Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Wichita, KS

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WGUS73 KICT 270853
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
353 AM CDT MON APR 27 2009

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BUTLER KS-SEDGWICK KS-
353 AM CDT MON APR 27 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR
SEDGWICK AND BUTLER COUNTIES...

AT 349 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 
BUTLER COUNTY.

AT 330 AM CDT...BUTLER COUNTY EOC INFORMED US THAT EVACUATIONS 
CONTINUE IN THE WAGON WHEEL HOUSING ADDITION NEAR SANTA FE LAKE 
WHICH IS 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUGUSTA. THEY ARE ALSO STARTING TO 
CONDUCT SOME EVACUATIONS AROUND EL DORADO. 

THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PERSIST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS 
BEFORE DIMINISHING TOWARDS DAYBREAK. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP 
TO 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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 3772 9780 3773 9769 3791 9770 3791 9714
      3808 9715 3809 9652 3762 9652 3747 9713
      3747 9779

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COX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1246 AM CDT MON APR 27 2009

.AVIATION...06Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
AREAS OF IFR/MVFR CIGS/VSBYS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA
OVERNIGHT...WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS CONVECTION. A GENERAL
IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE
MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON...AS DRIER AIR ADVECTS ACROSS
THE AREA BEHIND A COLD FRONT. CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BECOME
VFR ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS BY THE END OF THE FORECAST VALID
PERIOD...WITH MVFR CIGS LINGERING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

KED

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 853 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009/

MESOSCALE UPDATE...
LINE OF STRONG TSRA CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40-50 MPH WINDS CONTINUES
TO SURGE E/NE ACROSS BUTLER COUNTY THIS EVENING. THE APEX OF THE
SLIGHTLY BOWING LINE WILL TARGET BUTLER...SRN CHASE & GREENWOOD
COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM CDT. OVERALL...THIS LINE OF STRONG TSRA
EXTENDS SW TO THROUGH HARPER COUNTY TO ALFALFA COUNTY OK. THE SWRN
MOST SEGMENT...MOVING THROUGH SUMNER COUNTY...MAY ALSO PRODUCE 1/2
INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS OF THE ORDER OF 1 TO 1 1/2
INCHES PER HOUR. MOVEMENT CONTINUES TOWARD THE NE 40 MPH.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 806 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009/

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 804 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009/

MESOSCALE UPDATE...CORRECTED
THE BOW ECHO THAT UNLEASHED 60-70 MPH WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF SC KS IS
SURGING NE ACROSS NE KS EARLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...ANOTHER LINE
OF STRONG TSRA IS SURGING NE40 TOWARD THE SC KS SEGMENT OF THE KS
TURNPIKE AT 8 PM CDT. THIS LINE OF CONVECTION LIKELY CONTAINS 40-50
MPH WINDS SO THOSE TRAVELING ON THE KS TURNPIKE NEED TO BE ALERT TO
STRONG WLY CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY FROM 815 TO 830 PM CDT.

SHORT TERM...
THE WIND ADVISORY THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SC & SE KS
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 655 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009/

MESOSCALE UPDATE...
BOW ECHO CONTINUES TO RACE NE40 TOWARD KS TURNPIKE WITH APEX OF BOW
PARALLELING AREAS ALONG & JUST NW OF TURNPIKE THRU 730 PM CDT. WINDS
OF 60-70 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THE BOW ECHO IN VALLEY CENTER &
NEAR PARK CITY. TORRENTIAL RAINFALLS AT RATES OF 1 INCH/HR ARE LIKELY
AS THE LINE OF SEVERE TSRA SURGES NE WITH LOCALIZED VSBYS LESS THAN
1 MILE LIKELY AS WELL.

AVIATION...00Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE TSRA TO IMPACT ALL BUT KRSL TONIGHT WITH VSBYS
LOCALLY REDUCED TO 1SM +TSRA WITH 40-50KT GUSTS LIKELY AS WELL.
OTHERWISE...MVFR CIGS & VSBYS TO PREVAIL FOR MOST OF VALID TAF CYCLE
WITH IFR CIGS LIKELY AT KSLN LATE TONIGHT.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 330 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009/

SYNOPSIS...
THIS AFTERNOON...A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT WAS DRAPED IN A NE-SW MANNER
FROM CNTRL NEBRASKA TO SE CO. A STRONG DRY LINE EXTENDED S/SW FROM THE
FRONT BETWEEEN KDDC & KGCK ACROSS ERN SECTIONS OF THE TX PANHANDLE. THE
BEHAVIOR OF THE FRONT WILL BE A MAJOR CONCERN FROM TONIGHT THROUGH MON
EVENING AS IT WILL NO DOUBT BE THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR NUMEROUS STRONG TO
SEVERE TSRA CAPABLE OF ALSO PRODUCING +RA THROUGH MON MORNING.

