Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

Nov 1, 1998, 5:35 PM CST (23:35 UTC)

Expired

Nov 2, 1998, 12:00 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Allen County, KS, Neosho County, KS

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
535 PM CST SUN NOV 1 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA KS HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
  COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
  GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
  HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
  NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
  RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS
  SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST.


* AT 530 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
  WIDESPREAD RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
  THIS RAIN..COMBINED WITH RAIN WHICH HAS BEEN FALLING SINCE FRIDAY
  NIGHT HAS CAUSED WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
  MANY LOCAL CREEKS AND STREAMS HAVE RISEN OUT OF THEIR BANKS. IN
  ADDITION...MANY ROADS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAVE BEEN CLOSED AND
  EVACUATIONS HAVE OCCURRED.

.THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION!

.DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS WATER-COVERED ROADS. 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.  PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH POLICE BARRICADES...THEY
ARE THERE FOR YOUR SAFETY.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION.

URBAN


&

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Nov 1, 3:13 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
313 PM CST SUN NOV 1 1998

CONTINUED RAINFALL AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING CONDITIONS ARE THE
IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS THIS AFTERNOON.  LATEST ANALYS HAS SURFACE LOW
OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA WITH UPPER SYSTEM NOT FAR BEHIND TO THE WEST.
RAIN BANDS ON 88D CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD INTO CWA.  MODELS
FORECAST SYSTEM TO CONTINUE TO OCCLUDE AND MOVE SLOWLY INTO WESTERN
MISSOURI/EASTERN KANSAS THROUGH 36 HOURS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP
DEFORMATION ZONE ACROSS THE AREA.  SYSTEM THEN FCST TO MOVE OFF MORE
RAPIDLY TO THE EAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FCST PERIOD. EXPECT
PRECIPITATION AREA TO GRADUALLY BECOME MORE EAST/WEST ORIENTED
THROUGH TONIGHT AND PUSH SLOWLY NORTHWARD AS NEXT UPSTREAM SYSTEM
BEGINS TO APPROACH TUESDAY.  PLENTY OF WRAPAROUND MOISTURE TO REMAIN
THROUGH MOST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD AND WILL CONTINUE POPS THROUGH
TUESDAY.

MILD TEMPERATURE TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH FAIRLY
SMALL DIURNAL RANGE.  GENERALLY PREFER FWC NUMBERS ONCE AGAIN TODAY
AS FAN APPEARS MUCH TOO COOL.

AS WE HAVE WIDESPREAD FLOODING CONDITIONS CURRENTLY ON GOING OVER
MOST OF CWA WILL NOT REISSUE FFA FOR THE REGION.  WILL HANDLE
FURTHER FLOODING WITH THE STRONGER FFW/FLW PRODUCTS.

MOISTURE TO CONTINUE TO EXIT THE REGION INTO THE EXTENDED PERIOD AND
WILL BRING AN END TO PRECIPITATION THURSDAY.  TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN COOL WITH SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES FORECAST BY THE END OF
THE WEEK.

FCSTID = 16
ICT   51  57  46  54 / 100  60  50  40
HUT   50  56  45  54 / 100  60  50  40
EWK   50  56  45  54 / 100  60  50  40
EQA   51  57  45  54 / 100  60  50  40
WLD   52  58  47  55 / 100  60  50  40
RSL   45  48  41  48 / 100  80  50  40
GBD   46  49  42  49 / 100  80  50  40
SLN   47  52  44  51 / 100  80  50  40
MPR   47  51  43  50 / 100  80  50  40
CFV   52  56  45  54 / 100  60  50  30
CNU   51  55  44  54 / 100  60  50  30
K88   50  54  43  54 /p 100  60  50  30

.ICT...NONE.

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.