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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS

May 28, 2015Reno County, Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2015, 12:47 AM CDT for Reno County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 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 28, 2015, 12:47 AM CDT (05:47 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2015, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:51 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 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2015-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1663 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2015-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 252 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
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

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The text

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

161 
WGUS53 KICT 280547
FFWICT
KSC155-159-280945-
/O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0004.150528T0547Z-150528T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1247 AM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EASTERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT
    
* AT 1246 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS 
  ALREADY FALLEN OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ONGOING FLOODING FROM PREVIOUS 
  DAYS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LYONS...NICKERSON...LITTLE RIVER...GENESEO...WILLOWBROOK AND
  FREDERICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 3852 9827 3852 9793 3826 9793 3811 9791
      3810 9810

$$

RITZMAN
1 follow-up statement
512 
WGUS73 KICT 280940
FFSICT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
440 AM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

KSC155-159-280945-
/O.EXP.KICT.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150528T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RENO KS-RICE KS-
440 AM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL RENO AND EASTERN RICE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 AM CDT...

THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL 
CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING THIS MORNING. A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN 
EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM FOR THIS SAME AREA. IN ADDITION...RISES ALONG 
COW CREEK AND IT TRIBUTARIES ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD. CHECK THE LATEST 
RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. 

LAT...LON 3852 9827 3852 9793 3826 9793 3811 9791
      3810 9810

$$

HOWERTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton62 min
May 27, 9:51 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTBarton4 hr
May 27, 10:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton32 min
May 27, 10:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTBarton4 hr
May 27, 11:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton30 min
May 27, 11:21 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTRice3 hr
May 28, 12:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRice37 min
May 28, 1:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey27 min
May 28, 1:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey31 min
May 28, 1:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley30 min
May 28, 1:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner25 min
May 28, 1:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick23 min
May 28, 2:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley26 min
May 28, 2:11 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTRice9 hr
May 28, 2:28 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTBarton9 hr
May 28, 2:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood26 min
May 28, 3:13 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick8 hr
May 28, 3:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTReno, Rice63 hr
May 28, 4:26 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley8 hr
May 28, 9:56 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTReno, Rice24 hr
May 28, 10:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette27 min
May 28, 10:48 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTChautauqua4 hr
May 28, 10:57 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTLabette, Montgomery4 hr
May 28, 11:41 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTWilson4 hr
May 28, 2:27 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTChautauqua4 hr
May 28, 6:22 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTChautauqua18 hr

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.