Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

Jul 3, 1995, 3:00 AM CDT (08:00 UTC)

Expired

Jul 3, 1995, 6:00 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS

The Wichita radar (KICT), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
TTAA00 KICT 030801
FFWICT
KSC035-019-031100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
300 AM CDT MON JUL 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...COWLEY COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
 
   ...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
 
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED CONTINUES FOR CHAUTAUQUA
COUNTY AND COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 6 AM...
 
DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST 3 HOURS...
MAINLY ALONG HIGHWAY 166 FROM ARKANSAS CITY TO SEDAN. STORM TOTALS ARE
APPROACHING 8 INCHES. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THE NEXT
FEW HOURS WITH HEAVY RAINS LIKELY...INCREASING THE FLOOD POTENTIAL.
 
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING ACROSS COWLEY OR CHAUTAUQUA
COUNTIES...BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS.
 
 
 
 
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHE0N IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING
WHEN WATER BEGINS TO RISE.
 
RANDY

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 2, 9:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
925 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995

ONGOING SVR STMS ARE OCCURRING IN MAX MSTR CNVRGNCE AND INSTABILITY AHEAD
OF A WK S/W SEEN IN W/V IMAGRY. MDLS MVE THIS S/W THROUGH SE KS OVERNIGHT
THUS SVR TREND CONTS SCEN AND ESPLY SE KS.

RSL 60/79 42    SLN 62/80 34
ICT 63/80 34    HUT 62/80 34
CNU 64/80 54

OGREN

In the hours before

KSZ069-071-072-073-092-093-094-095-096-097-098-099-100-101-030800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
205 AM CDT MON JUL 3 1995

...TORNADO WATCH #684 HAS EXPIRED FOR COWLEY AND BUTLER COUNTIES OF
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 200 AM THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUHTEAST KANSAS AND TORNADO WATCH #684 HAS EXPIRED.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS FROM EAST
OF ARKANSAS CITY EASTWARD TO THE MISSOURI BORDER. THESE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE HOWEVER. SOME HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL
MAY OCCUR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.

DUDLEY

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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.