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Areal Flood Warning 41, NWS Wichita, KS

May 27, 2016Harvey County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this areal flood warning at May 27, 2016, 2:59 AM CDT for Harvey County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 27, 2016, 2:59 AM CDT (07:59 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2016, 9:17 AM CDT
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Harvey County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -478 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at May 27, 2:18 AM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 2:18 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 10:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1006 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-280315-
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-
RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-
SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
1006 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS,
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NUMEROUS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO THE FLINT HILLS OVERNIGHT.
THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED LARGE
HAIL OCCURRENCES EARLY OVERNIGHT...WITH LOCALLY TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL RATES AND FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL FROM ANY STORMS TONIGHT.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. SEE LATEST FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR ADDITIONAL
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT WITH HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL-SIZED
AND 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS.

THERE REMAINS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRIMARILY ACROSS
SOUTHEAST KANSAS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT THAT MAY PRODUCE
SMALL HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS. THE GREATER THUNDERSTORM
POTENTIAL WOULD BE AREA WIDE FROM SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY. STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED.

GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD...PLEASE CHECK LATER
OUTLOOKS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. HOWEVER ANY
REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER...FLOODING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL
MEASUREMENTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT:
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 27, 12:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1220 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

KSZ069-070-093-094-098-270615-
CHAUTAUQUA KS-ELK KS-GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-COWLEY KS-
1220 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  WESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  WESTERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1217 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR EL
  DORADO TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOUGLASS TO NEAR ARKANSAS CITY...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EL DORADO...ARKANSAS CITY...WINFIELD...ANDOVER...AUGUSTA...
  ROSE HILL...DOUGLASS...TOWANDA...BENTON...UDALL...LEON...
  CEDAR VALE...BURDEN...DEXTER...GRENOLA...ATLANTA...LATHAM...
  ROSALIA...ROCK AND CAMBRIDGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK FOR
MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3748 9712 3781 9713 3793 9645 3750 9637
      3700 9641 3700 9714
TIME...MOT...LOC 0517Z 262DEG 25KT 3780 9692 3746 9692 3700 9702

JAKUB

Local storm report, May 27, 12:23 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1223 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1220 AM     FLOOD            MCPHERSON               38.37N 97.66W
05/27/2016                   MCPHERSON          KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WATER OVER NORTHVIEW ROAD AS WELL
            4 ROADS IN WINDOM AND OTHERS IN THE COUNTY.

&&

VJP

Special weather statement, May 27, 12:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1256 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

KSZ069>071-093>095-098-099-270700-
WOODSON KS-CHAUTAUQUA KS-ELK KS-WILSON KS-GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-
COWLEY KS-MONTGOMERY KS-
1256 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EASTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 1253 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HAMILTON
  TO 10 MILES EAST OF LATHAM TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF DEXTER...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  INDEPENDENCE...EUREKA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA...CANEY...
  YATES CENTER...SEDAN...HOWARD...CEDAR VALE...ALTOONA...MOLINE...
  LONGTON...ELK CITY...TORONTO...DEXTER...HAMILTON...SEVERY...
  BUFFALO...TYRO AND GRENOLA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&

LAT...LON 3701 9679 3756 9660 3806 9629 3805 9596
      3804 9596 3804 9552 3798 9552 3701 9581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0553Z 278DEG 37KT 3799 9614 3754 9645 3707 9667

DARMOFAL

Local storm report, May 27, 1:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
110 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0109 AM     HEAVY RAIN       HUTCHINSON              38.07N 97.91W
05/27/2016  M5.21 INCH       RENO               KS   PUBLIC

            TWITTER REPORT OF 5.21 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 24
            HOURS.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 27, 1:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
129 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0127 AM     FLOOD            2 E BROOKVILLE          38.77N 97.83W
05/27/2016                   SALINE             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TWO INCHES OF WATER OVER OLD K-140 HIGHWAY.

&&

KED

Local storm report, May 27, 1:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
132 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1227 AM     FLOOD            2 E BROOKVILLE          38.77N 97.83W
05/27/2016                   SALINE             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TWO INCHES OF WATER OVER OLD K-140 HIGHWAY.

&&

KED

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno	32 min
May 26, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	49 min
May 26, 7:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	30 min
May 26, 7:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	43 min
May 26, 7:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	52 min
May 26, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	48 min
May 26, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Reno, Rice	64 min
May 26, 8:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	44 min
May 26, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	46 min
May 26, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	45 min
May 26, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	46 min
May 26, 8:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	24 min
May 26, 8:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	12 hr
May 26, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline	66 min
May 26, 9:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Rice	12 hr
May 26, 9:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	53 min
May 26, 9:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Chase	4 hr
May 26, 9:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Kingman	54 min
May 26, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	26 min
May 26, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	43 min
May 26, 10:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	44 min
May 26, 10:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	34 min
May 26, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	30 min
May 26, 11:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick, Sumner	61 min
May 27, 12:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Cowley	55 min
May 27, 12:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	9 hr
May 27, 12:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	64 min
May 27, 1:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Chase	5 hr
May 27, 1:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson	39 hr
May 27, 1:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	55 hr
May 27, 1:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	65 hr
May 27, 2:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	53 hr
May 27, 2:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Lyon	67 hr
May 27, 7:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	27 hr
May 27, 8:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase	3 days
May 27, 9:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	24 hr
May 27, 9:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Rice	72 hr
May 27, 10:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	71 hr
May 27, 11:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	6 days
May 27, 2:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	65 min
May 27, 2:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	67 min
May 27, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	59 min
May 27, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	57 min
May 27, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	34 min
May 27, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	40 min
May 27, 3:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	55 min
May 27, 3:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	54 min
May 27, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	42 min
May 27, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey	54 min
May 27, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno	36 min
May 27, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	26 min
May 27, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	25 min
May 27, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Sedgwick	25 min
May 27, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	54 min
May 27, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner	66 min
May 27, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	34 min
May 27, 4:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson	15 hr
May 27, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	29 min
May 27, 4:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	18 hr
May 27, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	20 min
May 27, 4:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner	18 hr
May 27, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	28 min
May 27, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	43 min
May 27, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	42 min
May 27, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	27 min
May 27, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	50 min
May 27, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	34 min
May 27, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	26 min
May 27, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	36 min
May 27, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	25 min
May 27, 6:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	63 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2016 Every areal flood warning in 2016

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.