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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Wichita, KS

May 26, 20197 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2019, 8:55 AM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 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: May 26, 2019, 8:55 AM CDT (13:55 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:59 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
May 26, 10:36 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Ne Independence, KS	FEW ROADS CLOSED ACROSS EASTERN PORTION OF INDEPENDENCE DUE TO FLOODING.

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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 197 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -343 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 992 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

627 
WGUS53 KICT 261355
FFWICT
KSC019-035-049-099-125-133-205-261800-
/O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0039.190526T1355Z-190526T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
855 AM CDT Sun May 26 2019

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern Elk County in southeastern Kansas...
  Southern Wilson County in southeastern Kansas...
  Labette County in southeastern Kansas...
  Eastern Cowley County in south central Kansas...
  Southern Neosho County in southeastern Kansas...
  Montgomery County in southeastern Kansas...
  Chautauqua County in southeastern Kansas...

* Until 100 PM CDT.

* At 854 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to
  begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Parsons, Coffeyville, Independence, Cherryvale, Caney, Oswego,
  Chetopa, Sedan, Altamont, Cedar Vale, Edna, Dearing, Mound Valley,
  Moline, Longton, Elk City, Tyro, Grenola, Peru and Liberty.

LAT...LON 3700 9654 3748 9654 3751 9652 3740 9595
      3740 9509 3700 9507

$$

BUTLER

1 follow-up statement

645 
WGUS73 KICT 261752
FFSICT

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1252 PM CDT Sun May 26 2019

KSC019-035-049-099-125-133-205-261801-
/O.EXP.KICT.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-190526T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Elk KS-Wilson KS-Labette KS-Cowley KS-Neosho KS-Montgomery KS-
Chautauqua KS-
1252 PM CDT Sun May 26 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ELK...SOUTHERN WILSON...
LABETTE...EASTERN COWLEY...SOUTHERN NEOSHO...MONTGOMERY AND
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 100 PM CDT...

The heavy rain has ended. Flash Flooding is no longer expected to 
pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

An Areal Flood Warning remains in effect.

LAT...LON 3700 9654 3748 9654 3751 9652 3740 9595
      3740 9509 3700 9507

$$

BUTLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	79 min
May 25, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	66 min
May 25, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Kingman, McPherson, Reno, Rice, Sedgwick	60 min
May 25, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	63 min
May 25, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Saline	64 min
May 25, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	54 min
May 25, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Cowley, Marion	75 min
May 25, 9:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Cowley, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick and 1 more	2 hr
May 25, 9:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase, Marion	45 min
May 25, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood	56 min
May 25, 10:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood, Woodson	4 hr
May 26, 3:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Ellsworth, Greenwood and 12 more	27 hr
May 26, 4:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	35 min
May 26, 4:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	46 min
May 26, 5:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Reno, Rice	62 min
May 26, 5:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	28 min
May 26, 5:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	39 min
May 26, 6:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	36 min
May 26, 6:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	36 min
May 26, 6:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey	4 hr
May 26, 6:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	28 min
May 26, 7:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Elk, Greenwood	4 hr
May 26, 7:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	4 hr
May 26, 7:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	35 min
May 26, 7:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	28 min
May 26, 7:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner	4 hr
May 26, 8:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	4 hr
May 26, 8:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	Allen	7 hr
May 26, 8:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	3 days
May 26, 8:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Russell	49 hr
May 26, 9:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln	19 hr
May 26, 9:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	54 hr
May 26, 9:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson	45 hr
May 26, 9:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	19 hr
May 26, 10:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	3 hr
May 26, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	58 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.