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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Wichita, KS

July 1, 2014Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2014, 1:14 AM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr. 4 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
Jul 1, 2014, 1:14 AM CDT (06:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2014, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:15 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 2:38 AM CDTFLASH FLOODWichita, KSHIGH WATER REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL...AND PAWNEE AND SENECA.
Jul 1, 3:04 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.6910 Ese Wichita Mid Cont, KSMEASURED AT MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE. RAIN FELL IN 3 HOURS. ROUGHLY JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT TO 3AM.
Jul 1, 3:04 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.6910 Ese Wichita Mid Cont, KSRAIN FELL IN 3 HOURS. ROUGHLY JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT TO 3AM.
Jul 1, 3:05 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.23Wichita Mid Continent A, KSRAIN MEASURED SINCE EVENT BEGAN THROUGH 3AM.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 213 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2014-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4172 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2014-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 241 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
4172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1387 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.2
Supercell composite
34.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

019 
WGUS53 KICT 010614
FFWICT
KSC173-010815-
/O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0005.140701T0614Z-140701T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
114 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT.

* AT 104 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WICHITA METRO.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES AND GROUND TRUTH MEASUREMENTS INDICATE 1 TO 
2 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WICHITA AREA...HEAVIEST OVER THE 
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CITY...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 
PERHAPS 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE WILL 
LIKELY CAUSE STREET FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FOR TYPICAL FLOOD-PRONE 
AREAS. 

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE...BEL AIRE...COLWICH...DERBY...EAST
  WICHITA...HAYSVILLE...KECHI...MAIZE...OAKLAWN...PARK CITY...
  DOWNTOWN WICHITA...NORTHEAST WICHITA...SOUTH WICHITA...WICHITA MID
  CONTINENT AIRPORT...WEST WICHITA...JABARA AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 54. 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 15.

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 3754 9753 3781 9754 3782 9715 3751 9715
      3751 9716

$$

KLEINSASSER
3 follow-up statements
069 
WGUS73 KICT 010643
FFSICT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
143 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014

KSC173-010815-
/O.CON.KICT.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140701T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEDGWICK KS-
143 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR
CENTRAL SEDGWICK COUNTY...

AT 131 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE 
COUNTY. GROUND TRUTH REPORTS INDICATE AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
FALLEN ACROSS GENERALLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE WICHITA 
METRO...WHICH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AREAS OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
TYPICAL FLOOD-PRONE AREAS.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 
AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

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 3754 9753 3781 9754 3782 9715 3751 9715
      3751 9716

$$

KLEINSASSER
626 
WGUS73 KICT 010734
FFSICT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
234 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014

KSC173-010815-
/O.CON.KICT.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140701T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEDGWICK KS-
234 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR
CENTRAL SEDGWICK COUNTY...

AT 229 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 
ACROSS THE COUNTY. GROUND TRUTH REPORTS INDICATE AROUND 2 TO 3 
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS GENERALLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE 
WICHITA METRO...WHICH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AREAS OF 
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FOR TYPICAL FLOOD-PRONE AREAS.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 
AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

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 3754 9753 3781 9754 3782 9715 3751 9715
      3751 9716

$$

KLEINSASSER
894 
WGUS73 KICT 010813
FFSICT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
313 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014

KSC173-010821-
/O.EXP.KICT.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140701T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEDGWICK KS-
313 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 315 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
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. A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTY FOR 
NUISANCE FLOODING AROUND THE CITY OF WICHITA AND THE COUNTY. IF 
FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3754 9753 3781 9754 3782 9716 3751 9715
      3751 9716

$$

BILLINGS WRIGHT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno41 min
Jun 30, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick44 min
Jun 30, 10:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno24 min
Jun 30, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno45 min
Jun 30, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey45 min
Jun 30, 10:58 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTReno8 hr
Jun 30, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno31 min
Jun 30, 11:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion33 min
Jun 30, 11:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey34 min
Jun 30, 11:56 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler, Harvey, McPherson, Marion8 hr
Jun 30, 11:59 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSedgwick7 hr
Jul 1, 12:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick24 min
Jul 1, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper21 min
Jul 1, 12:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler29 min
Jul 1, 12:55 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler7 hr
Jul 1, 1:03 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTKingman6 hr
Jul 1, 2:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner24 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.