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Areal Flood Warning 12, NWS Wichita, KS

May 16, 2021McPherson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this areal flood warning at May 16, 2021, 1:46 PM CDT for McPherson County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2021, 1:46 PM CDT (18:46 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2021, 1:43 PM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County McPherson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 209 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1413 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 204 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at May 16, 12:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 12:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 7:43 AM CDT, 6 hours 3 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
743 AM CDT Sun May 16 2021

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-171245-
Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion-Chase-
Reno-Harvey-Butler-Greenwood-Woodson-Allen-Kingman-Sedgwick-Harper-
Sumner-Cowley-Elk-Wilson-Neosho-Chautauqua-Montgomery-Labette-
743 AM CDT Sun May 16 2021

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas,
South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will move slowly eastward across
southeast Kansas this morning. Strong or severe storms are not
expected. Excessive runoff from last nights very heavy rainfall will
continue to cause some flooding problems across portions of central
Kansas this morning. See latest flood warnings for additional
details.

Scattered storms may redevelop across the area this afternoon and
evening. A strong or marginally severe storm or two will be
possible. The primary threat will be heavy rain but nickel to
quarter sized hail and wind gusts of 40 to 60 mph may also be
possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

There will be multiple opportunities for thunderstorms through next
week, some of which could be strong to marginally severe. However,
at this time, the threat of widespread, and or significant, severe
weather looks low. Flooding concerns may increase through next
week, especially for areas that see repeated rounds of
thunderstorms.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated today or tonight.

&&

For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at:
https://weather.gov/crh/ghwo?sid=ict

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 16, 8:36 AM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
836 AM CDT SUN MAY 16 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 SE LINCOLN            39.03N 98.14W
05/16/2021  M5.24 INCH       LINCOLN            KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL.

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       SYLVAN GROVE            39.01N 98.39W
05/16/2021  M4.20 INCH       LINCOLN            KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

            IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 NW STRONG CITY        38.43N 96.57W
05/16/2021  M1.76 INCH       CHASE              KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

            IN THE PAST 24 HOURS.

&&

Local storm report, May 16, 10:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1058 AM CDT SUN MAY 16 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       7 N SALINA              38.92N 97.62W
05/16/2021  M6.58 INCH       SALINE             KS   COCORAHS

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       LURAY                   39.12N 98.69W
05/16/2021  M4.95 INCH       RUSSELL            KS   COCORAHS

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       BEVERLY                 39.01N 97.98W
05/16/2021  M4.42 INCH       LINCOLN            KS   COCORAHS

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 SSW SEDGWICK          37.86N 97.45W
05/16/2021  M2.42 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   COCORAHS

            IN THE PAST 24 HOURS.

&&

Local storm report, May 16, 12:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1234 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1229 PM     FLASH FLOOD      PARADISE                39.11N 98.92W
05/16/2021                   RUSSELL            KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MAIN STREET IN TOWN IS IMPASSABLE.
            EVACUATIONS HAVE OCCURRED IN TOWN. NO WATER
            RESCUES THUS FAR. THE WATER IS STILL RISING.

&&

Special weather statement, May 16, 1:14 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
114 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021

KSZ051-161915-
McPherson KS-
114 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  Eastern McPherson County in central Kansas...

* Until 215 PM CDT.

* At 111 PM CDT...National Weather Service Doppler radar was tracking
  a strong thunderstorm with locally heavy rainfall near Mcpherson...
  moving northeast at 15 mph.

hail up to the size of dimes...and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be
possible with this storm.

* Locations impacted include...
  Mcpherson, Galva, Canton and Mcpherson Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

These storms may produce ponding of water on roadways. Listen for
later statements or possible flood warnings...should the risk for
minor low-land flooding become more imminent.

&&

LAT...LON 3858 9749 3843 9737 3826 9737 3819 9766
      3836 9777
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 240DEG 14KT 3832 9764

Martin

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	60 min
May 15, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	57 min
May 15, 10:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	55 min
May 15, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	58 min
May 15, 11:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	57 min
May 15, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	66 min
May 15, 11:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	63 min
May 15, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	55 min
May 15, 11:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	55 min
May 16, 12:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	63 min
May 16, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	61 min
May 16, 12:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	28 min
May 16, 12:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion	22 min
May 16, 1:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	9 hr
May 16, 2:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	8 hr
May 16, 2:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Lincoln, Saline	5 hr
May 16, 7:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Russell	54 hr
May 16, 8:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	3 days
May 16, 9:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Russell	8 hr
May 16, 10:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	27 hr
May 16, 10:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Saline	27 hr
May 16, 1:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	61 min
May 16, 2:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	51 min
May 16, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	45 min
May 16, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth	54 min
May 16, 3:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth	22 hr
May 16, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	36 min
May 16, 4:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	27 min
May 16, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	28 min
May 16, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	63 min
May 16, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	18 min
May 16, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	34 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.