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Areal Flood Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS

May 22, 2014Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this areal flood warning at May 22, 2014, 11:58 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 2014, 11:58 PM CDT (04:58 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2014, 4:00 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at May 22, 11:51 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 11:51 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 8:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 22, 6:13 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
613 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2014

KSZ099-230000-
MONTGOMERY-
613 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELK CITY...OR 18 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF SEDAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORM INTENSIES AND
BECOMES SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOODING WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK
FOR MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3714 9592 3720 9597 3725 9597 3732 9590
      3725 9569
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 312DEG 11KT 3725 9590

CARUSO

Special weather statement, May 22, 6:29 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
629 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2014

KSZ091-230015-
HARPER-
629 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 626 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MANCHESTER...OR 8 MILES SOUTH
  OF ANTHONY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BLUFF CITY.

PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORM INTENSIES AND
BECOMES SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3712 9811 3716 9781 3700 9780 3699 9810
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 268DEG 12KT 3704 9800

CARUSO

Special weather statement, May 22, 7:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
713 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2014

KSZ091-230100-
HARPER-
713 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHERN HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 711 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF ZENDA...OR 15 MILES
  EAST OF MEDICINE LODGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARPER...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...RUNNYMEDE AND DANVILLE.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

OTHER SCATTERED STRONG STORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN HARPER
COUNTY AND ARE CAPABLE OF PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40
TO 50 MPH.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORM INTENSIFIES AND
BECOMES SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3722 9835 3738 9836 3739 9793 3725 9787
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 236DEG 4KT 3734 9831

CARUSO

Local storm report, May 22, 7:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 8:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 22, 11:51 PM CDT, 7 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 22, 7:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	47 min
May 22, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	51 min
May 22, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	50 min
May 22, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	54 min
May 23, 10:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	5 hr
May 23, 10:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	44 min
May 23, 11:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton	5 hr
May 23, 11:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	66 min
May 23, 12:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	10 hr
May 23, 1:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	48 min
May 23, 2:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	60 min
May 23, 2:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	26 min
May 23, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	52 min
May 23, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	42 min
May 23, 3:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	5 hr
May 23, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	68 min
May 23, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	47 min
May 23, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	67 min
May 23, 5:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson	18 hr
May 23, 5:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	18 hr
May 23, 6:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	42 min

Nearby

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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.