Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

Oct 31, 1998, 9:04 PM CST (03:04 UTC)

Expired

Nov 1, 1998, 6:00 AM CST

In force

9 hr

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The Wichita radar (KICT), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
904 PM CST SAT OCT 31 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA KS HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 6 AM CST
 
* AT 855 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LARGE AREA OF
  HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. OBSERVED AND
  ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE
  EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS WOULD BRING STORM TOTAL RAINFALL TO BETWEEN
  5.5 AND 6.5 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.

* SATELLITE AND RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THAT ADDITIONAL HEAVY
  RAINFALL IS LIKELY INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY.
  SEVERAL ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WERE ALREADY REPORTED UNDER WATER
  ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM ACROSS THE
  COUNTIES IN THE WARNED AREA DO NOT ADVISE TRAVEL UNLESS NECESSARY.

  SOME ROAD CLOSURES INCLUDE: IN SEDGWICK COUNTY...WEST STREET IN
  WICHITA BETWEEN DOUGLAS AND 13TH...2ND STREET BETWEEN SHERIDAN
  AND MT. CARMEL...AND U.S. 54 AT INTERSECTION OF 359TH STREET WEST.
  IN KINGMAN COUNTY...K-42 BETWEEN RAGO AND NORWICH. SEVERAL ROADS
  AND STREETS WERE ALSO UNDER WATER IN THE HUTCHINSON AREA AND
  ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN HARPER COUNTY.

. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION! BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT
WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH
FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS TO RISE. THIS WARNING REPLACES
THE PREVIOUS URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY WHICH WAS IN
EFFECT FOR SEDGWICK AND KINGMAN COUNTIES.

DARMOFAL

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Oct 31, 3:03 PM CST, 6 hours 1 minute earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
303 PM CST SAT OCT 31 1998

THE RAIN WILL REMAIN THE MAIN FCST PROBLEM THIS AFTERNOON. LATEST
ANALYS HAS SURFACE BOUNDARY EVIDENT ACROSS OKLAHOMA EXTENDING FROM
LOW OVER WESTERN TEXAS AND HAS BEEN SHOWING SOME SIGNS OF NWD
MOVEMENT SINCE THIS MORNING.  OVERRUNNING PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO
FALL OVER WESTERN THREE-QUARTERS OF THE CWA.

UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHWESTERN U.S. FCST TO MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG SFC
BOUNDARY AND BECOME NEARLY VERTICALLY STACKED THROUGH 48 HOURS.
THERE REMAINS ABUNDANT DEEP MOISTURE WITH THIS SYSTEM AND GOOD LIFT
AHEAD OF IT.  MODELS SHOWING SOME DIFFERENCES ON PLACEMENT OF SYSTEM
BY 48 HOURS HOWEVER THEY ARE NOT TOO BAD OVERALL WITH WITH ETA AND
NGM IN BETTER AGREEMENT.  WILL KEEP PRECIPITATION IN FORECAST INTO
MONDAY.  AS SYSTEM NEARS...MODELS SHOWING WELL-DEFINED WRAPAROUND
MOISTURE IN AREA OF ISENTROPIC LIFT ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN HALF OF
CWA.

CURRENTLY HAVE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CWA AND WILL EXTEND THIS
THROUGH TOMORROW.  PRECIPITATION AREA HAS BEEN CONFINED MAINLY TO
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL ZONES BUT EXPECT THIS TO SPREAD EASTWARD
OVERNIGHT.  HOWEVER...WILL ISSUE FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST ZONES
TOMORROW RIVERS THERE WILL BE MORE PRONE TO RISE.

EXPECT LITTLE RANGE IN TEMPERATURES AS CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION
CONTINUE.  GENERALLY PREFER THE WARMER FWC NUMBERS.

IN THE EXTENDED...CURRENT SYSTEM TO EXIT REGION WITH NEXT
DISTURBANCE TO FOLLOW QUICKLY BEHIND.  BRIEF SHOT OF COOLER AIR TO
FILTER IN BEHIND WITH COOL TEMPS TO CONTINUE.

FCSTID = 16
ICT   47  51  46  55 / 100  90  80  50
HUT   47  50  45  55 / 100  90  80  50
EWK   46  50  45  54 / 100  90  80  50
EQA   47  50  46  54 / 100  90  80  50
WLD   48  52  47  57 / 100  90  80  50
RSL   43  46  41  50 / 100  90  70  50
GBD   44  47  42  51 / 100  90  70  50
SLN   45  47  44  53 / 100  90  70  50
MPR   45  47  44  53 / 100  90  70  50
CFV   52  56  51  56 /  90  90  90  70
CNU   51  55  50  55 /  90  90  90  70
K88   51  54  49  54 /  90  90  90  70

.ICT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY FOR ZONES KSZ032>033...
KSZ047>053...KSZ067>069...KSZ082>083...KSZ091>093.
F
FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY FOR ZONES KSZ070>072...KSZ094>096...
KSZ098>100.

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.