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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS

May 25, 20154 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2015, 7:35 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 115 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2015, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2015, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Rice County, KS, Saline County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 00:00Z on 2015-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 348 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2015-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
348 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

598 
WGUS53 KICT 260035
FFWICT
KSC053-113-159-169-260230-
/O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0002.150526T0035Z-150526T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
735 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
    
* AT 730 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR AND GROUND TRUTH REPORTS 
  SHOWED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST 
  ELLSWORTH...NORTHEAST RICE AND NORTHWEST MCPHERSON COUNTIES. FLASH 
  FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN SOME AREAS...INCLUDING NEAR 
  MARQUETTE AND LANGLEY. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LINDSBORG...MARQUETTE...CHASE...GENESEO...FALUN...FREDERICK...
  KANOPOLIS LAKE AND KANOPOLIS STATE PARK.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA THIS EVENING. THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPANDS THE 
PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PARTS OF RICE AND ELLSWORTH 
COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND AS WELL AS
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3854 9759 3834 9836 3856 9830 3874 9769

$$

DARMOFAL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRice38 min
May 25, 8:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson27 min
May 25, 9:38 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTEllsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline18 hr
May 26, 12:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMcPherson36 hr
May 26, 12:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSaline25 hr
May 26, 2:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSumner21 hr
May 26, 5:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTChase, Lyon16 hr
May 26, 9:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMcPherson, Saline52 hr
May 26, 3:16 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTRice18 hr
May 26, 5:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman35 min
May 26, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler28 min
May 26, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick39 min
May 26, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Greenwood23 min
May 26, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick36 min
May 26, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick49 min
May 26, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Greenwood48 min
May 26, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler43 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.