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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2015, 10:26 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 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
- May 27, 2015, 10:26 PM CDT (03:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2015, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Barton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 10:26 PM CDT | FLOOD | 3 E Great Bend, KS | REPORT RELAYED VIA SPOTTER NETWORK. 12 TO 14 INCHES OF WATER AT HIGHWAY 56 AND HEIZER STREET IN GREAT BEND. ALSO NUMEROUS OTHER STREETS ARE FLOODED AS WELL. |
| May 27, 10:54 PM CDT | FLOOD | Great Bend, KS | NUMEROUS STREET FLOODING IN GREAT BEND AND THE SURROUNDING RURAL AREAS OVER SOUTHERN BARTON COUNTY. |
| May 27, 11:07 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 10 W Great Bend, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WEST BARTON COUNTY ROAD 10 TO 12 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND IS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1663 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1042 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 421 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.6
- Supercell composite
- 20.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
524
WGUS53 KICT 280326
FFWICT
KSC009-280730-
/O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0003.150528T0326Z-150528T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1026 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT
* AT 1023 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO FOUR
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN SOUTHWEST BARTON COUNTY WITH
HEAVY RAINFALL EXPANDING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BARTON
COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GREAT BEND...HOISINGTON...ELLINWOOD...CLAFLIN...PAWNEE ROCK...
ALBERT...OLMITZ...GREAT BEND AIRPORT AND CHEYENNE BOTTOMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND AS
WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
THIS REPLACES AND PREVIOUS FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST BARTON COUNTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3854 9903 3854 9848 3826 9848 3826 9903
$$
DARMOFAL2 follow-up statements
301 WGUS73 KICT 280435 FFSICT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1135 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015 KSC009-280730- /O.CON.KICT.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150528T0730Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BARTON KS- 1135 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR BARTON COUNTY... AT 1126 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOUTHWEST BARTON COUNTY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 10 TO 12 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND AS WEST BARTON COUNTY ROAD BECAME IMPASSABLE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... GREAT BEND...HOISINGTON...ELLINWOOD...CLAFLIN...PAWNEE ROCK... ALBERT...OLMITZ...GREAT BEND AIRPORT AND CHEYENNE BOTTOMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3854 9903 3854 9848 3826 9848 3826 9903 $$ RITZMAN
895 WGUS73 KICT 280728 FFSICT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 228 AM CDT THU MAY 28 2015 KSC009-280735- /O.EXP.KICT.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150528T0730Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BARTON KS- 228 AM CDT THU MAY 28 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BARTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 230 AM CDT... WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND RAPID RISES IN WATER LEVELS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED...FLOODING DUE TO RUNOFF IS OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING REPLACED BY A FLOOD WARNING. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ALL ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3854 9903 3854 9848 3826 9848 3826 9903 $$ HOWERTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 62 min |
| May 27, 9:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Barton | 4 hr |
| May 27, 10:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 32 min |
| May 27, 11:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 30 min |
| May 27, 11:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Rice | 3 hr |
| May 28, 12:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 37 min |
| May 28, 12:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 4 hr |
| May 28, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 27 min |
| May 28, 1:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 31 min |
| May 28, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 30 min |
| May 28, 1:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 25 min |
| May 28, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 23 min |
| May 28, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 26 min |
| May 28, 2:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Rice | 9 hr |
| May 28, 2:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Barton | 9 hr |
| May 28, 2:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 26 min |
| May 28, 3:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick | 8 hr |
| May 28, 3:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 63 hr |
| May 28, 4:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 8 hr |
| May 28, 9:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 24 hr |
| May 28, 10:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 27 min |
| May 28, 10:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 4 hr |
| May 28, 10:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| May 28, 11:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 4 hr |
| May 28, 2:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 4 hr |
| May 28, 6:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 18 hr |
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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.