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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Wichita, KS

May 7, 20097 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood watch at May 7, 2009, 3:03 PM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 8, 2009, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2009, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
In effect from: May 8, 2009, 2:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 8, 2009, 7:49 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity: None

Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at May 7, 2:40 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 2:40 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 12:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 2:18 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	Chautauqua, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	8 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Kansas, 2009 Every flash flood watch in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.