Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

Jul 17, 1999, 4:48 AM CDT (09:48 UTC)

Expired

Jul 17, 1999, 12:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Reno County, KS

The Wichita radar (KICT), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KICT 170948
FFWICT
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
448 AM CDT SAT JUL 17 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 430 AM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN RENO COUNTY REPORTED  
AREAS BETWEEN 30TH AVENUE AND 43RD AVENUE TO THE WEST OF MONROE 
STREET WERE BEING EVACUATED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  ANOTHER AREA BEING 
EVACUATED DUE TO HIGH WATER WAS A TRAILER PARK SOUTHEAST OF THE 
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 50 AND HIGHWAY 61 NEAR COW CREEK.  SEVERAL 
ROADS WERE STILL CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN RENO COUNTY INCLUDING 
MANY CITY STREETS IN HUTCHINSON. 

ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS COME TO AN END...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL 
CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS 
AND UNDERPASSES FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS 
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW 
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

&
NOONAN

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 17, 3:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
344 AM CDT SAT JUL 17 1999

MAIN CHALLENGE THIS PACKAGE IS PRECIP CHCS. PREFERRED THE ETA AS IT
WAS HANDLING THE LOCATION OF THE SFC BOUNDARY AND SUBSEQUENT
RAINFALL THE BEST. THIS BOUNDARY WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTH AS HIGH
PRESSURE PUSHES NORTH AND EAST. EXPECT IT TO STILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH
TO THE FCST AREA TO WARRANT POPS ACROSS THE CEN SECTION TODAY AND
TONIGHT. WILL CONTINUE POPS THROUGH SUNDAY AS LEE SIDE TROUGH
PERSISTS AND SHORTWAVES (AS NOTED ON 700MB ANALYSIS) RIDE UP AND
OVER DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE. WILL CONTINUE LOWER POPS ACROSS THE
SCEN/SE SECTIONS THROUGH SAT NIGHT. WILL NOT MENTION SPECIFIC TIMING
OF PRECIP ACROSS CEN SECTION IN TODAY PERIOD. WILL LIKELY SEE PRECIP
CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH ANOTHER CHC THIS AFTERNOON. MAY NOT HAVE
MUCH CHC DURING THE DAY ACROSS SCEN/SE SECTIONS. THOUGHT ABOUT FFA
FOR TONIGHT ACROSS CEN SECTION...HOWEVER THINK SFC BOUNDARY AND
THEREFORE BEST CONVERGENCE WILL BE NORTH OF THE FCST AREA.

THINK CLOUDS WILL HANG AROUND THE LONGEST ACROSS THE NORTH SO WILL
LOWER HIGH TEMPS SLIGHTLY IN CEN SECTION. WILL ALSO LOWER HI TEMPS
SLIGHTLY IN SE SECTION. THE REST OF THE PREVIOUS FCST LOOKS GOOD.

FCSTID = 7/NRR
ICT   89  72  94  72 /  30  20  10  10
HUT   86  70  92  72 /  40  20  10  10
EWK   87  71  92  72 /  30  20  10  10
EQA   88  71  93  72 /  30  20  10  10
WLD   90  73  94  72 /  20  20  10  10
RSL   83  68  90  72 /  60  30  20  10
GBD   84  69  91  72 /  60  30  20  10
SLN   84  69  90  72 /  60  30  20  10
MPR   85  69  91  72 /  50  30  20  10
CFV   90  72  94  72 /  10  20  10  10
CNU   90  71  93  72 /  10  20  10  10
K88   89  70  93  72 /  10  20  10  10

.ICT...NONE.

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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.