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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Wichita, KS
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 27 min |
| Oct 6, 7:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Greenwood, Woodson | 37 min |
| Oct 6, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 10 min |
| Oct 6, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Woodson | 33 min |
| Oct 6, 8:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 52 hr |
| Oct 6, 8:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 43 hr |
| Oct 6, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen, Chautauqua, Elk, Wilson | 33 min |
| Oct 7, 1:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson | 66 hr |
| Oct 7, 11:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Cowley, Greenwood, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 24 hr |
| Oct 7, 12:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley, Labette | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.