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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 2016, 2:45 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 11 hr. 6 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
- Sep 9, 2016, 2:45 AM CDT (07:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2016, 1:23 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Allen County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2:47 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 10 E Severy, KS | THE GREENWOOD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED WATER FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY 54, 1 MILE WEST OF THE GREENWOOD/WOODSON COUNTY LINE. DITCHES WERE FULL. DEPTH INCREASING. |
| Sep 9, 3:05 AM CDT | FLOOD | Yates Center, KS | ALLEN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED ALL DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS WERE FLOODED TO AROUND 6 INCHES WITH THE GREATEST DEPTHS ACROSS SOUTHERN ALLEN COUNTY. |
| Sep 9, 5:51 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 N Yates Center, KS | NUMEROUS RURAL ROADS ARE FLOODED ACROSS THE COUNTY DUE TO HIGH WATER FROM HEAVY RAINFALL. |
| Sep 9, 5:52 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Humboldt, KS | NUMEROUS RURAL ROADS ARE FLOODED DUE TO HIGH WATER FROM HEAVY RAINFALL. |
| Sep 9, 6:23 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.37 | Eureka, KS | |
| Sep 9, 12:47 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 E Yates Center, KS | HIGH WATER WAS AFFECTING HIGHWAY 54 EAST OF YATES CENTER. |
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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 429 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted.
873 WGUS53 KICT 090745 FFWICT KSC001-073-133-205-207-091530- /O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0014.160909T0745Z-160909T1530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 245 AM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... NORTHERN NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... NORTHERN WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... * UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FRIDAY * AT 237 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES HAVE FALLEN, ESPECIALLY IN GREENWOOD AND WOODSON COUNTIES. FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT! * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... CHANUTE...IOLA...EUREKA...HUMBOLDT...YATES CENTER...LA HARPE... GAS...MORAN...TORONTO...HAMILTON...SEVERY...BUFFALO...FALL RIVER... NEOSHO FALLS...SAVONBURG...ELSMORE...BENEDICT...CLIMAX... STARK AND VIRGIL. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. NEVER DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES! A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE FLOOD WARNING THAT HAD BEEN ISSUED AT 915 PM. && LAT...LON 3761 9651 3803 9652 3804 9508 3759 9509 $$ ES
3 follow-up statements
234 WGUS73 KICT 090858 FFSICT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 358 AM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016 KSC001-073-133-205-207-091530- /O.CON.KICT.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160909T1530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GREENWOOD KS-WOODSON KS-NEOSHO KS-WILSON KS-ALLEN KS- 358 AM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR GREENWOOD...WOODSON...NORTHERN NEOSHO...NORTHERN WILSON AND ALLEN COUNTIES... AT 347 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS. RADAR INDICATES THAT 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ACROSS GREENWOOD AND WOODSON COUNTIES. FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR ALREADY OCCURRING! SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CHANUTE...IOLA...EUREKA...HUMBOLDT...YATES CENTER...LA HARPE...GAS... MORAN...TORONTO...HAMILTON...SEVERY...BUFFALO...FALL RIVER... NEOSHO FALLS...SAVONBURG...ELSMORE...BENEDICT...CLIMAX... STARK AND VIRGIL. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. NEVER DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES! BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. THE ALLEN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED AROUND 6 INCHES OF WATER OCCURRING IN LOW-WATER AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ACROSS THE COUNTY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3761 9651 3803 9652 3804 9508 3759 9509 $$ ES
003 WGUS53 KICT 091507 FFWICT KSC001-073-133-205-207-092330- /O.EXT.KICT.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160909T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1007 AM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... NORTHERN NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... NORTHERN WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT FRIDAY * AT 1002 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER WATER DUE TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM LAST NIGHT ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOWED THAT 5 TO 9 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CHANUTE...IOLA...EUREKA...HUMBOLDT...YATES CENTER...LA HARPE... GAS...MORAN...TORONTO...HAMILTON...SEVERY...BUFFALO...FALL RIVER... NEOSHO FALLS...SAVONBURG...ELSMORE...BENEDICT...CLIMAX... STARK AND VIRGIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3761 9651 3803 9652 3804 9508 3759 9509 $$ JAKUB
075 WGUS73 KICT 091823 FFSICT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 123 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016 KSC001-073-133-205-207-091832- /O.CAN.KICT.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160909T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GREENWOOD KS-WOODSON KS-NEOSHO KS-WILSON KS-ALLEN KS- 123 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GREENWOOD...WOODSON...NORTHERN NEOSHO...NORTHERN WILSON AND ALLEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO RIVER FLOODING. LAT...LON 3761 9651 3803 9652 3804 9508 3759 9509 $$ JAKUB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 29 min |
| Sep 8, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 63 min |
| Sep 8, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson, Marion | 25 min |
| Sep 8, 7:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Rice | 13 hr |
| Sep 8, 7:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Sep 8, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 25 min |
| Sep 8, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson, Marion | 34 min |
| Sep 8, 8:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion | 40 hr |
| Sep 8, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 65 min |
| Sep 8, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 42 min |
| Sep 8, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 46 min |
| Sep 8, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase, Harvey, McPherson, Marion | 35 min |
| Sep 8, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 54 min |
| Sep 8, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 25 min |
| Sep 8, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Sumner | 31 min |
| Sep 8, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 26 min |
| Sep 8, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase, Marion | 24 min |
| Sep 8, 9:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 37 min |
| Sep 8, 9:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper, Harvey, Sedgwick, Sumner | 32 min |
| Sep 8, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 29 min |
| Sep 8, 10:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 12 hr |
| Sep 8, 10:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Sumner | 25 min |
| Sep 8, 10:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Chase | 24 min |
| Sep 8, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk, Wilson | 38 min |
| Sep 8, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner | 41 min |
| Sep 8, 11:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 8 hr |
| Sep 8, 11:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman | 18 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Greenwood, Woodson | 9 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 9 hr |
| Sep 9, 1:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman | 32 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 10 hr |
| Sep 9, 4:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 42 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:09 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 57 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 8 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 14 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 69 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 3 days |
| Sep 9, 7:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 7 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 3 days |
| Sep 9, 7:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 48 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 43 hr |
| Sep 9, 8:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 26 hr |
| Sep 9, 8:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 43 hr |
| Sep 9, 8:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Lyon | 64 hr |
| Sep 9, 8:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 9 hr |
| Sep 9, 8:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen | 53 hr |
| Sep 9, 8:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho | 3 days |
| Sep 9, 8:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 5 days |
| Sep 9, 8:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Labette | 5 days |
| Sep 9, 9:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 36 hr |
| Sep 9, 9:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 52 hr |
| Sep 9, 9:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 64 hr |
| Sep 9, 10:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 52 hr |
| Sep 9, 10:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 4 days |
| Sep 9, 10:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 4 days |
| Sep 9, 10:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 4 days |
| Sep 9, 10:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 7 hr |
| Sep 9, 1:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 8 hr |
| Sep 9, 1:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 8 hr |
| Sep 9, 1:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Greenwood, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 8 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 41 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman | 18 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 18 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 46 min |
| Sep 9, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 60 min |
| Sep 9, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson | 53 min |
| Sep 9, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 55 min |
| Sep 9, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Marion | 57 min |
| Sep 9, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 62 min |
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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.