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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Oct 6, 2016, 10:52 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 6 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
- Oct 6, 2016, 10:52 AM CDT (15:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2016, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 12:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nw Oswego, KS | WATER FLOWING ACROSS US-59 AT THE RAILROAD OVERPASS. |
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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
222 WGUS53 KICT 061552 FFWICT KSC099-125-133-205-062145- /O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0025.161006T1552Z-161006T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1052 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... LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT. * AT 1049 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS FLOODED ROADWAYS AND SOME RESIDENCES THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS IN INDEPENDENCE KANSAS. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PARSONS...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...NEODESHA...CHERRYVALE... CANEY...OSWEGO...CHETOPA...ALTAMONT...ST. PAUL...THAYER...EDNA... DEARING...MOUND VALLEY...ELK CITY...TYRO...GALESBURG...LIBERTY... HAVANA AND BOLTON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA AS NEW THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOW MOVING INTO MONTGOMERY AND LABETTE COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3701 9596 3739 9596 3756 9509 3701 9508 $$ METZGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery | 27 min |
| Oct 5, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Wilson | 34 min |
| Oct 5, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 35 min |
| Oct 5, 11:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Woodson | 31 min |
| Oct 6, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 34 min |
| Oct 6, 12:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 28 min |
| Oct 6, 1:38 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell | 8 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 49 min |
| Oct 6, 3:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 45 min |
| Oct 6, 3:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 66 min |
| Oct 6, 4:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho and 1 more | 32 hr |
| Oct 6, 7:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 8:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 4 days |
| Oct 6, 10:49 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 5 more | 16 hr |
| Oct 6, 11:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 29 min |
| Oct 6, 11:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 18 min |
| Oct 6, 1:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Labette | 5 days |
| Oct 6, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 29 min |
| Oct 6, 2:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 39 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 67 min |
| Oct 6, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 48 min |
| Oct 6, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 24 min |
| Oct 6, 2:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen | 48 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 66 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho | 3 days |
| Oct 6, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 43 min |
| Oct 6, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk | 52 min |
| Oct 6, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 57 min |
| Oct 6, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 36 min |
| Oct 6, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 46 min |
| Oct 6, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Woodson | 28 min |
| Oct 6, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 59 min |
| Oct 6, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson | 42 min |
| Oct 6, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 28 min |
| Oct 6, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood | 67 min |
| Oct 6, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 34 min |
| Oct 6, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 49 min |
| Oct 6, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 23 min |
| Oct 6, 5:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Neosho and 3 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 6, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 45 min |
| Oct 6, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 25 min |
| Oct 6, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 25 min |
| Oct 6, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood | 40 min |
| Oct 6, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 57 min |
| Oct 6, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 52 min |
| Oct 6, 5:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Butler, Elk, Greenwood, Neosho, Wilson and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 6, 5:53 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Barton, Chase, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase, Sedgwick, Sumner | 23 min |
| Oct 6, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood | 65 min |
| Oct 6, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion | 17 min |
| Oct 6, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 13 min |
| Oct 6, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Greenwood | 36 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.