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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Wichita, KS

September 9, 2016Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 2016, 7:41 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 14 hr. 11 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, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2016, 9:45 AM CDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 9, 8:04 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 Wnw West Wichita, KSWATER FLOWING OVER ROAD ON WEST 13TH STREET BETWEEN 119TH AND 135TH.
Sep 9, 8:04 PM CDTFLASH FLOODDowntown Wichita, KSFLOODING REPORED ON 79TH STREET FROM K-42 TO MERIDIAN
Sep 9, 8:04 PM CDTFLASH FLOODDowntown Wichita, KSMULTIPLE ROADS IN WICHITA NOW HAVE WATER FLOWING OVER THEM.
Sep 9, 8:10 PM CDTFLASH FLOODWest Wichita, KSVEHICLE STALLED IN HIGH WATER NEAR 13TH AND FIREFLY IN NORTHWEST WICHITA.
Sep 9, 8:31 PM CDTFLASH FLOODDowntown Wichita, KSNUMEROUS STALLED VEHICLES AND STRANDED MOTORISTS ACROSS WICHITA METRO. NO WATER RESCUES REPORTED YET.
Sep 9, 8:49 PM CDTFLASH FLOODEast Wichita, KSWATER RESCUE NEAR 2ND AND BLECKLEY.
Sep 9, 9:02 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD4 E Downtown Wichita, KSWATER OVER ROAD AT 2ND AND BLECKLY WITH STALLED VEHCILES, WATER RESCUE IN PROGRESS.
Sep 9, 9:15 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD4 Ese Downtown Wichita, KSWATER OVER THE ROAD AT EAST HARRY AND ROCK ROAD. ONE VEHICLE OVERTURNED IN WATER. TWO OCCUPANTS RESCUED BY COUNTY FIRE UNITS.
Sep 10, 2:10 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD6 Sse Downtown Wichita, KSJUST EAST OF 47TH AND WOODLAWN WATER FROM A BRIAR CREEK WAS FLOWING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE BRIDGE AT A DEPTH OF 4 FEET.
Sep 10, 4:35 AM CDTFLOOD6 Sse Downtown Wichita, KSFLOODING WAS IN PROGRESS AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS, JUST WEST OF MULVANE NEAR THE OLIVER/119TH ST SOUTH INTERSECTION, AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AT HYDRAULIC/ 87TH ST SOUTH INTERSECTION ALONG AN AREA 1/2 MILE WIDE, AND VERY CLOSE TO THE SUMNER AND SEDGWICK
Sep 10, 6:16 AM CDTFLASH FLOODClearwater, KSTHREE WATER RESCUES WERE UNDER WAY NEAR CLEARWATER DUE TO RISING WATER FROM NINNESCAH RIVER GETTING CLOSE TO PEOPLES HOMES.

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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 204 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 845 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -51 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
845 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
950 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

309 
WGUS53 KICT 100041
FFWICT
KSC173-100745-
/O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0018.160910T0041Z-160910T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
741 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT SATURDAY

* AT 741 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  WICHITA...DERBY...HAYSVILLE...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...
  BEL AIRE...MULVANE...GODDARD...MAIZE...CLEARWATER...CHENEY...
  SEDGWICK...COLWICH...GARDEN PLAIN...MOUNT HOPE...
  DOWNTOWN WICHITA...KECHI...ANDALE...EASTBOROUGH AND BENTLEY.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 22.
 INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 54.

LAT...LON 3773 9780 3773 9769 3791 9769 3791 9715
      3748 9716 3748 9780

$$

KETCHAM
3 follow-up statements
856 
WGUS73 KICT 100150
FFSICT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
850 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

KSC173-100745-
/O.CON.KICT.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160910T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEDGWICK KS-
850 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR
SEDGWICK COUNTY...