DISCUSSION...
TONIGHT-MON NIGHT:
WITH STRONG() HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORED OVER FAR SE CONUS EACH SHORT-WAVE
EJECTING FROM MAIN UPR-DECK TROF POSITIONED OVER PACIFIC NW WILL LIKELY
BE FORCED NE ACROSS CNTRL/NRN PLAINS. IN RESPONSE...THE AFORE-MENTIONED
STATIONARY FRONT WOULD TRANSITION INTO COLD FRONT & MOVE SLOWLY SE
ACROSS KICT COUNTRY TONIGHT & MON MORNING. ENCOUNTERING RICHER & DEEPER
MOISTURE AS IT MOVES SE THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER NUMEROUS
+TSRA ACROSS THE REGION...MANY OF WHICH WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE WITH +RA
AN INCREASING THREAT AS TONIGHT PROGRESSES. A FLOOD WATCH WILL THEREFORE
REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MOST AREAS ALONG & E OF I-135 THROUGH 1 PM MON. A
2ND MID-UPR SHORTWAVE ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE MEAN WRN U.S. UPR TROF IS
A BIT STRONGER THAN ITS PREDECSSOR & SHOULD PROVIDE A SUFFICIENT KICKER
TO FORCE THE COLD FRONT ACROSS SE KS MON AFTERNOON. AS SUCH THE FLOOD
WATCH EXPIRATION TIME OF 1 PM LOOKS QUITE GOOD. SCT POST-FRONTAL SHRA
MAY LINGER OVER SE KS MON EVENING.

TUE:
A BRIEF INTERMISSION FROM CONVECTION STILL SLATED FOR ALL AREAS AS WEAK
HIGH PRESSURE MOVES SE FROM THE NRN PLAINS.

TUE NIGHT-THU NIGHT:
MORE TSRA ARE SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE TUE NIGHT AS A SFC TROF DEVELOPS ALONG
THE FRONT RANGE. THE PROBABILITIES SHOULD INCREASE WED & WED NIGHT AS A
SFC LOW...STRENGTHENING OVER SW KS WED AFTERNOON...SCOOTS NE ACROSS KICT
COUNTRY ALLOWING A POTENT COLD FRONT TO SURGE SE ACROSS KS WED NIGHT. AS
SUCH THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG...& POSSIBLY SEVERE...TSRA WILL LIKEWISE
INCREASE DURING MID-WEEK. STAY TUNED.

NEXT WEEKEND:
SHOULD START UNSEASONABLY COOL AS A WEAK SEMI-INVERTED HIGH PRESSURE
RIDGE SPREADS SE ACROSS KS FRI & FRI NIGHT. VERY GRADUAL WARMUP THEN
ENSUES SAT AFTERNOON AS WEAK SFC TROFFING DEVELOPS ALONG FRONT RANGE.
TSRA SHOULD DEVELOP OVER WRN PLAINS SAT EVENING AS MID-UPR SHORT-WAVE
SCOOTS E OVER NM...THEN SPREAD E ACROSS MUCH OF KICT COUNTRY LATE SAT
NIGHT. ANY CHANCES FOR TSRA WOULD SHIFT E OVER PRIMARILY SE KS ON SUN.

AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
THUNDERSTORMS ARE THE MAIN FOCUS OF THIS FORECAST. WITH
THUNDERSTORM AND SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY AND INTO
TONIGHT...MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL TAF
SITES. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY DROP TO 2 TO 3SM AS THUNDERSTORMS
MOVE THROUGH TAF SITES...BUT HARD TO TIME. THE SURFACE FRONT IS
THROUGH KRSL AS OF THIS TAF ISSUANCE...BUT TIMING OF HOW QUICKLY
IT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST IS DIFFICULT AT THIS TIME. THE FRONT WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH KSLN...KHUT AND KICT THROUGHOUT
THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...BEFORE PUSHING OFF SOUTHEAST THROUGH
KCNU SOMETIME MONDAY.

