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Areal Flood Warning 71, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this areal flood warning at Sep 25, 2017, 3:48 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno 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
- Sep 25, 2017, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2017, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 1052 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
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 Sep 25, 3:13 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 3:13 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 458 AM CDT Mon Sep 25 2017 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-261000- Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion-Chase- Reno-Harvey-Butler-Greenwood-Woodson-Allen-Kingman-Sedgwick-Harper- Sumner-Cowley-Elk-Wilson-Neosho-Chautauqua-Montgomery-Labette- 458 AM CDT Mon Sep 25 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central, South Central and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Numerous showers along with isolated embedded thunderstorms will spread east across Central and South-Central Kansas today, then into Southeast Kansas tonight. While a few thunderstorms may produce some half inch diameter hail and 40 to 50 mph gusts, the greatest concern is heavy rain that may cause localized flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday Rain with a few embedded thunderstorms will continue in all areas on Tuesday. While the thunderstorms would be neither strong nor severe, heavy rains are likely Tuesday morning that may cause minor flooding. Isolated thunderstorms are possible for Russell and Barton counties Saturday afternoon with isolated thunderstorms possible for all of Central and most of South-Central Kansas Saturday night. Isolated thunderstorms may continue for Central Kansas Sunday morning. A few thunderstorms may produce some very small hail each period. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated today or tonight. && For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at: http://weather.gov/wichita/hwo/
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 25, 1:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 9:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Kingman, Lincoln, Reno and 1 more | 44 min |
| Sep 25, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 30 min |
| Sep 25, 1:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 26 min |
| Sep 25, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 22 min |
| Sep 25, 4:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 4 hr |
| Sep 25, 4:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 23 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.