1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 2, 9:51 PM CST, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 951 PM CST FRI NOV 2 2001 LO CLDS ALREADY DVLPG FM NR PNC-E DDC. THIS AREA SHUD CONT TO DVLP/EXPAND THRUT NGT AS LLVL MSTR IS PUSHED UPHILL IN WEAK SFC FLOW. SHARP DEWPT GRADIENT AND LGT SFC WNDS WL MAKE IT TOUGH TO NAIL DOWN WHERE FOG IS MOST LKLY. BIGGEST CONCERN IS CNTRL KS WHERE SFC DEWPTS IN THE UPR 30S HAVE ALLOWED TEMPS TO DROP INTO THE LWR 50S. IF THIS TREND CONT AND 00Z SO CALLED MESO ETA IS CORRECT WITH BNDRY LYR WNDS...COULD SEE SGFNT FOG IN THAT AREA. HOWEVER BASED ON ITS FCST SFC DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS...THE BEST CHC WOULD BE ALG/S OF HIGHWAY 400. GUT FEELING IS THE BETTER CHC IS ACRS NRN PART OF FCST AREA WHERE SFC TEMPS ARE LWR...WITH VSBYS STAYING AOA 1SM ACRS S CNTRL KS. ALSO HAVE DENSE FOG POTENTIAL IN SE KS WHERE DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS ARE ALREADY DOWN TO 2-4F. AMT OF FOG THERE WL DEPEND ON WHETHER THE UPR 50/LWR 60 DEWPTS ACRS ERN OK CAN BE PUSHED INTO KS BY DAYBRK. AT THIS POINT WL UPDATE ZONES TO ADD SOME FOG FOR MOST LOCATIONS AND MINOR TWEAKS TEMPS/WINDS. BEST CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL APPRS TO BE OUTSIDE THE FCST AREA SO WL NOT INTRO ANY POPS. HOWERTON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A slow-moving line of thunderstorms producing 4-5 inch rainfall resulted in the flash flooding of Highway 44 to depths of one foot.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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