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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 2016, 8:05 PM CDT for Butler County, Kansas. It was in force for 14 hr. 1 report 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, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Butler County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8:58 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | El Dorado, KS | THE COMMUNITIES OF ANDOVER...AUGUSTA AND EL DORADO ARE ALL EXPERIENCING SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED. ALSO VARIOUS ROADS FLOODED BETWEEN TOWANDA AND POTWIN WITH A STRANDED MOTORIST. |
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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 1542 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1083 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
560 WGUS53 KICT 100105 FFWICT KSC015-100800- /O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0019.160910T0105Z-160910T0800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 805 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 300 AM CDT SATURDAY * AT 804 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... EL DORADO...ANDOVER...AUGUSTA...ROSE HILL...DOUGLASS...TOWANDA... BENTON...WHITEWATER...LEON...POTWIN...ELBING...LATHAM...ROSALIA... CASSODAY...EL DORADO STATE PARK...SANTA FE LAKE... AUGUSTA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...BEAUMONT... EL DORADO LAKE AND EL DORADO AIRPORT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 95. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3748 9715 3809 9714 3808 9652 3748 9653 $$ KETCHAM
2 follow-up statements
965 WGUS73 KICT 100609 FFSICT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 109 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2016 KSC015-100800- /O.CON.KICT.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160910T0800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BUTLER KS- 109 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR BUTLER COUNTY... EVEN THOUGH THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS IS LIKELY CONTINUING TO CAUSE FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS LARGE PORTIONS OF BUTLER COUNTY...BUT ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS. THIS FLOODING INCLUDES SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...STREETS...UNDERPASSES...COUNTRY ROADS ALONG WITH POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... EL DORADO...ANDOVER...AUGUSTA...ROSE HILL...DOUGLASS...TOWANDA... BENTON...WHITEWATER...LEON...POTWIN...ELBING...LATHAM...ROSALIA... CASSODAY...EL DORADO STATE PARK...SANTA FE LAKE... AUGUSTA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...BEAUMONT... EL DORADO LAKE AND EL DORADO AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3748 9715 3809 9714 3808 9652 3748 9653 $$ KLEINSASSER
886 WGUS53 KICT 100742 FFWICT KSC015-101500- /O.EXT.KICT.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160910T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 242 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 1000 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 SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF BUTLER COUNTY. THIS FLOODING LIKELY ENCOMPASSES VARIOUS STREAMS AND CREEKS...STREETS...COUNTRY ROADS...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE EXPERIENCING FLOODING INCLUDE... EL DORADO...ANDOVER...AUGUSTA...ROSE HILL...DOUGLASS...TOWANDA... BENTON...WHITEWATER...LEON...POTWIN...ELBING...LATHAM...ROSALIA... CASSODAY...EL DORADO STATE PARK...SANTA FE LAKE... AUGUSTA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...BEAUMONT... EL DORADO LAKE AND EL DORADO AIRPORT. 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. 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. && LAT...LON 3748 9715 3809 9714 3808 9652 3748 9653 $$ KLEINSASSER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 29 min |
| Sep 9, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 55 min |
| Sep 9, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 65 min |
| Sep 9, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 27 min |
| Sep 9, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 63 min |
| Sep 9, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 58 min |
| Sep 9, 7:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 14 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 57 min |
| Sep 9, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 67 min |
| Sep 9, 8:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Harper | 14 hr |
| Sep 9, 8:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 14 hr |
| Sep 9, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 60 min |
| Sep 9, 9:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson | 42 hr |
| Sep 9, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 55 min |
| Sep 9, 10:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 15 hr |
| Sep 9, 10:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 12 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 8 hr |
| Sep 10, 1:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 12 hr |
| Sep 10, 3:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Lyon | 35 hr |
| Sep 10, 9:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 35 hr |
| Sep 10, 9:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 9 hr |
| Sep 10, 9:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 9 hr |
| Sep 10, 11:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 8 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.