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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2014, 5:02 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 7 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 24, 2014, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2014, 9:00 PM 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), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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 24, 5:03 PM CDT | FLOOD | 3 Nnw Garden Plain, KS | 21ST NORTH WEST OF 327TH WEST IS IMPASSIBLE DUE TO FLOODING |
| Jun 24, 5:10 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 W Wichita, KS | PUBLIC REPORTS MAJOR FLOODING ALONG TYLER ROAD FROM CENTRAL TO MAPLE |
| Jun 24, 5:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Nnw Haysville, KS | PUBLIC REPORTS WATER UP TO THE HOODS OF CARS NEAR SOUTH MERIDIAN AVENUE AND WEST CRAWFORD STREET |
| Jun 24, 5:24 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 W Wichita, KS | SPOTTER REPORTS FLOODING ON WEST MAPLE STREET FROM WEST STREET TO ANNA |
| Jun 24, 5:26 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 N Haysville, KS | FLOODING ACROSS SOUTH SENECA BETWEEN INTERSTATE 235 AND MACARTHUR ROAD |
| Jun 24, 5:32 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.77 | 7 E Wichita Mid Contine, KS | 0.77 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF |
| Jun 24, 6:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Sw Eastborough, KS | 31ST STREET SOUTH IS FLOODED BETWEEN BROADWAY AND PALISADE AND BEWTEEN SENECA AND OSAGE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WGUS53 KICT 242202
FFWICT
KSC173-250200-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
502 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.
* AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
OBSERVED RAINFALL OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THE
WICHITA AREA IN THE PAST HOUR...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE...ANDALE...BEL AIRE...BENTLEY...CHENEY...
COLWICH...EAST WICHITA...GARDEN PLAIN...GODDARD...HAYSVILLE...
KECHI...MAIZE...MOUNT HOPE...OAKLAWN...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...
DOWNTOWN WICHITA...NORTHEAST WICHITA...SOUTH WICHITA...WICHITA MID
CONTINENT AIRPORT...LAKE AFTON...WEST WICHITA...JABARA AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 40 AND 54.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 22.
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 3773 9781 3774 9770 3791 9770 3791 9715
3756 9715 3756 9780
$$
DARMOFAL2 follow-up statements
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WGUS73 KICT 242302
FFSICT
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
602 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014
KSC173-250200-
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SEDGWICK KS-
602 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
SEDGWICK COUNTY...
AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED SOUTH OF
THE AREA. HOWEVER AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL
CONTINUE FOR A WHILE LONGER THIS EVENING.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO AROUND ONE-HALF INCH CAN BE
EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING. LOCAL STREET FLOODING AND SMALL
STREAM FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE IN THE WICHITA AREA THIS
EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN
AREAS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...RURAL COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3773 9781 3774 9770 3791 9770 3791 9715
3756 9715 3756 9780
$$
DARMOFAL327
WGUS73 KICT 250153
FFSICT
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
853 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014
KSC173-250204-
/O.EXP.KICT.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140625T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEDGWICK KS-
853 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM 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 3773 9781 3774 9770 3791 9770 3791 9715
3756 9715 3756 9780
$$
BILLINGS WRIGHTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 28 min |
| Jun 24, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 54 min |
| Jun 24, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Marion | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 4:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 23 min |
| Jun 24, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 24 min |
| Jun 24, 5:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 28 min |
| Jun 24, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 34 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.