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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2025, 6:27 AM CDT for Chautauqua County, Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 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
- Aug 28, 2025, 6:27 AM CDT (11:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2025, 9:57 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Montgomery County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 7:00 AM CDT | RAIN 3.3 | 2 Wsw Hale, KS | CO-OP Observer station HALK1 2.0 W Hale. |
| Aug 28, 7:00 AM CDT | RAIN 4.56 | 1 Ese Coffeyville, KS | Cocorahs station KS-MG-19 Coffeyville 0.8 ESE. |
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 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WGUS53 KICT 281127
FFWICT
KSC019-125-281530-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
627 AM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Chautauqua County in southeastern Kansas...
Southern Montgomery County in southeastern Kansas...
* Until 1030 AM CDT.
* At 627 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 5 inches of rain have
fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 2 inches are possible in
the warned area through this morning. Flash flooding is possible.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that may experience flash flooding include...
Coffeyville, Independence, Caney, Dearing, Elk City, Tyro, Havana,
Bolton, Independence Airport, Elk City Lake, Elk City State Park
and Hale.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Do not drive into flooded areas or go around barricades. Nearly two
feet of water will carry most vehicles away. Turn around, don't
drown.
&&
LAT...LON 3722 9616 3730 9616 3730 9604 3730 9600
3730 9596 3731 9588 3724 9577 3715 9562
3701 9552 3700 9552 3700 9587 3703 9590
3713 9603
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
Kleinsasser1 follow-up statement
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WGUS73 KICT 281457
FFSICT
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
957 AM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025
KSC019-125-281507-
/O.CAN.KICT.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250828T1530Z/
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Chautauqua KS-Montgomery KS-
957 AM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA AND
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flash flooding is no longer expected to
pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
A Flood Warning remains in effect until 200 PM CDT for Chautauqua
and Montgomery Counties.
A Flood Watch remains in effect until 100 PM CDT for portions of
South Central and Southeast Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3722 9616 3730 9616 3730 9604 3730 9600
3730 9596 3731 9588 3724 9577 3715 9562
3701 9552 3700 9552 3700 9587 3703 9590
3713 9603
$$
KaufmanThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 1:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Reno | 10 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner | 7 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 4 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 8 hr |
| Aug 28, 1:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 18 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.