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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2011, 8:38 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 11 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, 2011, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2011, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Sedgwick County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 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, 8:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 N Downtown Wichita, KS | STREET FLOODING 1 TO 2 FEET DEEP NEAR 13TH AND BROADWAY. |
| Jun 9, 8:45 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.72 | 1 W West Wichita, KS | |
| Jun 9, 8:53 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W Mid Continent Airpo, KS | SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MAIZE AND KELLOGG. COWSKIN CREEK IS 10 FEET FROM RADIO STATION AND IS HALF A FOOT FROM FLOODING THE BUILDING. |
| Jun 9, 8:53 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W Wichita Mid Contine, KS | SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MAIZE AND KELLOGG. LOCALIZED FLOODING AROUND THE BUILDINGS...CLOSE TO FLOODING THE BUILDING. |
| Jun 9, 9:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.82 | Mid Continent Airport, KS | |
| Jun 9, 9:20 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.82 | 3 S Downtown Wichita, KS | TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURES 2.82 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE THUNDERSTORMS OF LAST EVENING. |
| Jun 9, 9:21 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 N Clearwater, KS | A LOT OF HIGH WATER REPORTED BY KWCH TELEVISION STORM CHASER |
| Jun 9, 9:24 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ne Wichita Mid Contin, KS | WEST STREET FLOODED FROM KELLOGG TO ZOO BOULEVARD |
| Jun 9, 10:06 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | West Wichita, KS | INTERSECTION OF WEST AND MAPLE IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. RELAYED BY KAKE TV. |
| Jun 9, 10:11 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.39 | West Wichita, KS | HEAVY RAIN AT 119TH STREET AND PAWNEE. |
| Jun 9, 10:28 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Goddard, KS | SPOTTER REPORTS VARIOUS STREETS IN GODDARD FLOODED WITH ONE TO TWO FEET OF WATER. |
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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2235 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
038
WGUS53 KICT 100138
FFWICT
KSC173-100530-
/O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0009.110610T0138Z-110610T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
838 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT.
* AT 835 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS
THE WICHITA METRO AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO
2 INCHES LIKELY. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE NUMEROUS AREAS OF STREET
FLOODING ACROSS THE WICHITA METRO AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. DO
NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH! YOUR VEHICLE COULD STALL
AND YOU WILL THEN BE STRANDED!
* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE...BEL AIRE...CHENEY...CLEARWATER...
COLWICH...DERBY...EAST WICHITA...GARDEN PLAIN...GODDARD...
HAYSVILLE...KECHI...MAIZE...MULVANE...OAKLAWN...PARK CITY...VALLEY
CENTER...VIOLA...DOWNTOWN WICHITA...NORTHEAST WICHITA...SOUTH
WICHITA...WICHITA MID CONTINENT AIRPORT...LAKE AFTON...WEST
WICHITA...JABARA AIRPORT.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3748 9781 3773 9781 3774 9770 3778 9760
3791 9715 3747 9716
$$
KLEINSASSER2 follow-up statements
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WGUS73 KICT 100220
FFSICT
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
920 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011
KSC173-100530-
/O.CON.KICT.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110610T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEDGWICK KS-
920 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR
SEDGWICK COUNTY...
AT 917 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
AT 917 PM CDT...MULTIPLE REPORTS OF MAJOR STREET FLOODING ACROSS
METRO WICHITA. WIDESPREAD 2-3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS
SEDGWICK COUNTY AND THE CITY OF WICHITA. THERE IS ALSO REPORTS OF
THE COWSKIN CREEK FLOODING NEAR MAIZE AND KELLOGG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3748 9781 3773 9781 3774 9770 3778 9760
3791 9715 3747 9716
$$
BILLINGS022
WGUS73 KICT 100524
FFSICT
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1224 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011
KSC173-100534-
/O.EXP.KICT.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110610T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEDGWICK KS-
1224 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 AM CDT FOR SEDGWICK
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 3748 9781 3773 9781 3774 9770 3778 9760
3791 9715 3747 9716
$$
MCGUIREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion | 66 min |
| Jun 9, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 8:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood | 54 min |
| Jun 9, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick, Sumner | 65 min |
| Jun 9, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Sumner | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk, Sedgwick, Sumner | 60 min |
| Jun 9, 9:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho, Wilson | 56 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.