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Flood Watch 1, NWS Wichita, KS

June 10, 201413 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flood watch at Jun 10, 2014, 3:31 PM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 11, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2014, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 11, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 12, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity
None

Counties Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 198 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2014-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2014-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
763 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at Jun 10, 3:13 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 3:13 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 10:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1000 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2014

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-111500-
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-
1000 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER ALL AREAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND FOR MOST OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON
THURSDAY. THE PRIMARY THREATS WOULD BE WINDS AROUND 60 MPH AND VERY
HEAVY RAINS THAT WILL LIKELY CAUSE FURTHER FLOODING.

THE NEXT CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM LATE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE HAIL MAY BE QUITE
LARGE ALONG WITH WINDS AROUND 70 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. YOU
SHOULD LISTEN CLOSELY FOR UPCOMING FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS ISSUED
TOWARD THE END OF THE WORK-WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

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

JMC/BILLINGS WRIGHT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood30 min
Jun 9, 7:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette27 min
Jun 9, 7:26 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTGreenwood4 hr
Jun 9, 7:39 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTMcPherson12 hr
Jun 9, 8:05 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTReno3 hr
Jun 9, 8:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSaline27 hr
Jun 9, 8:58 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSaline26 hr
Jun 9, 9:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSaline48 hr
Jun 9, 9:31 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell, Saline65 hr
Jun 9, 9:47 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTRice12 hr
Jun 10, 7:02 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTGreenwood6 hr
Jun 10, 7:29 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTMcPherson7 hr
Jun 10, 3:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSaline16 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Kansas, 2014Every flood watch in 2014

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.