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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Wichita, KS

October 6, 20166 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Oct 6, 2016, 9:21 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 6, 2016, 9:21 PM CDT (02:21 UTC)
Expired
Oct 7, 2016, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

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

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 00:00Z on 2016-10-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1400 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 00:00Z on 2016-10-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 214 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
1400 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
281 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
11.3

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The text

As transmitted.

686 
WGUS53 KICT 070221
FFWICT
KSC019-049-099-125-133-205-070715-
/O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0027.161007T0221Z-161007T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
921 PM 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...
  SOUTHERN WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT.

* AT 916 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FOUR TO EIGHT
  INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SINCE LAST
  NIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH
  MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
  CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
  OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  PARSONS...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...NEODESHA...CHERRYVALE...
  CANEY...OSWEGO...CHETOPA...SEDAN...ALTAMONT...ST. PAUL...
  CEDAR VALE...THAYER...EDNA...DEARING...MOUND VALLEY...LONGTON...
  ELK CITY...TYRO AND PERU.

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 3700 9508 3701 9653 3729 9652 3756 9509

$$

KLEINSASSER
1 follow-up statement
021 
WGUS73 KICT 070711
FFSICT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
211 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2016

KSC019-049-099-125-133-205-070716-
/O.EXP.KICT.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-161007T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONTGOMERY KS-NEOSHO KS-WILSON KS-LABETTE KS-ELK KS-CHAUTAUQUA KS-
211 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MONTGOMERY...SOUTHERN NEOSHO...
SOUTHERN WILSON...LABETTE...SOUTHEASTERN ELK AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 215 AM CDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. WHILE LINGERING RURAL FLOODING IS STILL
OCCURRING...ESPECIALLY NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS...FLASH FLOODING NO
LONGER POSES A THREAT. AN FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS
THIS AREA AND ALSO ALONG A FEW LOCAL RIVERS. PLEASE SEE FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3700 9508 3701 9653 3729 9652 3756 9509

$$

RITZMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 6, 7:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner27 min
Oct 6, 7:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Greenwood, Woodson37 min
Oct 6, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood10 min
Oct 6, 7:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Woodson33 min
Oct 6, 8:24 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTWilson52 hr
Oct 6, 8:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTWilson43 hr
Oct 6, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen, Chautauqua, Elk, Wilson33 min
Oct 7, 1:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson66 hr
Oct 7, 11:08 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTAllen, Cowley, Greenwood, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson24 hr
Oct 7, 12:24 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTCowley, Labette24 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.