Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, McPherson County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr. 6 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
- Jul 2, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2016, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ellsworth County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Rice County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 9:37 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Windom, KS | SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IN TOWN OF WINDOM. |
| Jul 2, 9:55 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Marquette, KS | WATER REPORTED OVER 5TH BETWEEN RAINBOW AND SHAWNEE. |
| Jul 2, 10:03 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 E Mcpherson, KS | WATER IS ONE FOOT DEEP ACROSS ROAD. |
| Jul 2, 10:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mcpherson, KS | MULTIPLE STREETS FLOODED. |
| Jul 2, 10:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Moundridge, KS | MULTIPLE STREETS FLOODED. |
| Jul 2, 11:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.6 | Windom, KS | RAIN WAS ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN OVER 1 HOUR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
146
WGUS53 KICT 030200
FFWICT
KSC053-113-159-030700-
/O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0008.160703T0200Z-160703T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
900 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 859 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MCPHERSON...LYONS...LINDSBORG...STERLING...MOUNDRIDGE...INMAN...
GALVA...CANTON...MARQUETTE...LITTLE RIVER...CHASE...HOLYROOD...
BUSHTON...GENESEO...ALDEN...LORRAINE...WINDOM...RAYMOND...
FREDERICK AND MCPHERSON AIRPORT.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND 76.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3860 9737 3818 9738 3818 9847 3863 9848
$$
JAKUB2 follow-up statements
023 WGUS73 KICT 030429 FFSICT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1129 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016 KSC053-113-159-030700- /O.CON.KICT.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160703T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RICE KS-MCPHERSON KS-ELLSWORTH KS- 1129 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR RICE...MCPHERSON AND SOUTHERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES... WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE ONE TO THREE INCHES THAT OCCURRED SINCE THIS AFTERNOON, ALONG WITH THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM FRIDAY NIGHT, WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MCPHERSON...LYONS...LINDSBORG...STERLING...MOUNDRIDGE...INMAN... GALVA...CANTON...MARQUETTE...LITTLE RIVER...CHASE...HOLYROOD... BUSHTON...GENESEO...ALDEN...LORRAINE...WINDOM...RAYMOND... FREDERICK AND MCPHERSON AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3860 9737 3818 9738 3818 9847 3863 9848 $$ KLEINSASSER
110 WGUS73 KICT 030509 FFSICT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1209 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 KSC053-113-159-030517- /O.CAN.KICT.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160703T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RICE KS-MCPHERSON KS-ELLSWORTH KS- 1209 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RICE...MCPHERSON AND SOUTHERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...AND WILL BE REPLACED WITH AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...ALONG WITH THE ASSOCIATED FLASH FLOOD THREAT. HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST SUNDAY MORNING...SO AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ISSUED SOON. LAT...LON 3860 9737 3818 9738 3818 9847 3863 9848 $$ KLEINSASSER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 57 min |
| Jul 2, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 7:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Butler, Greenwood, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 12 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Woodson | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Rice | 57 min |
| Jul 2, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 66 min |
| Jul 2, 7:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Barton | 12 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 7:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 12 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 28 min |
| Jul 2, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Rice | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 52 min |
| Jul 2, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen | 24 min |
| Jul 2, 8:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Reno, Rice | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 9:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 5 days |
| Jul 2, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Sedgwick | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 9:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 10:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick | 12 hr |
| Jul 2, 10:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Chase, Cowley, Harper, Marion, Sedgwick and 1 more | 62 min |
| Jul 2, 10:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 12 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 44 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 11:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 38 min |
| Jul 3, 12:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Wilson | 54 min |
| Jul 3, 1:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Sumner | 36 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 44 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 53 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 35 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 57 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 57 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 68 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 34 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 40 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 4 days |
| Jul 3, 3:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 3 days |
| Jul 3, 3:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 12 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 3 days |
| Jul 3, 4:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 56 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman | 21 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 21 hr |
| Jul 3, 7:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Greenwood, Woodson | 13 hr |
| Jul 3, 9:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Reno, Sedgwick | 6 days |
| Jul 3, 9:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman | 8 hr |
| Jul 3, 10:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Reno | 51 hr |
| Jul 3, 10:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey | 3 days |
| Jul 3, 3:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Barton | 24 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 58 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.