Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Watches in 2013
Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood watch at May 20, 2013, 1:58 PM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 20, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2013, 1:58 PM CDT (18:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 20, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 20, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Allen County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Elk County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1307 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at May 20, 12:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 12:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 12:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1201 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-211700- RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE- RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 1201 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREATS OF HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH...WITH TORNADOES ALSO POSSIBLE. ISOLATED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FURTHER WEST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS TO THE WEST OF I-135 THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER THESE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON TUESDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. THERE WILL BE PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM THURSDAY INTO SUNDAY. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ROUGHLY EAST OF A LINE...FROM WELLINGTON TO DERBY...TO MARION. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 20, 8:22 AM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
822 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0822 AM HAIL 1 E COYVILLE 37.68N 95.87W
05/20/2013 E0.50 INCH WILSON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
&&
SGSSpecial weather statement, May 20, 8:29 AM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 829 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 KSZ071-095-201400- WILSON-WOODSON- 829 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WILSON AND WOODSON COUNTIES... AT 823 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF BUFFALO...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF YATES CENTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. && LAT...LON 3757 9595 3779 9596 3804 9552 3763 9553 TIME...MOT...LOC 1329Z 253DEG 30KT 3771 9574 COOK
Local storm report, May 20, 8:51 AM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
851 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0850 AM HAIL 5 E ROSE 37.81N 95.58W
05/20/2013 E0.88 INCH WOODSON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
SGSSpecial weather statement, May 20, 8:52 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
852 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
KSZ072-201445-
ALLEN-
852 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ALLEN COUNTY...
AT 845 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUFFALO...OR 10 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF YATES CENTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
PEOPLE IN ALLEN COUNTY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED IF THE STORM MAINTAINS INTENSITY AND
MOVES INTO THE AREA. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER
THREATENS.
&&
LAT...LON 3773 9509 3774 9553 3804 9551 3803 9508
3782 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 1352Z 243DEG 33KT 3782 9552
COOKSpecial weather statement, May 20, 8:56 AM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
856 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
KSZ072-201500-
ALLEN-
856 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ALLEN COUNTY...
AT 852 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HUMBOLDT...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
IOLA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
&&
LAT...LON 3774 9552 3775 9553 3796 9552 3803 9535
3803 9508 3783 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 1356Z 243DEG 33KT 3783 9548
COOKLocal storm report, May 20, 1:29 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
129 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1240 AM TSTM WND DMG NIOTAZE 37.07N 96.01W
05/20/2013 CHAUTAUQUA KS EMERGENCY MNGR
DELAYED REPORT WITH APPROXIMATE TIME FROM RADAR. 4 TO 8
INCH BRANCHES BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE CITY OF NIOTAZE WITH
A TREE BLOWN ONTO A GARAGE.
&&
SGSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 50 min |
| May 19, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 42 min |
| May 19, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Elk | 47 min |
| May 19, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 44 min |
| May 19, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Wilson, Woodson | 48 min |
| May 19, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 46 min |
| May 19, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 42 min |
| May 19, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Wilson | 44 min |
| May 19, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 45 min |
| May 19, 10:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 41 min |
| May 19, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 39 min |
| May 19, 11:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua | 49 min |
| May 20, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 44 min |
| May 20, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson | 60 min |
| May 20, 12:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 26 min |
| May 20, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 45 min |
| May 20, 1:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 35 min |
| May 20, 2:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Labette, Montgomery | 8 hr |
| May 20, 3:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua | 24 min |
| May 20, 7:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 29 min |
| May 20, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 66 min |
| May 20, 7:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson, Woodson | 61 min |
| May 20, 8:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Woodson | 31 min |
| May 20, 8:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson, Woodson | 52 min |
| May 20, 8:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen | 53 min |
| May 20, 8:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen | 64 min |
| May 20, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Wilson | 45 min |
| May 20, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen | 51 min |
| May 20, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 44 min |
| May 20, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery | 44 min |
| May 20, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 49 min |
| May 20, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen | 34 min |
| May 20, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Wilson | 34 min |
| May 20, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 48 min |
| May 20, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Neosho | 55 min |
| May 20, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 47 min |
| May 20, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 63 min |
| May 20, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 43 min |
| May 20, 5:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 5 hr |
| May 20, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.