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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS

May 15, 2020Labette County, Kansas

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 15, 7:00 PM CDTFLOODParsons, KSWATER 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2020-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2020-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -234 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

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WGUS53 KICT 152012
FFWICT
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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

$$

DARMOFAL
1 follow-up statement
598 
WGUS73 KICT 160007
FFSICT

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
707 PM CDT Fri May 15 2020

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase34 min
May 14, 7:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline25 min
May 14, 7:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline33 min
May 14, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase28 min
May 14, 9:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion33 min
May 14, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase, Marion65 min
May 14, 9:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler34 min
May 14, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase60 min
May 14, 10:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler32 min
May 14, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler53 min
May 14, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood57 min
May 14, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler58 min
May 14, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood65 min
May 14, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler58 min
May 14, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick27 min
May 15, 12:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWoodson28 min
May 15, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick54 min
May 15, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood66 min
May 15, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Woodson59 min
May 15, 12:39 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler, Greenwood9 hr
May 15, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler62 min
May 15, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick64 min
May 15, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen67 min
May 15, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler57 min
May 15, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho39 min
May 15, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk44 min
May 15, 2:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTButler, Cowley3 days
May 15, 2:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick34 min
May 15, 2:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette, Montgomery, Wilson30 min
May 15, 2:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley29 min
May 15, 2:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley33 min
May 15, 2:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua, Elk, Labette, Montgomery28 min
May 15, 2:56 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTElk8 hr
May 15, 3:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette, Montgomery29 min
May 15, 3:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua, Elk24 min
May 15, 4:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua, Montgomery60 min
May 15, 4:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno61 min
May 15, 5:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette58 min
May 15, 5:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Neosho40 min
May 15, 5:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey52 min
May 15, 5:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno31 min
May 15, 6:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick53 min
May 15, 6:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua56 min
May 15, 6:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler62 min
May 15, 6:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler42 min
May 15, 6:50 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSedgwick6 hr
May 15, 7:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick28 min
May 15, 7:13 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatICTButler, Elk, Greenwood5 hr
May 15, 7:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood57 min
May 15, 7:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua, Cowley55 min
May 15, 7:55 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson8 hr
May 15, 8:17 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTChautauqua7 hr
May 15, 8:22 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTLabette, Neosho7 hr
May 15, 9:06 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatICTMontgomery4 hr
May 15, 10:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTWilson27 hr
May 15, 12:00 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTButler, Cowley21 hr
May 15, 12:08 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTButler25 hr
May 15, 12:13 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler, Elk, Greenwood4 hr
May 15, 12:13 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson44 hr
May 15, 2:20 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMontgomery53 hr
May 15, 2:29 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTButler, Cowley51 hr
May 15, 3:15 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTNeosho4 hr
May 15, 3:25 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson5 hr
May 15, 3:51 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler, Elk, Greenwood4 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.