Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Wichita, KS

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WGUS73 KICT 121227
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
727 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

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BUTLER KS-COWLEY KS-
727 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR
WESTERN COWLEY AND BUTLER COUNTIES...

AT 719 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED WATER 
OVER NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS BUTLER AND NORTHWEST COWLEY COUNTIES. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN
AREAS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...RURAL COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3700 9714 3807 9714 3808 9652 3802 9652
      3720 9679

$$

LAWSON

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
315 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

.DISCUSSION...
MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE IS HEAVY RAINFALL/FLOODING POTENTIAL FROM
TWO SEPARATE SYSTEMS: HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER AIRMASS ALONG/E OF
STALLED FRONTAL ZONE....AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR IKES REMNANTS
AFFECTING SERN KS SAT NIGHT INTO SUN MORNING.

TODAY-SATURDAY:
SHORTWAVE TROF OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES EARLY THIS AM WILL EJECT OUT
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS FRI NIGHT INTO SAT AS ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVE
ENERGY DIGS SEWD OUT OF CANADA. AS A RESULT...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
FROM SW THRU CENTRAL KS WILL LIKELY REMAIN STATIONARY TODAY...BEFORE
SLOWLY MOVING EWD TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY REACHING SERN KS SAT PM.
BEST HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING POTENTIAL DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WILL EXIST
ACROSS CENTRAL/S-CNTRL KS AND PART OF THE FLINT HILLS...WHERE THE
GFS/NAM-WRF SHOW A VERY HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER AIRMASS (2
INCHES)...850 FN CONVERGENCE...AND SEVERAL WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCES
TRACKING NEWD WITHIN THE SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME. ONLY CHANGE TO
THE CURRENT FLOOD WATCH WAS TO EXTEND IT INTO 12Z-18Z SAT FOR THE
AREA ALONG/SE OF A LYONS TO SALINA LINE. CONSENSUS QPF WITH SOME
TWEAKS MADE TO HPC QPF...IS FOR 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE FFA AREA WITH
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE WHERE TRAINING ECHOES OCCUR. CLOUD
COVER AND RAIN WILL KEEP HIGHS BELOW NORMAL.

SAT NIGHT-SUNDAY:
AS UPPER TROFFING SWEEPS FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE GREAT
LAKES DURING THE PERIOD...IKES REMNANTS ARE EXPECTED TO LIFT FROM
EAST TX INTO THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WITH A SPEED/TRACK IN
BETWEEN THE SLOWER GFS AND FASTER ECMWF. THE HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING
POTENTIAL WILL SHIFT INTO OUR FAR SERN KS COUNTIES...WHERE 2 TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL FROM SAT NIGHT INTO SUN AM. THE
PROGRESSIVE NATURE TO IKES REMNANTS SHOULD KEEP AMOUNTS FROM
GETTING TOO OUT OF CONTROL. WE MAY EVENTUALLY NEED A FLOOD WATCH FOR
THESE COUNTIES BUT CONSENSUS WITH WFO SGF WAS TO HOLD OFF SINCE ITS
4TH/5TH PERIOD.

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY:
IN THE WAKE OF IKES REMNANTS...SHOULD SEE SUBSIDENCE OVER OUR AREA
WITH CLEARING SKIES...AS UPPER RIDGING SPREADS EWD FROM THE ROCKIES.
THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR A GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE...WITH MONDAY LOOKING
LIKE A 5 STAR DAY WITH LIGHT WINDS AND HIGHS IN LOW-MID 70S.
TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY WARM TO NORMAL VALUES BY WED.

JMC

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    77  68  77  62 / 100  80  60  60
HUTCHINSON      76  64  77  58 / 100  80  50  40
NEWTON          77  67  77  61 / 100  80  60  60
ELDORADO        77  69  77  62 / 100  80  70  70
WINFIELD-KWLD   79  69  77  63 / 100  80  70  70
RUSSELL         72  60  77  55 / 100  60  30  10
GREAT BEND      72  61  77  55 / 100  70  30  20
SALINA          74  63  77  59 / 100  80  50  20
MCPHERSON       75  64  77  58 / 100  80  50  40
COFFEYVILLE     83  70  78  65 /  80  70  80 100
CHANUTE         82  70  78  64 /  80  70  80 100
IOLA            81  70  78  64 /  80  70  70 100
PARSONS-KPPF    83  70  78  65 /  80  70  80 100

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR KSZ049>053-067>071-
082-083-091>094.

FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR KSZ032-033-047-048.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
445 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-130945-
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-
RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-
SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
445 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ALONG WITH
THE FLINT HILLS. PLEASE REFER TO THE FLOOD WATCH FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SHIFT INTO SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS SATURDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO
BE A POSSIBILITY. FURTHERMORE...THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE ARE
EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM EAST TEXAS INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WHICH COULD IMPACT FAR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
HOWEVER REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 1 INCH AND
FLOODING WILL BE APPRECIATED.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

JMC

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1145 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1130 PM     FLOOD            7 N SYLVAN GROVE        39.11N 98.39W
09/11/2008                   LINCOLN            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGER DITCHES FULL ALONG NORTH HIGHWAY 181...3 MILES
            NORTH OF THE K18 INTERSECTION.

&&

EPS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
342 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0340 AM     FLOOD            ANTHONY                 37.15N 98.03W
09/12/2008                   HARPER             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MINOR STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN ANTHONY.

0340 AM     FLOOD            WELLINGTON              37.27N 97.40W
09/12/2008                   SUMNER             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MINOR STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN WELLINGTON.

&&

RBL