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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 2013, 7:24 AM CDT for Allen County, Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 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
- Aug 9, 2013, 7:24 AM CDT (12:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2013, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Allen County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1215 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
994 WGUS53 KICT 091224 FFWICT KSC001-207-091630- /O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0013.130809T1224Z-130809T1630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 724 AM CDT FRI AUG 9 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... * UNTIL 1130 AM CDT. * AT 718 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BASSETT...BATESVILLE...GAS...HUMBOLDT...IOLA...LA HARPE... MILDRED...MORAN...NEOSHO FALLS...ROSE...TORONTO...YATES CENTER... IOLA AIRPORT. 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. 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. THIS REPLACES THE FLOOD WARNING ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. && LAT...LON 3774 9596 3804 9596 3804 9508 3782 9507 $$ DARMOFAL
1 follow-up statement
208 WGUS73 KICT 091622 FFSICT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1122 AM CDT FRI AUG 9 2013 KSC001-207-091629- /O.CAN.KICT.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130809T1630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALLEN KS-WOODSON KS- 1122 AM CDT FRI AUG 9 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WOODSON AND ALLEN COUNTIES... AT 1119 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS THAT THE FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER OCCURRING. HOWEVER THERE REMAINS QUITE A BIT OF WATER IN THE FIELDS WITH CREEKS AND STREAMS STILL SWOLLEN AND SOME ROADWAYS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. BECAUSE OF THIS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY AT 1120 AM. LAT...LON 3774 9596 3804 9596 3804 9508 3782 9507 $$ SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 4:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman, Sumner | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 5:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 26 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 5 hr |
| Aug 9, 7:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Greenwood, McPherson, Marion | 5 hr |
| Aug 9, 8:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 24 hr |
| Aug 9, 8:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 36 hr |
| Aug 9, 8:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 10:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Rice | 7 hr |
| Aug 9, 10:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 5 hr |
| Aug 9, 11:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 24 hr |
| Aug 9, 11:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 9 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Marion | 24 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 24 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen | 5 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 17 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 18 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 24 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Rice | 24 hr |
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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.