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Areal Flood Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS

June 2, 2011Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this areal flood warning at Jun 2, 2011, 9:21 AM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2011, 9:21 AM CDT (14:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2011, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Russell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:24 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 181 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 254 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 216 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
254 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-443 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 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.

625 
WGUS43 KICT 021421
FLWICT

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
921 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011

KSC167-022015-
/O.NEW.KICT.FA.W.0021.110602T1421Z-110602T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
921 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 919 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTINUED TO REPORT SEVERAL 
RURAL ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.  PERSONS WITH INTEREST ALONG THE 
SALINE RIVER...WOLF CREEK...AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES SHOULD MONITOR THE 
SITUATION CLOSELY DUE TO THE HIGH WATER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3914 9871 3914 9849 3913 9848 3910 9848
      3887 9849 3888 9860 3904 9893 3913 9893
      3914 9872

$$

COOK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln58 min
Jun 1, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Marion66 min
Jun 1, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRussell63 min
Jun 1, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLincoln53 min
Jun 1, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRussell39 min
Jun 1, 8:32 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTLincoln, Russell9 hr
Jun 1, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Marion66 min
Jun 1, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRussell26 min
Jun 1, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln54 min
Jun 1, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Russell26 min
Jun 1, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell67 min
Jun 1, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln54 min
Jun 1, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Saline42 min
Jun 1, 10:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTLincoln, Russell12 hr
Jun 1, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Russell53 min
Jun 1, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline58 min
Jun 1, 10:53 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTLincoln4 days
Jun 1, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline60 min
Jun 1, 11:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTSaline10 hr
Jun 1, 11:40 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMarion, Saline35 min
Jun 1, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline26 min
Jun 2, 12:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTLincoln67 hr
Jun 2, 2:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTEllsworth7 hr
Jun 2, 4:03 AM CDTWind AdvisoryICTBarton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 7 more16 hr
Jun 2, 9:29 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSaline6 hr
Jun 2, 9:38 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTEllsworth11 hr
Jun 2, 9:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTLincoln5 hr
Jun 2, 2:54 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTLincoln30 hr
Jun 2, 3:33 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTRussell6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.