BILLINGS

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    39  68  55  73 /  10   0  40  40
HUTCHINSON      38  66  54  73 /   0   0  40  40
NEWTON          38  67  54  72 /  10   0  30  40
ELDORADO        40  68  54  73 /  20   0  30  40
WINFIELD-KWLD   42  70  56  74 /  20   0  40  40
RUSSELL         38  66  51  72 /   0   0  40  30
GREAT BEND      38  66  52  73 /   0   0  40  30
SALINA          38  66  52  72 /   0   0  30  30
MCPHERSON       38  66  53  72 /   0   0  40  40
COFFEYVILLE     45  72  57  75 /  30   0  30  40
CHANUTE         43  69  56  73 /  30   0  30  40
IOLA            42  68  55  73 /  30   0  30  40
PARSONS-KPPF    45  70  57  74 /  30   0  30  40

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR KSZ048>053-067>071-082-
083-091>095-098.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
415 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-272115-
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-
415 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER MOST AREAS AS A SECOND...AND
STRONGER...COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS
TONIGHT. WHILE LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND DAMAGING
70 MPH WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO
LIKELY AND MAY BE RAIN WRAPPED...ESPECIALLY EARLY THIS EVENING.
LATER TONIGHT...THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING 60 TO 70 MPH
WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS THAT ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE FLOODING.
PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES INTO MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER AREAS GENERALLY ALONG...AND
SOUTHEAST...OF THE TURNPIKE...ESPECIALLY MONDAY MORNING.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND LINGER THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TICKETED FOR THE AREA WEDESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AS A POTENT COLD FRONT SURGES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO
TONIGHT.

&&

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

ES

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1114 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

KSZ095-099-270445-
MONTGOMERY-WILSON-
1114 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR MONTGOMERY AND WILSON COUNTIES...

AT 1113 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF FREDONIA TO ELK CITY TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAVANA...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

LAWSON

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1115 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

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

1113 PM     FLOOD            DURHAM                  38.49N 97.23W
04/26/2009                   MARION             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER IS OVER THE RAOD IN THE TOWNS OF DURHAM AND TAMPA.
            ALSO SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS IN NORTHERN MARION COUNTY.
            WATER OVER RAODS AT 150TH AND 160TH AND HOLLY, 330TH AND
            QUAIL CREEK.

&&

MJR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1135 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

KSZ071-072-095-096-270500-
ALLEN-NEOSHO-WILSON-WOODSON-
1135 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR ALLEN...NEOSHO...WILSON AND WOODSON COUNTIES...

AT 1135 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BUFFALO TO
NEODESHA TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHERRYVALE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.

WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

LAWSON

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1137 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

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

0651 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 N PEABODY             38.27N 97.11W
04/26/2009                   MARION             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            140TH AND MUSTANG HOUSE WAS MOVED OFF FOUNDATION. SEVERAL
            RESIDENTS HAD ROOF DAMAGE NEAR THAT AREA.

&&

REC

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1141 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

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

0651 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NW PEABODY            38.22N 97.17W
04/26/2009                   MARION             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHED WITH CONCRETE SLAB WAS MOVED ABOUT 300 YARDS.
            FURTHER INVESTIGATION MAY BE NEEDED.

&&

REC

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1234 AM CDT MON APR 27 2009

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

1159 PM     FLOOD            6 E LYONS               38.35N 98.09W
04/26/2009                   RICE               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            22ND ROAD BETWEEN AVENUES M AND B IS CLOSED. THERE IS
            WATER OVER THE ROAD ON K-14 NEAR LYONS AND NEAR AVENUE
            T...AS WELL AS 8TH ROAD NEAR AVENUE R.

1202 AM     FLOOD            2 E LINDSBORG           38.57N 97.64W
04/27/2009                   MCPHERSON          KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SMOKY VALLEY ROAD IS CLOSED BETWEEN 14TH AVENUE AND
            INTERSTATE 135. 22ND AND 27TH AVENUES NEAR MOUNDRIDGE ARE
            ALSO CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

&&

SCHRECK