Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2016, 12:20 AM CDT for Butler County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 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
- Jul 3, 2016, 12:20 AM CDT (05:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2016, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Butler County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 12:53 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.15 | Wichita Eisenhower Natl, KS | 6 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL. |
| Jul 3, 1:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.4 | Park City, KS | 9 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL AS OF 1AM. RAIN BEGAN TO FALL AROUND 4PM ON SATURDAY. |
| Jul 3, 1:06 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.04 | Northeast Wichita, KS | 6.04 INCHES MEASURED AT 13TH AND GREENWICH AS OF MIDNIGHT. THIS IS A DAILY TOTAL FOR SATURDAY THE 2ND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
030
WGUS53 KICT 030520
FFWICT
KSC015-173-030915-
/O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0010.160703T0520Z-160703T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1220 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
EASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 415 AM CDT
* AT 1217 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN SINCE FRIDAY NIGHT...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD URBAN AND RURAL
FLOODING. RAIN SHOULD GRADUALLY COME TO AN END OVERNIGHT...ENDING
THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WICHITA...EL DORADO...ANDOVER...AUGUSTA...PARK CITY...
VALLEY CENTER...BEL AIRE...MAIZE...TOWANDA...COLWICH...BENTON...
DOWNTOWN WICHITA...KECHI...EASTBOROUGH...BENTLEY...POTWIN...
NORTHEAST WICHITA...EISENHOWER NATIONAL AIRPORT...
EAST WICHITA AND WEST WICHITA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 21.
INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND 80.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL SINCE FRIDAY NIGHT WILL CAUSE
FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY... COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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 3757 9747 3790 9756 3791 9716 3794 9715
3798 9681 3776 9675
$$
KLEINSASSER1 follow-up statement
979
WGUS73 KICT 030650
FFSICT
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
150 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
KSC015-173-030915-
/O.CON.KICT.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160703T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUTLER KS-SEDGWICK KS-
150 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BUTLER AND EASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES...
AT 149 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE PAST 12 HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY AND COULD BE SIGNIFICANT FOR SOME
LOCATIONS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WICHITA...EL DORADO...ANDOVER...AUGUSTA...PARK CITY...VALLEY
CENTER...BEL
AIRE...MAIZE...TOWANDA...COLWICH...BENTON...DOWNTOWN
WICHITA...KECHI...
EASTBOROUGH...BENTLEY...POTWIN...NORTHEAST WICHITA...EISENHOWER
NATIONAL
AIRPORT...EAST WICHITA AND WEST WICHITA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3757 9747 3790 9756 3791 9716 3794 9715
3798 9681 3776 9675
$$
JAKUBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 57 min |
| Jul 2, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 7:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Butler, Greenwood, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 12 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Woodson | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Rice | 57 min |
| Jul 2, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 66 min |
| Jul 2, 7:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Barton | 12 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 7:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 12 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 28 min |
| Jul 2, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Rice | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 52 min |
| Jul 2, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen | 24 min |
| Jul 2, 8:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 9:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Reno, Rice | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 9:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 5 days |
| Jul 2, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Sedgwick | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 9:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 10:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick | 12 hr |
| Jul 2, 10:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Chase, Cowley, Harper, Marion, Sedgwick and 1 more | 62 min |
| Jul 2, 10:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 12 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 44 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 11:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 38 min |
| Jul 3, 12:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Wilson | 54 min |
| Jul 3, 1:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Sumner | 36 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 44 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 53 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 35 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 57 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 57 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 68 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 34 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 40 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 4 days |
| Jul 3, 3:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 3 days |
| Jul 3, 3:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 12 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 3 days |
| Jul 3, 4:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 56 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman | 21 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 21 hr |
| Jul 3, 7:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Greenwood, Woodson | 13 hr |
| Jul 3, 9:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Reno, Sedgwick | 6 days |
| Jul 3, 9:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman | 8 hr |
| Jul 3, 10:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Reno | 51 hr |
| Jul 3, 10:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey | 3 days |
| Jul 3, 3:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Barton | 24 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 58 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2016Every flash 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.