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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 7, 2018, 1:07 PM CDT for Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 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
- Sep 7, 2018, 1:07 PM CDT (18:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2018, 3:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Wilson County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2:37 PM CDT | FLOOD | Fredonia, KS | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS ACROSS THE COUNTY. MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN FREDONIA AND NEODESHA. |
| Sep 7, 2:40 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4 | 3 S Benedict, KS | |
| Sep 7, 2:41 PM CDT | FLOOD | Fredonia, KS | SEVERAL ROADS BARRICADED ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Sep 7, 2:41 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Fredonia, KS | SEVERAL ROADS BARRICADED ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
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 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
472 WGUS53 KICT 071807 FFWICT KSC205-072200- /O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0009.180907T1807Z-180907T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Wichita KS 107 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2018 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Wilson County in southeastern Kansas... * Until 500 PM CDT. * At 106 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned area. Up to four inches of rain have already fallen in the northwestern part of the county. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Neodesha, Fredonia, Altoona, Buffalo, Benedict, New Albany, Coyville and Buxton. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3738 9553 3739 9596 3773 9596 3773 9553 $$ PEARCE
1 follow-up statement
112 WGUS73 KICT 072047 FFSICT Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 347 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2018 KSC205-072056- /O.CAN.KICT.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-180907T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Wilson KS- 347 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WILSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... Flash flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. This warning will be replaced with a Flood Warning due to road closures across the county. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3738 9553 3739 9596 3773 9596 3773 9553 $$ PEARCE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 8:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 4 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Woodson | 4 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 4 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Woodson | 22 hr |
| Sep 7, 3:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 17 hr |
| Sep 7, 3:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 22 hr |
| Sep 7, 5:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 18 hr |
Nearby
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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.