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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Wichita, KS

April 25, 2011Labette County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 25, 2011, 10:08 AM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 16 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: Apr 25, 2011, 10:08 AM CDT (15:08 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2011, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Labette County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:11 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
Apr 25, 1:25 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 N Edna, KS	SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER...SOME FROM SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT HAVE OVERFLOWED THEIR BANKS. HIGHWAY 101 IS CLOSED FROM NORTH OF EDNA TO HIGHWAY 160.

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 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 127 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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -261 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 420 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 356 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

187 
WGUS53 KICT 251508
FFWICT
KSC099-251845-
/O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0001.110425T1508Z-110425T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1008 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT.

* AT 1005 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

  ESTIMATED RAINFALL BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THE 
AREA SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160.  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN OCCURRING 
AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH NOON.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT IS HIGHEST NEAR 
THE OKLAHOMA BORDER...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 166.  

THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE FLOOD WARNING PREVIOUSLY IN 
EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN LABETTE COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ALTAMONT...ANGOLA...BARTLETT...CHETOPA...EDNA...LABETTE...MOUND
  VALLEY...OSWEGO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN
AREAS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...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. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
WICHITA.

&&

LAT...LON 3699 9506 3699 9507 3699 9551 3721 9552
      3728 9507

$$

HOWERTON

1 follow-up statement

185 
WGUS53 KICT 251845
FFWICT
KSC099-260645-
/O.EXT.KICT.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110426T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
145 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT TUESDAY.

* AT 136 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL 
COUNTY ROADS CLOSED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HIGHWAY 101 IS CLOSED 
FROM NORTH OF EDNA TO HIGHWAY 101.

  BETWEEN 3.5 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURED ACROSS THIS 
AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE 
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ALTAMONT...ANGOLA...BARTLETT...CHETOPA...EDNA...LABETTE...MOUND
  VALLEY...OSWEGO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN
AREAS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...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. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
WICHITA.

&&

LAT...LON 3699 9506 3699 9507 3699 9551 3721 9552
      3728 9507

$$

SMITH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	34 min
Apr 24, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	34 min
Apr 25, 5:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	45 min
Apr 25, 5:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	25 min
Apr 25, 5:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	28 min
Apr 25, 6:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery	5 hr
Apr 25, 7:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette	5 hr
Apr 25, 6:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	16 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2011 Every flash flood warning in 2011

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.