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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Wichita, KS

October 6, 20164 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Oct 6, 2016, 7:22 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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
Oct 6, 2016, 7:22 AM CDT (12:22 UTC)
Expired
Oct 6, 2016, 11:15 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:22 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 6, 7:54 AM CDTFLOODIndependence, KSMINOR STREET FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF INDEPENDENCE. 2.90 INCHES OF RAINFALL REPORTED AT INDEPENDENCE CITY HALL.
Oct 6, 9:25 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 Sse Independence, KSWATER FLOWING OVER PENNSYLVANIA AVE AT THE CITY LIMITS OF INDEPENDENCE. ROAD CLOSED.
Oct 6, 9:25 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 Wsw Independence, KSWATER FLOWING OVER SOUTH 10TH STREET NEAR ROCK CREEK

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2016-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 914 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2016-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 247 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
914 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
980 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

340 
WGUS53 KICT 061222
FFWICT
KSC099-125-133-205-061615-
/O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0024.161006T1222Z-161006T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
722 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHERN LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT.

* AT 720 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS
  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
  EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  PARSONS...INDEPENDENCE...NEODESHA...CHERRYVALE...ALTAMONT...
  ST. PAUL...THAYER...MOUND VALLEY...ELK CITY...GALESBURG...
  LIBERTY...HAVANA...BOLTON...SYCAMORE...LABETTE...
  PARSONS TRI CITY AIRPORT...INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT...LAKE PARSONS...
  ELK CITY LAKE AND BIG HILL LAKE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. THE AREA HAS ALREADY WITNESSED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF
RAINFALL FROM THE OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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 3721 9508 3709 9596 3739 9596 3756 9509

$$

JAKUB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 9:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMontgomery27 min
Oct 5, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWilson34 min
Oct 5, 10:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk35 min
Oct 5, 11:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWoodson31 min
Oct 6, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Woodson34 min
Oct 6, 12:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner28 min
Oct 6, 1:38 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryICTBarton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell8 hr
Oct 6, 2:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua, Elk49 min
Oct 6, 3:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua, Cowley45 min
Oct 6, 3:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette, Montgomery66 min
Oct 6, 4:29 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho and 1 more32 hr
Oct 6, 8:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTLabette, Neosho4 days
Oct 6, 10:49 AM CDTFlood WatchICTAllen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 5 more16 hr
Oct 6, 10:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTLabette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson6 hr
Oct 6, 11:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette29 min
Oct 6, 11:57 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTLabette18 min
Oct 6, 1:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTCherokee, Labette5 days
Oct 6, 2:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley29 min
Oct 6, 2:03 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMontgomery39 hr
Oct 6, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley67 min
Oct 6, 2:12 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley48 min
Oct 6, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Greenwood24 min
Oct 6, 2:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTAllen48 hr
Oct 6, 2:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTAllen, Neosho66 hr
Oct 6, 2:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTNeosho3 days
Oct 6, 2:47 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley43 min
Oct 6, 3:08 PM CDTTornado WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley, Elk52 min
Oct 6, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood57 min
Oct 6, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley36 min
Oct 6, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley46 min
Oct 6, 3:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWoodson28 min
Oct 6, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner59 min
Oct 6, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood, Wilson42 min
Oct 6, 4:17 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTSaline28 min
Oct 6, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood67 min
Oct 6, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood34 min
Oct 6, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner49 min
Oct 6, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline23 min
Oct 6, 5:10 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTAllen, Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Neosho and 3 more18 hr
Oct 6, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper45 min
Oct 6, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman25 min
Oct 6, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson25 min
Oct 6, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood40 min
Oct 6, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen57 min
Oct 6, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WarningICTAllen, Woodson52 min
Oct 6, 5:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTAllen, Butler, Elk, Greenwood, Neosho, Wilson and 1 more6 hr
Oct 6, 5:53 PM CDTWind AdvisoryICTBarton, Chase, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman and 8 more3 hr
Oct 6, 6:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase, Sedgwick, Sumner23 min
Oct 6, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Elk, Greenwood65 min
Oct 6, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Harvey, Marion17 min
Oct 6, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner13 min
Oct 6, 6:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Cowley, Greenwood36 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.