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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 2015, 10:42 AM CDT for Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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
- Aug 27, 2015, 10:42 AM CDT (15:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2015, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Montgomery County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 12:07 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 S Independence, KS | WATER FLOWING OVER ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 1415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
479
WGUS53 KICT 271542
FFWICT
KSC125-271945-
/O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0013.150827T1542Z-150827T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1042 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
* AT 1040 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE COUNTY...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. CONSEQUENTLY...FLASH FLOODING
IS EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3738 9597 3738 9552 3700 9552 3700 9596
$$
KLEINSASSER3 follow-up statements
544 WGUS73 KICT 271607 FFSICT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1107 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2015 KSC125-271945- /O.CON.KICT.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150827T1945Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MONTGOMERY KS- 1107 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY... AT 1101 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MAINLY CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. CONSEQUENTLY...AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3738 9597 3738 9552 3700 9552 3700 9596 $$ KLEINSASSER
303 WGUS73 KICT 271734 FFSICT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1234 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2015 KSC125-271945- /O.CON.KICT.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150827T1945Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MONTGOMERY KS- 1234 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY... AT 1227 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A FEW HIT-OR-MISS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS...PRODUCING POCKETS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THIS MORNING'S NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS MORNING'S HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY PRODUCING FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES IN URBAN AREAS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS MAY ALSO BE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3738 9597 3738 9552 3700 9552 3700 9596 $$ KLEINSASSER
276 WGUS73 KICT 271917 FFSICT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 217 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2015 KSC125-271922- /O.CAN.KICT.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150827T1945Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MONTGOMERY KS- 217 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... EVEN THOUGH THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AND ASSOCIATED LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS MORNING'S HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY PRODUCING FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES IN URBAN AREAS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS MAY ALSO BE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE REPLACED WITH AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING. LAT...LON 3738 9597 3738 9552 3700 9552 3700 9596 $$ KLEINSASSER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 5:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen | 32 min |
| Aug 27, 5:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 55 min |
| Aug 27, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 6:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen | 12 hr |
| Aug 27, 7:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 7:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho, Wilson | 11 hr |
| Aug 27, 8:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Wilson | 36 min |
| Aug 27, 8:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Neosho | 33 min |
| Aug 27, 9:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery | 34 min |
| Aug 27, 9:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen | 36 min |
| Aug 27, 9:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery | 25 min |
| Aug 27, 10:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 10:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery | 24 min |
| Aug 27, 10:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Labette | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery | 21 min |
| Aug 27, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 35 min |
| Aug 27, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 38 min |
| Aug 27, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 18 min |
| Aug 27, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Lincoln | 25 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.