Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 26, 2016, 7:26 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 21 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
- Apr 26, 2016, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Sedgwick County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:33 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Clearwater, KS | CREEK IN CLEARWATER IS OUT OF ITS BANKS. VEHICLES ARE BEING MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND. |
| Apr 26, 7:39 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | South Wichita, KS | WATER IS ROUGHLY TWO FEET DEEP AT THE INTERSECTION OF MERIDIAN AND ESTHNER. CARS ARE STALLED IN WATER. RECEIVED VIA TWITTER. |
| Apr 26, 7:54 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Downtown Wichita, KS | STREET FLOODING NEAR SAINT FRANCIS AND 2ND. |
| Apr 26, 7:54 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | South Wichita, KS | STREET FLOODING NEAR GEORGE WASHINGTON AND EAST LINCOLN. |
| Apr 26, 8:05 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ese South Wichita, KS | FLOODING OVER THE ROADWAY. |
| Apr 26, 8:13 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ese Haysville, KS | FLOODING OVER THE ROAD AT 71ST STREET AND S. BROADWAY. |
| Apr 26, 8:24 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 W Downtown Wichita, KS | WATER OVER THE ROAD AT W. ST. LOUIS AND N. YOUNG ST. |
| Apr 26, 8:28 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nne Downtown Wichita, KS | WATER OVER THE ROADWAY AT E. 9TH AND N. EMPORIA. |
| Apr 26, 8:28 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sw Mcconnell Afb, KS | 4-8 INCHES OF WATER OVER S. OLIVER STREET. |
| Apr 26, 8:28 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ssw Downtown Wichita, KS | FLOODING ON WEST HARRY. REPORTS OF VEHICLES STRANDED IN ROADWAY. |
| Apr 26, 9:15 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.29 | Goddard, KS | RAINFALL IN THE PAST 6 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:15 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.79 | 3 Wnw Downtown Wichita, KS | RAINFALL IN THE PAST 6 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:15 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.83 | 4 Ene Goddard, KS | RAINFALL IN THE PAST 6 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:15 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.85 | 5 S Maize, KS | |
| Apr 26, 9:15 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.97 | 3 S Maize, KS | RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:15 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.29 | 1 Nw Wichita Eisenhower, KS | RAINFALL IN THE PAST 6 HOURS AT THE COWSKIN CREEK RAIN GAUGE AT KELLOG. |
| Apr 26, 9:15 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.47 | Bel Aire, KS | RAINFALL IN THE PAST 6 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:15 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3 | 2 S Haysville, KS | RAINFALL IN THE PAST 6 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:15 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.16 | 3 W Haysville, KS | RAINFALL IN THE PAST 6 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:15 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.81 | 5 Ese Clearwater, KS | RAINFALL IN THE PAST 6 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:47 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nw Clearwater, KS | WATER ACROSS THE ROAD AT 183RD W AND 71ST S. |
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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
780
WGUS53 KICT 270026
FFWICT
KSC173-270300-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
726 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 724 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN PERSIST ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY BEEN MEASURED IN SOUTHWEST WICHITA. ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE. LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL
LIKELY BE FLOODED. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 22.
INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 50.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3791 9715 3748 9728 3748 9777 3791 9746
$$
HOWERTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick | 55 min |
| Apr 26, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Marion | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 7:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Harper | 12 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 12 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 8:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Wilson | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 9:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Woodson | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 10:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Woodson | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 10:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk, Wilson | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 10:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 10:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 12 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 4:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 7:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen | 29 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 19 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 49 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho | 62 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 3 days |
| Apr 27, 8:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Labette | 4 days |
| Apr 27, 4:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 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.