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Areal Flood Warning 151, NWS Wichita, KS

September 10, 2016Butler County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this areal flood warning at Sep 10, 2016, 9:41 AM CDT for Butler County, Kansas. It was in force for 9 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
Sep 10, 2016, 9:41 AM CDT (14:41 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Butler County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:46 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 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 Sep 10, 5:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 5:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Wichita KS
555 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2016

.SHORT TERM...(Today through Monday night)
Issued at 308 AM CDT Sat Sep 10 2016

The well-advertised cold front has pushed through the remainder of
southeastern Kansas early this morning, and post-frontal stratiform
rainfall should clear the far southeastern Kansas counties by 10
or 11 UTC. The parent upper trough over the Upper Midwest will
translate eastward to the Great Lakes/Ohio Valley by this evening,
with high pressure building into Kansas with cooler and drier air
for today. Lee troughing and southerly return flow will develop
Sunday into Monday, ahead of mid-upper level height falls occuring
over the western states and south-central Canada. This will allow
temperatures to modify to slightly warmer than average by Monday.

The next cold front is progged to drop southward into Kansas Monday
into Monday night, with dewpoints recovering to well up into the 60s
ahead of the front. This front will signal the next chance of
thunderstorms from late Monday into Monday night, with highest
probabilities across central into northeast Kansas at this juncture.

.LONG TERM...(Tuesday through Friday)
Issued at 308 AM CDT Sat Sep 10 2016

An upper trough will continue to press eastward across the Great
Lakes and Northeast Tuesday into Wednesday, while an upper trough
remains cutoff over the Great Basin. This will allow the cold front
to settle south of Kansas. Storm chances Wednesday should be mainly
south and west of the forecast area. The upper trough over the Great
Basin is progged to approach the Plains late in the week.
Moist/unstable air should return northward ahead of this trough,
bringing increased chances of showers/thunderstorms to the forecast
area for Thursday/Friday per the GEFS, GFS, and ECWMF. Mostly cloudy
skies and periodic storm chances during this extended forecast
period should keep temperatures near to slightly below seasonal
normals.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Sunday morning)
Issued at 551 AM CDT Sat Sep 10 2016

VFR conditions are slated for today into tonight, as surface high
pressure builds into the Kansas region behind a cold front.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Wichita-KICT    76  54  80  65 /   0   0   0   0
Hutchinson      76  54  81  65 /   0   0   0   0
Newton          75  53  79  64 /   0   0   0   0
ElDorado        75  53  79  64 /   0   0   0   0
Winfield-KWLD   75  54  80  65 /   0   0   0   0
Russell         76  54  82  65 /   0   0   0   0
Great Bend      77  54  82  65 /   0   0   0   0
Salina          77  53  81  65 /   0   0   0   0
McPherson       76  53  80  64 /   0   0   0   0
Coffeyville     77  52  80  61 /  10   0   0   0
Chanute         75  51  79  61 /   0   0   0   0
Iola            74  52  78  61 /   0   0   0   0
Parsons-KPPF    76  51  80  61 /  10   0   0   0

&&

.ICT Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
None.
&&

SHORT TERM...JMC
LONG TERM...JMC
AVIATION...JMC
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 10, 4:02 AM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
402 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2016

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-110915-
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-
402 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NUMEROUS ONGOING RIVER AND COUNTY FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE
FLOOD WARNING STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SEVERAL MAINSTEM RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN FLOOD SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. PLEASE
REFER TO THE FLOOD WARNING STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST FOR LATE MONDAY
INTO TUESDAY...THEN AGAIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. A FEW OF THE
STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT:
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 10, 4:53 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 10, 6:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
616 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2016

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

0616 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CLEARWATER              37.51N 97.50W
09/10/2016                   SEDGWICK           KS   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            THREE WATER RESCUES WERE UNDER WAY NEAR CLEARWATER DUE TO
            RISING WATER FROM NINNESCAH RIVER GETTING CLOSE TO
            PEOPLES HOMES.

&&

CDJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick29 min
Sep 9, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey55 min
Sep 9, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner65 min
Sep 9, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner27 min
Sep 9, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman63 min
Sep 9, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick58 min
Sep 9, 7:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTSedgwick14 hr
Sep 9, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler57 min
Sep 9, 8:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler14 hr
Sep 9, 8:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper67 min
Sep 9, 8:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarper14 hr
Sep 9, 8:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTGreenwood14 hr
Sep 9, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner60 min
Sep 9, 9:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson42 hr
Sep 9, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley55 min
Sep 9, 10:24 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSedgwick15 hr
Sep 9, 10:55 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTCowley, Sumner12 hr
Sep 9, 11:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTSumner8 hr
Sep 10, 1:44 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTAllen, Woodson12 hr
Sep 10, 3:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTChase, Lyon35 hr
Sep 10, 9:00 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTWilson35 hr
Sep 10, 9:35 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSedgwick9 hr
Sep 10, 11:32 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSumner8 hr

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.