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Areal Flood Warning 64, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this areal flood warning at Aug 9, 2017, 11:21 PM CDT for Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2017, 11:21 PM CDT (04:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2017, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Cowley County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Aug 9, 11:03 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 11:03 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 9, 5:24 PM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
524 PM CDT WED AUG 09 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0523 PM FLOOD ELLINWOOD 38.36N 98.58W
08/09/2017 BARTON KS PUBLIC
STREET FLOODING IN ELLINWOOD.
&&
JASSpecial weather statement, Aug 9, 6:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
630 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2017
KSZ082-091-100000-
Harper KS-Kingman KS-
630 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2017
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Significant Weather Advisory for...
Northern Harper County in south central Kansas...
South central Kingman County in south central Kansas...
* Until 700 PM CDT
* At 628 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were
tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles east of Nashville, or 11
miles north of Attica...moving southeast at 20 mph.
hail up to the size of nickels...and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be
possible with this storm.
* Locations impacted include...
Harper, Attica, Spivey and Crystal Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be prepared to take shelter in the event the storms intensify and
become severe...or a warning is issued by the National Weather
Service.
&&
LAT...LON 3716 9816 3732 9835 3735 9835 3749 9822
3739 9794 3723 9791
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 302DEG 19KT 3740 9825
LAWSONSpecial weather statement, Aug 9, 6:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 651 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2017 KSZ067-082-100015- Reno KS-Kingman KS- 651 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2017 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Significant Weather Advisory for... Southwestern Reno County in south central Kansas... Northwestern Kingman County in south central Kansas... * Until 715 PM CDT * At 650 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm over Turon, or 6 miles southeast of Neola...moving southeast at 35 mph. hail up to the size of nickels...and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. * Locations impacted include... Pretty Prairie, Arlington, Turon, Sylvia, Langdon and Penalosa. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Be prepared to take shelter in the event the storms intensify and become severe...or a warning is issued by the National Weather Service. && LAT...LON 3801 9847 3783 9791 3760 9826 3774 9847 TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 307DEG 30KT 3782 9841 LAWSON
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 1:09 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell, Saline | 9 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 7 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ICT | Barton, Cowley, Harper, Kingman, Reno, Rice and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 43 min |
| Aug 10, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 6:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.