Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 29, 2017, 9:16 PM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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
- Apr 29, 2017, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2017, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Labette County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 10:32 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W Chetopa, KS | WATER OVER HIGHWAY 166 WEST OF CHETOPA AND WILL LIKELY BE CLOSED. |
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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 440 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 429 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 415 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
933
WGUS53 KICT 300216
FFWICT
KSC099-300815-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
916 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2017
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Labette County in southeastern Kansas...
* Until 315 AM CDT.
* At 915 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between two and three inches of
rain has already fallen over the last few hours with additional
rainfall expected tonight.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Parsons, Oswego, Chetopa, Altamont, Edna, Mound Valley, Bartlett,
Labette and Dennis.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9548 3738 9542 3738 9508 3703 9507
3700 9508
$$
LAWSON2 follow-up statements
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WGUS73 KICT 300339
FFSICT
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1039 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2017
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Labette KS-
1039 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR
LABETTE COUNTY...
At 1036 PM CDT, local law enforcement reported water over Highway
166 west of Chetopa. Between 3 and 4 inches of rain has fallen with
additional rainfall expected tonight.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Parsons, Oswego, Chetopa, Altamont, Edna, Mound Valley, Bartlett,
Labette and Dennis.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9548 3738 9542 3738 9508 3703 9507
3700 9508
$$
LAWSON653
WGUS73 KICT 300451
FFSICT
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1151 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2017
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Labette KS-
1151 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LABETTE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The heavy rain has ended. The significnt flooding is no longer
expected, however minor flooding will continue into the morning
hours due to excessive runoff from earlier heavy rainfal. Please
continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3700 9548 3738 9542 3738 9508 3703 9507
3700 9508
$$
JAKUBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 25 min |
| Apr 29, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 8:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 49 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho | 63 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho, Wilson | 12 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen | 4 days |
| Apr 30, 1:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson | 37 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 51 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:15 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 14 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen | 28 hr |
| Apr 30, 8:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho, Wilson | 30 hr |
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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.