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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 15, 2020, 3:12 PM CDT for Labette County, 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 15, 2020, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2020, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- 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 20:16 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 15, 7:00 PM CDT | FLOOD | Parsons, KS | WATER RESCUES HAVE THANKFULLY ENDED IN PARSONS. OTHERWISE, VARIOUS MAINLY RURAL ROADS REMAIN FLOODED COUNTYWIDE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -297 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
259
WGUS53 KICT 152012
FFWICT
KSC099-160015-
/O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0003.200515T2012Z-200516T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
312 PM CDT Fri May 15 2020
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Labette County in southeastern Kansas...
* Until 715 PM CDT.
* At 310 PM CDT, law enforcement reported flash flooding in the
Parsons area with an ongoing water rescue near 32nd and Southern.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Heavy rain producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Law enforcement.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Parsons, Oswego, Chetopa, Altamont, Edna, Mound Valley, Bartlett,
Labette, Parsons Tri City Airport, Angola, Dennis and Big Hill
Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9552 3738 9552 3738 9508 3700 9507
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
DARMOFAL1 follow-up statement
598 WGUS73 KICT 160007 FFSICT Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 707 PM CDT Fri May 15 2020 KSC099-160015- /O.EXP.KICT.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200516T0015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Labette KS- 707 PM CDT Fri May 15 2020 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LABETTE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT... Water rescues have ceased, so therefore the flash flood warning will be allowed to expire at 715 PM. However, widespread low-land flooding continues across the county, so an areal flood warning will be issued shortly. LAT...LON 3700 9552 3738 9552 3738 9508 3700 9507 $$ KLEINSASSER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase | 34 min |
| May 14, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Saline | 25 min |
| May 14, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Saline | 33 min |
| May 14, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase | 28 min |
| May 14, 9:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Marion | 33 min |
| May 14, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 65 min |
| May 14, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 34 min |
| May 14, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 60 min |
| May 14, 10:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 32 min |
| May 14, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 53 min |
| May 14, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 57 min |
| May 14, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 58 min |
| May 14, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 65 min |
| May 14, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 58 min |
| May 14, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 27 min |
| May 15, 12:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Woodson | 28 min |
| May 15, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 54 min |
| May 15, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 66 min |
| May 15, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 59 min |
| May 15, 12:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 9 hr |
| May 15, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 62 min |
| May 15, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 64 min |
| May 15, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 67 min |
| May 15, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 57 min |
| May 15, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho | 39 min |
| May 15, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk | 44 min |
| May 15, 2:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 3 days |
| May 15, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 34 min |
| May 15, 2:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette, Montgomery, Wilson | 30 min |
| May 15, 2:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 29 min |
| May 15, 2:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 33 min |
| May 15, 2:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk, Labette, Montgomery | 28 min |
| May 15, 2:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Elk | 8 hr |
| May 15, 3:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 29 min |
| May 15, 3:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 24 min |
| May 15, 4:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 60 min |
| May 15, 4:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 61 min |
| May 15, 5:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 58 min |
| May 15, 5:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 40 min |
| May 15, 5:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 52 min |
| May 15, 5:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 31 min |
| May 15, 6:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 53 min |
| May 15, 6:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua | 56 min |
| May 15, 6:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 62 min |
| May 15, 6:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 42 min |
| May 15, 6:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 6 hr |
| May 15, 7:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 28 min |
| May 15, 7:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood | 5 hr |
| May 15, 7:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 57 min |
| May 15, 7:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 55 min |
| May 15, 7:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson | 8 hr |
| May 15, 8:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 7 hr |
| May 15, 8:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 7 hr |
| May 15, 9:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 4 hr |
| May 15, 10:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 27 hr |
| May 15, 12:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 21 hr |
| May 15, 12:08 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 25 hr |
| May 15, 12:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood | 4 hr |
| May 15, 12:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson | 44 hr |
| May 15, 2:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 53 hr |
| May 15, 2:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 51 hr |
| May 15, 3:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho | 4 hr |
| May 15, 3:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson | 5 hr |
| May 15, 3:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood | 4 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.