTER REPORTED 2.50 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 20 MINUTES. |
| Jun 9, 8:47 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 E Fredonia, KS | ONE ROAD BARRICADED IN CENTRAL WILSON COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1799 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 16.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KICT 100024 FFWICT KSC133-205-100430- /O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0013.090610T0024Z-090610T0430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 724 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT. * AT 721 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ALTOONA...BENEDICT...BUFFALO...CHANUTE...EARLTON...ERIE... GALESBURG...NEODESHA...ST. PAUL...STARK...THAYER...SOUTH MOUND... CHANUTE AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 3738 9573 3773 9574 3772 9507 3738 9508 $$ ES
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KICT 100315 FFSICT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1015 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 KSC133-100318- /O.CAN.KICT.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090610T0430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEOSHO KS- 1015 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NEOSHO COUNTY... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3738 9573 3773 9574 3773 9553 3739 9552 $$ KSC205-100430- /O.CON.KICT.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090610T0430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WILSON KS- 1015 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR EASTERN WILSON COUNTY... AT 1007 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD VACATED THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER WILSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 300 AND HARPER ROAD REMAINED BARRICADED IN CENTRAL WILSON COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF 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...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3738 9573 3773 9574 3773 9553 3739 9552 $$ ES
000 WGUS73 KICT 100427 FFSICT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1127 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 KSC205-100437- /O.EXP.KICT.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090610T0430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WILSON KS- 1127 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 PM CDT FOR EASTERN WILSON COUNTY... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3738 9573 3773 9574 3773 9553 3739 9552 $$ ES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 57 min |
| Jun 9, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Labette, Neosho | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 7:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Elk, Wilson | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 7:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 5 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 11 min |
| Jun 9, 8:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 10:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho | 8 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 5 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 26 hr |
| Jun 10, 8:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho | 12 hr |
| Jun 10, 8:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Labette | 36 hr |
| Jun 10, 12:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 6 more | 13 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 32 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.