Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

May 17, 1999, 2:56 PM CDT (19:56 UTC)

Expired

May 17, 1999, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Sedgwick County, KS

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
256 PM CDT MON MAY 17 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
     WESTERN SEDGWICK

A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED ALONG THE COWSKIN CREEK AND ITS 
TRIBUTARIES IN SEDGWICK COUNTY.  HEAVY RAINS SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY 
MONDAY MORNING DROPPED 3-6 INCHES OF RAINFALL ON THE UPPER REACHES 
OF THE COWSKIN BASIN.  THE RESULT OF THIS RAINFALL HAS BEEN A SLOW 
BUT PERSISTENT RISE IN LEVELS ALONG THE CREEK THROUGHOUT THE DAY.  
THE COWSKIN AND CALFSKIN CREEKS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO SLOWLY RISE 
THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS SEDGWICK COUNTY AND WESTERN PARTS OF 
WICHITA...AS UPSTREAM FIELDS AND STREAMS CONTINUE TO DRAIN INTO THE 
BASIN.  RISING WATER AND WATER OVER ROADS IS STILL LIKELY TO BE A 
PROBLEM INTO TONIGHT...AND SOME LOW LYING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES MAY 
ALSO BE AT RISK OF FLOODING.  NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS FORECAST FOR 
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
RIVER RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. BUT ALL
INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

BAKER

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 17, 2:40 PM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
240 PM CDT MON MAY 17 1999

MAIN PROBLEM WITH THIS PACKAGE WILL BE TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT AND
PRECIPITATION CHANCES IN THE EXTENDED.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL FILL IN THE PLAINS THIS EVENING AND BRING DRIER
AIR TO THE REGION.  THIS SHOULD CLEAR THE SKIES AND WEAKEN THE WINDS
ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE CWA.  THE CLOUDS MAY HANG ON A
BIT LONGER IN THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS.

ON TUESDAY...THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO MOVE EAST AND ALLOW FOR
SOME RETURN FLOW IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS.  THE H8 TEMPERATURES ARE
AROUND 14C...SO I WILL TRIM A FEW DEGREES OF OFF THE FWC VALUES. I
AM EXPECTING SOME FAIR WEATHER CUMULUS TO DEVELOP...BUT NOTHING
DRASTIC.

AS THE MOISTURE INCREASES ON WEDNESDAY...THE CLOUD COVER MAY BECOME
A BIT MORE ABUNDANT...PARTLY CLOUDY SEEMS REASONABLE.  THE H8
TEMPERATURES WARM TO AROUND 16C...SO NEAR 80 SHOULD BE A GOOD CALL.

EXTENDED...
BOUNDARY WILL STRETCH ALONG THE LEE SIDE OF THE ROCKIES AND MAY FIRE
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.  THESE STORMS COULD TRAVERSE INTO THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF OUR
CWA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.  AS THE BOUNDARY MOVES
EAST THURSDAY...STORMS MAY FIRE ACROSS ALL OF THE CWA.  WITH THE
BOUNDARY EAST OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY...NO PRECIPITATION WILL BE
MENTIONED.

NUMBERS TO FOLLOW LATER.

CHANCE

.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.