Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
535 PM CDT THU OCT 2 1986

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF THE EAST HALF OF KANSAS THIS AFTER
NOON AND TONIGHT...

AT 530 PM...A VERY LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND IMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
COVERED MOST OF KANSAS AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
LAWRENCE TO CLAY CENTER TO RUSSELL TO NEAR ASHLAND.  VERY HEAVY RAINS
WERE MOSTLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.

THE AREA OF HEAVIEST RAINS WAS ABOUT 35 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM
NEAR BLUE MOUND TO JUST WEST OF COFFEYVILLE IN KANSAS CONTINUING INTO
OKLAHOMA TO ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MOVEMENT WAS TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

OCCASIONAL VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAINS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED TO THE
SOUTHEAST OF A BLUE MOUND TO COFFEYVILLE LINE AND SOME URBAN AND
LOWLAND FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH THE HEAVIER RAINFALLS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
640 PM CDT THU OCT 2 1986

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF THE EAST HALF OF KANSAS THIS AFTER
NOON AND TONIGHT...

AT 630 PM...RAIN AND IMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF KANSAS
AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR PAOLA TO
TOPEKA TO CLAY CENTER THEN SOUTHWEST TO NEAR COLDWATER.  THE HEAVIEST
RAINS WERE IN SOUTHEAST PARTS MAINLY FROM FORT SCOTT TO JUST WEST OF
COFFEYVILLE.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH.

VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN IS STILL LIKELY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
FORT SCOTT TO THE COFFEYVILLE AREA.  SOME URBAN AND LOWLAND FLOODING
...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING0 AREAS IS LIKELY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE
HEAVIER STORMS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
740 PM CDT THU OCT 2 1986

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS
FROM GREENWOOD...ELK AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES TO THE EAST BORDER...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF THE EAST HALF OF KANSAS THIS AFTER
NOON AND TONIGHT...

AT 730 PM...RAIN AND IMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF KANSAS
AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM TOPEKA TO NEAR
MINNEAPOLIS TO GREAT BEND TO NEAR COLDWATER.  HEAVIEST RAINS WERE
GENERALLY SOUTHEAST FROM A FORT SCOTT TO JUST EAST OF COFFEYVILLE
LINE...BUT MORE WERE INCREASING IN SOUTHERN COWLEY SOUTH INTO OKLAHOMA.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH.

IN THE WARNING AREA ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON HAVE
CAUSED MANY ROADS TO BE CLOSED AND MOST RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE AT
BANKFULL OR FLOODING.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ANY ROADWAYS THAT ARE
OVERRUN WITH HIGH WATERS THEY MAY BE DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
840 PM CDT THU OCT 2 1986

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS
FROM GREENWOOD...ELK AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES TO THE EAST BORDER...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF THE EAST HALF OF KANSAS TONIGHT...

AT 830 PM...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
KANSAS HAS DIMINISHED SINCE 7 30 PM...BUT CONTINUED TO BLANKET MOST OF
THE SOUTH HALF OF THE STATE...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS IN SOUTHEAST
PARTS.
THE NORTH EDGE OF THE AREA WAS FROM NEAR PLEASANTON TO NEAR GREAT
BEND WITH THE HEAVIER RAINS SOUTH FROM NEAR TORONTO TO NEAR PITTSBURG.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
IN THE WARNING AREA ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON HAVE
CAUSED MANY ROADS TO BE CLOSED AND MOST RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE AT
BANKFULL OR FLOODING.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ANY ROADWAYS THAT ARE
OVERRUN WITH HIGH WATERS THEY MAY BE DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
940 PM CDT THU OCT 2 1986

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS
FROM GREENWOOD...ELK AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES TO THE EAST BORDER...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF THE EAST HALF OF KANSAS TONIGHT...

AT 930 PM...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED ACROSS SOUTHEAST PARTS
OF KANSAS SINCE 8 30 PM...BUT MORE HEAVIER RAINS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WILL LIKELY MOVE BACK ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.

IT WAS MOSTLY LIGHT SHOWERS NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR YATES CENTER TO
CALDWELL TO AETNA...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS STILL ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST COUNTIES...AND HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTH OKLAHOM
FROM SOUTHWEST OF BLACKWELL TO SOUTHWEST OF ENID AND IN THE AREA
NORTH AND WEST OF TULSA.  THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE BACK INTO
THE AREA FROM ARKANSAS CITY TO THE EAST BORDER BEFORE THE NIGHT IS
OVER.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1040 PM CDT THU OCT 2 1986

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS
FROM GREENWOOD...ELK AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES TO THE EAST BORDER...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF THE EAST HALF OF KANSAS TONIGHT...

AT 1030 PM...HEAVY RAINS HAVE AGAIN INVADED EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS...FROM CALDWELL EAST TO NEAR CHAUTAUQUA.  THE NARROW BAND
ABOUT 25 MILES WIDE HAS MOVED OUT OF NORTH OKLAHOMA AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  THESE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN
OVERALL AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE NORTHEAST TO NEAR MC PHERSON TO RJUST
SOUTH OF TOPEKA THEN SOUTHEAST TO NEAR LA CYGNE.

THE HEAVIER RAINS WILL ONLY CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS FOR THE RAINSOAKED
AREA OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS WHERE MANY RIVERS AND
STREAMS ARE ALREADY BANKFULL OR OVERFLOWING.