Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Wichita, KS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
210 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 320 FOR ALL OF KANSAS...
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NEOSHO AND WILSON UNTIL 345 AM.

AT 155 AM CDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM 25 MILES SOUTH-
WEST OF EMPORIA TO CHANUTE 10 MILES SOUTH OF PITTSBURG. THESE THUNDER-
STORMS CONTINUED TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY SINCE 130 AM AS THEY TREKKED
TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. ALTHOUGH SMALL HAIL WAS STILL BEING REPORTED
WITH THESE STORMS...HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE THE BIGGEST
PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR PASSAGE.

REPORTS FROM WILSON COUNTY INDICATED WIDESPREAD MINOR FLOODING CONTINUED
...BUT THAT FLOODWATERS WERE ALREADY BEGINNING TO RECEDE. HIGHWAY 47
WAS STILL UNDER WATER AND IMPASSABLE. THE POSSIBILITY FOR FLOODING
REMAINS FOR NEOSHO...WILSON AND NEIGHBORING COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THE
STORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DIE OUT AND MOVE OUT OF THE AREA...RESIDENTS ARE
URGED TO CONTINUE CAUTIOUSLY AND KEEP UPDATED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS
AS RUNOFF FROM TRIBUTARIES MAY CAUSE LATER FLOODING.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO HEADING...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
240 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 320 CANCELLED FOR ALL OF KANSAS...
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NEOSHO AND WILSON UNTIL 345 AM.

AT 225 AM CDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM 25 MILES WEST
OF EMPORIA TO CHANUTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DECREASE IN
BOTH INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE SINCE 200 AM AS THEY MOVED EAST AT
35 MPH. HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS.

BOTH NEOSHO AND WILSON COUNTIES CONTINUE TO REPORT PROBLEMS WITH
FLOODING. HIGHWAYS 47 AND 169 ARE IMPASSABLE...AS WELL AS NUMEROUS
COUNTY ROADS. LOW-LYING AREAS ARE THE HARDEST HIT. ALTHOUGH BOTH
COUNTIES REPORT THAT FLOODWATERS ARE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...RESIDENTS
ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING AS TRIBUTARIES MAY OVERRUN
ALREADY SWELLED RIVERS.
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KSZ009-011-012-014-017-260930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO HEADING...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
340 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NEOSHO AND WILSON UNTIL 345 AM.

AT 325 AM CDT A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA TO 15 MILES EITHER SIDE OF CHANUTE. HAIL UP
TO 1/2"...AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. SLIGHT REINTENSIFICATION HAD OCCURRED
SINCE 230 AM.

REPORTS FROM WILSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARE THAT CHAUTAUQUA CREEK
IS STILL OVER ITS BANKS...BUT ALL WATERS ARE RECEDING. HIGHWAYS 47 AND
169 REOPENED. NORTHERN AND EASTERN COUNTY ROADS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM
AT THIS TIME. REPORTS FROM NEOSHO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ALSO INDICATE
MINOR PROBLEMS IN LOW-LYING AREAS...BUT ONLY LIGHT RAIN IN THE AREA...
AND FLOOD WATERS RECEDING THERE ALSO.

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KSZ009-011-012-014-017-261230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
640 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #321 FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL NOON CDT...
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE NEOSHO RIVER BASIN IN EFFECT THROUGH
TODAY...

AT 630 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA AND ACROSS THE MISSOURI BORDER. AT THIS TIME HOWEVER...NO
SEVERE WEATHER WAS IN KANSAS. REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY...OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH OF WICHITA.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER ALREADY DRENCHED SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
THE MOST INTENSE OF THESE LOCATED OVER CHANUTE. THE REINTENSIFICATION
OF THOSE STORMS...AS WELL AS OTHERS THAT MAY MOVE INTO THE AREA...MAY
CAUSE FLASH FLOODING LATER ON TODAY SO RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ON GUARD.
SYSTEM MOVEMENT OF ALL STORMS WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT
35 MILES AN HOUR.

LEIVERS

KSZ009-011-012-014-017-261245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
645 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990

...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 630AM VERY HEAVY RAIN AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
BY THE MARION COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE AT PEABODY KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORM
ASSOCIATED WITH THE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES
AN HOUR.

THIS THUNDERSTORM ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL WILL
MOVE THROUGH OR NEAR FLORENCE...CEDAR POINT...BURNS...WONSEVU AND
MATFIELD GREEN BY 730 AM.

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KSZ009-011-012-014-017-261300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
710 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990

...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 700 AM VERY HEAVY RAIN AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
WITH A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ALONG THE CHASE-BUTLER COUNTY LINE.
NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER THE STORM HAS SHOWN
SIGNS OF INTENSIFYING. IT IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL PASS
OVER TETERVILLE AND MADISON IN GREENWOOD COUNTY BEFORE 800 AM.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...THE MOST INTENSE
OF THESE JUST NORTH OF CHANUTE. THEY WERE ALSO MOVING TO THE EAST AT
25 MPH OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS.

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