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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS

May 26, 2016Chase County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2016, 9:43 PM CDT for Chase County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 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 26, 2016, 9:43 PM CDT (02:43 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2016, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Chase County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 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
May 26, 10:03 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 S Bazaar, KSWATER COMPLETELY OVER HIGHWAY 177 2 MILES SOUTH OF BAZAAR.
May 26, 10:09 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.92 N Cottonwood Falls, KS

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

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 117 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2016-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2016-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -83 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-478 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

363 
WGUS53 KICT 270243
FFWICT
KSC017-270645-
/O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0003.160527T0243Z-160527T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
943 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHASE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT
    
* AT 942 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...BAZAAR...ELMDALE...
  MATFIELD GREEN...CEDAR POINT...SAFFORDVILLE...WONSEVU...
  TALLGRASS PRAIRIE PRESERVE AND HYMER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 115.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 3809 9636 3809 9684 3835 9684 3835 9682
      3850 9682 3852 9636

$$

LAWSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, McPherson, Reno32 min
May 26, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion49 min
May 26, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline30 min
May 26, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell43 min
May 26, 7:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson52 min
May 26, 7:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton48 min
May 26, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Reno, Rice64 min
May 26, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth, Lincoln44 min
May 26, 8:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln46 min
May 26, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln45 min
May 26, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Saline46 min
May 26, 8:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline24 min
May 26, 8:39 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTChase, Marion12 hr
May 26, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline66 min
May 26, 9:28 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTEllsworth, Rice12 hr
May 26, 9:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno53 min
May 26, 9:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper, Kingman54 min
May 26, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Saline26 min
May 26, 10:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno43 min
May 26, 10:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner44 min
May 26, 10:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey34 min
May 26, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick30 min
May 26, 11:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Harvey, Sedgwick, Sumner61 min
May 27, 12:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Cowley55 min
May 27, 12:23 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTMcPherson, Saline9 hr
May 27, 12:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson64 min
May 27, 1:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTChase5 hr
May 27, 1:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMcPherson39 hr
May 27, 1:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMcPherson, Saline55 hr
May 27, 1:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSaline65 hr
May 27, 2:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMarion53 hr
May 27, 2:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTChase, Lyon67 hr
May 27, 2:59 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTHarvey30 hr
May 27, 7:03 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTChase, Marion27 hr
May 27, 8:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTChase3 days
May 27, 9:14 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTMcPherson, Saline24 hr
May 27, 9:22 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTRice72 hr
May 27, 10:12 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTReno71 hr
May 27, 11:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTReno, Rice6 days
May 27, 2:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner65 min
May 27, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper67 min
May 27, 2:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey59 min
May 27, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner57 min
May 27, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner34 min
May 27, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick40 min
May 27, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey55 min
May 27, 3:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler54 min
May 27, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner42 min
May 27, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey54 min
May 27, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Reno36 min
May 27, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner26 min
May 27, 3:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman25 min
May 27, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Sedgwick25 min
May 27, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion54 min
May 27, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner66 min
May 27, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner34 min
May 27, 4:15 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMcPherson15 hr
May 27, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick29 min
May 27, 4:20 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSumner18 hr
May 27, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper20 min
May 27, 4:38 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner18 hr
May 27, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner28 min
May 27, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman43 min
May 27, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley42 min
May 27, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion27 min
May 27, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Greenwood50 min
May 27, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln34 min
May 27, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner26 min
May 27, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln, Russell36 min
May 27, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell25 min
May 27, 6:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley63 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.