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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS
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.
- 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.
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
$$
RITZMAN1 follow-up statement
512
WGUS73 KICT 280940
FFSICT
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
440 AM CDT THU MAY 28 2015
KSC155-159-280945-
/O.EXP.KICT.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150528T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RENO KS-RICE KS-
440 AM CDT THU MAY 28 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL RENO AND EASTERN RICE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 AM CDT...
THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL
CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING THIS MORNING. A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM FOR THIS SAME AREA. IN ADDITION...RISES ALONG
COW CREEK AND IT TRIBUTARIES ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD. CHECK THE LATEST
RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS.
LAT...LON 3852 9827 3852 9793 3826 9793 3811 9791
3810 9810
$$
HOWERTONThe 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, 10:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Barton | 4 hr |
| 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, 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 |
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.