AT 848 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WICHITA METRO AREA. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
STALLED CARS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. CREEKS ARE RUNNING BANK FULL OR ARE
OUT OF THIER BANKS.  UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN.
FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING, MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW!!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WICHITA...DERBY...HAYSVILLE...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...BEL AIRE...
MULVANE...GODDARD...MAIZE...CLEARWATER...CHENEY...SEDGWICK...
COLWICH...GARDEN PLAIN...MOUNT HOPE...DOWNTOWN WICHITA...KECHI...
ANDALE...EASTBOROUGH AND BENTLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3773 9780 3773 9769 3791 9769 3791 9715
      3748 9716 3748 9780

$$

KETCHAM
983 
WGUS73 KICT 100605
FFSICT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
105 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2016

KSC173-100745-
/O.CON.KICT.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160910T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEDGWICK KS-
105 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR
SEDGWICK COUNTY...

EVEN THOUGH THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED...VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS IS CAUSING AREAS OF FLOODING
AND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF SEDGWICK COUNTY...BUT ESPECIALLY
THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY INCLUDING THE WICHITA METRO. THIS
FLOODING INCLUDES SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...STREETS...URBAN
AREAS...UNDERPASSES...COUNTRY ROADS ALONG WITH POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WICHITA...DERBY...HAYSVILLE...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...BEL AIRE...
MULVANE...GODDARD...MAIZE...CLEARWATER...CHENEY...SEDGWICK...
COLWICH...GARDEN PLAIN...MOUNT HOPE...DOWNTOWN WICHITA...KECHI...
ANDALE...EASTBOROUGH AND BENTLEY.

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 FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3773 9780 3773 9769 3791 9769 3791 9715
      3748 9716 3748 9780

$$

KLEINSASSER
281 
WGUS53 KICT 100735
FFWICT
KSC173-101445-
/O.EXT.KICT.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160910T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
235 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 945 AM CDT SATURDAY

* EVEN THOUGH THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...EXTREME RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS IS LIKELY CAUSING AREAS OF FLOODING
  AND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF SEDGWICK
  COUNTY...INCLUDING THE WICHITA METRO. THIS FLOODING LIKELY
  ENCOMPASSES STREAMS AND CREEKS...STREETS...UNDERPASSES...COUNTRY
  ROADS ALONG WITH POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS.

* AT 210 AM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED BRIAR CREEK FLOWING 4
  FEET OVER A BRIDGE JUST EAST OF 47TH AND WOODLAWN...JUST SOUTH OF
  MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE EXPERIENCING FLOODING INCLUDE...
  WICHITA...DERBY...HAYSVILLE...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...
  BEL AIRE...MULVANE...GODDARD...MAIZE...CLEARWATER...CHENEY...
  SEDGWICK...COLWICH...GARDEN PLAIN...MOUNT HOPE...
  DOWNTOWN WICHITA...KECHI...ANDALE...EASTBOROUGH AND BENTLEY.

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 FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3773 9780 3773 9769 3791 9769 3791 9715
      3748 9716 3748 9780

$$

KLEINSASSER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick29 min
Sep 9, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey55 min
Sep 9, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner65 min
Sep 9, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner27 min
Sep 9, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman63 min
Sep 9, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick58 min
Sep 9, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler57 min
Sep 9, 8:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler14 hr
Sep 9, 8:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper67 min
Sep 9, 8:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarper14 hr
Sep 9, 8:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTGreenwood14 hr
Sep 9, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner60 min
Sep 9, 9:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson42 hr
Sep 9, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley55 min
Sep 9, 10:24 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSedgwick15 hr
Sep 9, 10:55 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTCowley, Sumner12 hr
Sep 9, 11:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTSumner8 hr
Sep 10, 1:44 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTAllen, Woodson12 hr
Sep 10, 3:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTChase, Lyon35 hr
Sep 10, 9:00 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTWilson35 hr
Sep 10, 9:35 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSedgwick9 hr
Sep 10, 9:41 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler9 hr
Sep 10, 11:32 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSumner8 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.