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Areal Flood Warning 87, NWS Wichita, KS

July 8, 2016Greenwood County, Wilson County, Woodson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this areal flood warning at Jul 8, 2016, 12:15 AM CDT for Greenwood County, Wilson County, Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 9 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: Jul 8, 2016, 12:15 AM CDT (05:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2016, 9:15 AM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Greenwood County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:18 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 (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 3276 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1220 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

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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 Jul 7, 11:57 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 11:57 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 9:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
923 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-090230-
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-
923 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE
FLLINT HILLS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL, 70 MPH WINDS AND EVEN A TORNADO OR TWO.

FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR SMALL PARTS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. CHECK THE LATEST RIVER AND AREAL FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR DETAILS.

THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF STORMS OVERNIGHT. IF STORMS DO
DEVELOP...THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT THEY WILL SEVERE. GOLFBALL
OR LARGER HAIL...60 TO 70 MPH WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALL
BE POSSIBLE. IF STORMS DEVELOP...TIMING WOULD MOST LIKELY BE
BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAYBREAK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR SMALL PARTS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. CHECK THE LATEST RIVER AND AREAL FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR DETAILS.

THERE WILL BE PERIODIC CHANCES FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. AT THIS POINT...THERE IS TOO MUCH
UNCERTAINTY TO REFINE THE TIMING AND MAGNITUDE OF THE SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT.

HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 ARE FORECAST IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND AROUND 100 OVER PARTS OF THE AREA FROM
SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

&&

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

PH/KETCHAM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 7, 8:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
857 PM CDT THU JUL 07 2016

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

0853 PM     TORNADO          7 NNW THRALL            38.11N 96.37W
07/07/2016                   CHASE              KS   STORM CHASER

            BRIEF TOUCHDOWN OF 15 SECONDS WAS REPORTED.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Jul 7, 9:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
929 PM CDT THU JUL 07 2016

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

0928 PM     HAIL             3 NNE CASSODAY          38.08N 96.62W
07/07/2016  E1.00 INCH       BUTLER             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL ON
            KANSAS TURNPIKE MILE MARKER 95.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Jul 7, 9:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
934 PM CDT THU JUL 07 2016

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

0915 PM     TORNADO          13 NW EUREKA            37.96N 96.46W
07/07/2016                   GREENWOOD          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DELAYED REPORT FROM A TRAINED SPOTTER OF A BRIEF
            TOUCHDOWN. LOCATION IS BASED ON RADAR ROTATION.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Jul 7, 9:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
949 PM CDT THU JUL 07 2016

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

0948 PM     TORNADO          1 N EUREKA              37.84N 96.29W
07/07/2016                   GREENWOOD          KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TRANSFORMERS ARCHING AND POWER FLASHES ON THE NORTH SIDE
            OF TOWN.

&&

BDK

Local storm report, Jul 7, 10:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1001 PM CDT THU JUL 07 2016

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

0948 PM     TORNADO          EUREKA                  37.82N 96.29W
07/07/2016                   GREENWOOD          KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORT OF DAMAGE IN NORTHERN EUREKA OF ROOFS OFF OF HOMES
            AND OTHER DEBRIS. TIME IS BASED ON OTHER REPORTS.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Jul 7, 10:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1047 PM CDT THU JUL 07 2016

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

1041 PM     TORNADO          2 W COYVILLE            37.69N 95.93W
07/07/2016                   WILSON             KS   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO.

&&

VJP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	29 min
Jul 7, 8:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chase, Greenwood	50 min
Jul 7, 9:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	39 min
Jul 7, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	56 min
Jul 7, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	Elk, Greenwood	46 min
Jul 7, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	66 min
Jul 7, 10:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	48 min
Jul 7, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	43 min
Jul 7, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	48 min
Jul 8, 2:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	32 min
Jul 8, 3:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	17 min
Jul 8, 5:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	37 min
Jul 8, 5:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	46 min
Jul 8, 5:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	34 min
Jul 8, 5:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	35 min
Jul 8, 6:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	22 min
Jul 8, 7:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	31 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.