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Flash Flood Watch 19, NWS Wichita, KS

September 20, 201917 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood watch at Sep 20, 2019, 2:27 PM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Sep 21, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 20, 2019, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 21, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 22, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity
None

Counties Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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 Sep 20, 2:24 PM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 2:24 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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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.