Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

Aug 11, 1992, 2:58 AM CDT (07:58 UTC)

Expired

Aug 11, 1992, 6:00 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Cowley County, KS, Sumner County, KS

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
258 AM CDT TUE AUG 11 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...COWLEY COUNTY...SUMNER COUNTY
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO TRACK ACROSS SUMNER AND COWLEY
COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS.
 
AT 250 AM CDT...COWLEY COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED THAT 3 FEET OF
WATER HAD ACCUMULATED AT STROTHER FIELD AIRPORT...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF
ARKANSAS CITY.
 
THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP HEAVY RAINS ACROSS
SUMNER AND COWLEY COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...LIKELY
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS.
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS WATER-COVERED ROADWAYS. THE
WATER DEPTH AND CURRENT MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.
NOONAN

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1205 AM CDT TUE AUG 11 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING QUICKLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 1150 PM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH CHANUTE
NEAR HUMBOLT.  TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUNG LIGHTNING...
SMALL HAIL AND WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ALONG A LINE 20 MILES WIDE
EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES EAST OF CHANUTE TO 40 MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON AND
INTO WESTERN KANSAS.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.  ONCE AGAIN...MOVE TO REINFORCED
SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

MOVEMENT OF THE LINE WAS SOUTfH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 752 CONTINUES UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR MOST OF
   SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

NOONAN

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992

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.