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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Wichita, KS

June 6, 201414 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood watch at Jun 6, 2014, 3:23 AM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 6, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 6, 2014, 3:23 AM CDT (08:23 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 6, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 8, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity: None

Counties Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 231 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1089 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 887 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 5.6

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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 Jun 6, 3:07 AM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 3:07 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 8:34 PM CDT, 6 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
834 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-070145-
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-
834 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A FEW STRONG OR MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT
OVER SOUTHEAST AND FAR SOUTHERN KANSAS...WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE
OF QUARTERS AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS BEING THE MAIN RISK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY AND
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE BETTER LIKELIHOOD WILL BE DURING THE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...WHEN COMPLEXES OF THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA....ESPECIALLY FOR
FRIDAY NIGHT. A RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY NIGHT. CHECK
LATER OUTLOOKS FOR MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS ON THE DAILY SEVERE
WEATHER RISKS.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK BUT
CONTINUE TO LINGER ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AND INCREASE FOR
WEDNESDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE ON THE RISK FOR ORGANIZED
SEVERE WEATHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 10:17 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1017 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

KSZ100-060400-
LABETTE-
1017 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHERN LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1014 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
  TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF EDNA...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COFFEYVILLE...MOVING
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BARTLETT AND CHETOPA.

QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN LABETTE 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 3699 9508 3700 9551 3700 9550 3715 9507
      3702 9506 3700 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 252DEG 19KT 3694 9541

HOWERTON

Local storm report, Jun 5, 11:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 10:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	43 min
Jun 5, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	57 min
Jun 6, 8:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	17 hr
Jun 6, 8:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	47 min
Jun 6, 12:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	49 min

Nearby

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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.