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Areal Flood Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS

April 5, 2017Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this areal flood warning at Apr 5, 2017, 12:55 AM CDT for Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 12 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
Apr 5, 2017, 12:55 AM CDT (05:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2017, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Reno County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:54 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 310 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2017-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2017-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-240 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 Apr 5, 12:19 AM CDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 12:19 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 9:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 4, 7:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
732 PM CDT TUE APR 04 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     TSTM WND GST     ELK CITY                37.29N 95.91W
04/04/2017  E70 MPH          MONTGOMERY         KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SGS
Local storm report, Apr 4, 7:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
757 PM CDT TUE APR 04 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0756 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 WSW ALTOONA           37.50N 95.75W
04/04/2017  M82.00 MPH       WILSON             KS   AMATEUR RADIO

            HIGHWAY SIGNS BLOWN DOWN.

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BDK
Local storm report, Apr 4, 7:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
759 PM CDT TUE APR 04 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0752 PM     TSTM WND GST     COFFEYVILLE AIRPORT     37.10N 95.57W
04/04/2017  M64.00 MPH       MONTGOMERY         KS   ASOS

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BDK
Local storm report, Apr 4, 8:02 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
802 PM CDT TUE APR 04 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 PM     TSTM WND GST     NEODESHA                37.42N 95.68W
04/04/2017  E60.00 MPH       WILSON             KS   PUBLIC

            ESTIMATED 50 TO 60 MPH.

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BDK
Local storm report, Apr 4, 8:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Montgomery, Neosho55 min
Apr 4, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Elk, Greenwood, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson and 1 more62 min
Apr 4, 8:15 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMarion43 hr
Apr 4, 8:26 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTMcPherson, Marion37 hr
Apr 5, 3:14 AM CDTWind AdvisoryICTAllen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 12 more14 hr
Apr 5, 12:44 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTReno6 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2017Every areal flood warning in 2017

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.