Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

Sep 9, 2016, 5:24 AM CDT (10:24 UTC)

Expired

Sep 9, 2016, 1:15 PM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Butler County, KS

The Wichita radar (KICT), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
524 AM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT FRIDAY

* AT 518 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 6 TO 8
  INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY AS WELL AS ACROSS
  NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY. SIMILAR AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE REST
  OF BUTLER COUNTY THIS MORNING. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
  SHORTLY!

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  EL DORADO...ANDOVER...AUGUSTA...ROSE HILL...DOUGLASS...TOWANDA...
  BENTON...WHITEWATER...LEON...POTWIN...ELBING...BURNS...LATHAM...
  ROSALIA...CASSODAY...EL DORADO STATE PARK...SANTA FE LAKE...
  AUGUSTA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...BEAUMONT AND EL DORADO LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 96.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. NEVER DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES!

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 3809 9715 3809 9652 3748 9652 3748 9715

$$

ES

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1044 AM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

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BUTLER KS-
1044 AM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR
BUTLER COUNTY...

AT 1039 AM CDT...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM LAST NIGHTS HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE RISES ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY
ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. THE WORST FLOODING IS
OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY NEAR THE TOWNS OF ROSE HILL
AND DOUGLAS. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EL DORADO...ANDOVER...AUGUSTA...ROSE HILL...DOUGLASS...TOWANDA...
BENTON...WHITEWATER...LEON...POTWIN...ELBING...BURNS...LATHAM...
ROSALIA...CASSODAY...EL DORADO STATE PARK...SANTA FE LAKE...
AUGUSTA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...BEAUMONT AND EL DORADO LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 3809 9715 3809 9652 3748 9652 3748 9715

$$

JAKUB

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
103 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

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BUTLER KS-
103 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BUTLER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3809 9715 3809 9652 3748 9652 3748 9715

$$

JAKUB

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