Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2016, 1:35 AM CDT for Butler County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr. 4 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
- May 25, 2016, 1:35 AM CDT (06:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2016, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 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), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:56 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E Downtown Wichita, KS | WATER REPORTED OVER THE ROAD AT LINCOLN AND VOLUSTIA, JUST OF EAST OF I-135. |
| May 25, 3:31 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ne Mulvane, KS | SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROADWAY AT 10100 S. WEBB RD. |
| May 25, 3:31 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ne Mulvane, KS | SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROADWAY AT 8900 S. WEBB RD. |
| May 25, 3:31 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Se Derby, KS | WATER OVER THE ROADWAY AT 8900 S. WEBB RD. |
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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 1524 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1159 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted.
710
WGUS53 KICT 250635
FFWICT
KSC015-173-251130-
/O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0002.160525T0635Z-160525T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
135 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 630 AM CDT
* AT 131 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WICHITA...DERBY...ANDOVER...HAYSVILLE...AUGUSTA...MULVANE...
ROSE HILL...DOUGLASS...DOWNTOWN WICHITA...EASTBOROUGH...
SOUTH WICHITA...EAST WICHITA...MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE...
OAKLAWN...SANTA FE LAKE AND AUGUSTA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 7.
INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 67.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND AS WELL AS
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL 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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3748 9739 3769 9737 3780 9688 3748 9690
$$
DARMOFAL1 follow-up statement
983 WGUS73 KICT 251125 FFSICT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 625 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2016 KSC015-173-251133- /O.EXP.KICT.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160525T1130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BUTLER KS-SEDGWICK KS- 625 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER AND SOUTHEASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 AM CDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...LOW LYING AREAS MAY STILL BE FLOODED BUT THE IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY HAS ENDED. AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230PM. LAT...LON 3748 9739 3769 9737 3780 9688 3748 9690 $$ KETCHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 35 min |
| May 24, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 23 min |
| May 24, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 58 min |
| May 24, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 54 min |
| May 24, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 20 min |
| May 24, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 60 min |
| May 24, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 40 min |
| May 24, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 18 min |
| May 24, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 22 min |
| May 24, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 40 min |
| May 24, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Lincoln | 41 min |
| May 24, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice | 62 min |
| May 24, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 45 min |
| May 24, 9:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Barton | 9 hr |
| May 24, 9:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 9 hr |
| May 24, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 44 min |
| May 24, 10:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 40 min |
| May 24, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 42 min |
| May 24, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick | 54 min |
| May 24, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson | 24 min |
| May 24, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion | 50 min |
| May 24, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 33 min |
| May 24, 11:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 35 min |
| May 25, 12:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 26 min |
| May 25, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 24 min |
| May 25, 12:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 12 hr |
| May 25, 12:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 6 days |
| May 25, 12:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 50 min |
| May 25, 12:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Woodson | 45 min |
| May 25, 1:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 26 min |
| May 25, 1:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk, Wilson, Woodson | 35 min |
| May 25, 1:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 8 hr |
| May 25, 1:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 27 min |
| May 25, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 34 min |
| May 25, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion | 46 min |
| May 25, 2:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 6 hr |
| May 25, 3:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase, Marion | 63 min |
| May 25, 7:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 52 hr |
| May 25, 7:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 24 hr |
| May 25, 7:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 67 hr |
| May 25, 8:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 8 hr |
| May 25, 8:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 34 hr |
| May 25, 9:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 9 hr |
| May 25, 11:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 24 hr |
| May 25, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 42 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.