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 Jun 5, 2:24 PM CST, 7 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...FCST NUMBERS BELOW NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 324 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 TNGHT BIG SWATH OF RAIN OVER WESTERN KS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ITS WAY WEST HEADING INTO TNGHT. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A COUPLE IMPRESSIVE WAVES SLIDING S IN THE NW FLOW REGIME. FIRST WAVE NOW SLIDING ACROSS THE DAKOTAS WAS PRODUCING THE RAIN OVER CURRENTLY OVER WESTERN KS. THIS WILL BRING GOOD CHANCES OF RAIN FOR MUCH OF THE CWA AS THIS WAVE MOVES CLOSER THUS WILL KEEP HIGHER END POPS GOING. THINGS SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM NW TO SE HEADING INTO THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. FRI-SAT SFC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION WITH PRECIP COMING TO AN END FOR SE KS FRIDAY MORNING. GOOD ISENTROPIC DOWNGLIDE ON THE BACKSIDE SHOULD SCOUR OUT THE CLOUDS WITH MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS PREVAILING. TEMPS SHOULD WARM UP SOME DUE TO MORE SUNSHINE COMPARED TO THE LAST FEW DAYS. SAT SYSTEM HAS BEEN PICKING UP A BIT MORE STEAM WHICH COULD WORK AGAINST IT SOME BY MAKING THE WINDOW OF BETTER MSTR/INSTABILITY SMALLER. THIS WILL CAUSE CHANCES OF SEVERE TO GO DOWN...HOWEVER DECENT CHANCES OF PRECIP WILL STAY IN THE EQUATION. CURRENT SPEED AND TRACK OF THE FRONT HAS PRECIP DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN HALF OF CWA FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY THEN SHIFTING EASTWARD ACROSS THE CWA. SUN-SUN NGHT ANOTHER DRYING OUT PERIOD AS SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA WITH DRIER AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION. ONCE AGAIN ISENTROPIC DOWNGLIDE WILL SCOUR OUT THE CLOUDS FROM W TO E ACROSS THE CWA. EXTENDED: MON-THUR UPPER PATTERN WILL BE GOING THRU A TRANSITION PHASE FOR THIS PERIOD AS NW FLOW REGIME SWITCHES TO A SUBBLTE SW FLOW REGIME BY THUR. THIS TRANSITION WILL INCREASE THE HEAT ACROSS KS AND HUMIDITY WILL ALSO BE ON THE RISE...WITH GULF OPENING ITS DOORS TO FREE ACCESS OF MSTR. MODELS CONFIRM THIS TREND WITH HIGHER 850 THETA E VALUES MORE INDICATIVE OF EARLY SUMMER TIME SETTLING OVER THE REGION (TUES-THUR). WITH THAT SAID ITS HARD TO RULE OUT CHANCES OF STORMS FIRING ALMOST ANY DAY DUE TO HIGHER CAPE ENVIRONMENT. ANY WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL BE ABLE TO TRIGGER STORM DEVELOPMENT IN THIS TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT...AND THE REAL CHALLENGE WILL COME FROM TRYING TO PIN DOWN THE TIMING OF THESE WAVES. COULD TOSS IN CHANCES OF POPS ACROSS THE CWA EVERYDAY BUT WILL OPT NOT TO DO THAT. IT WONT BE RAINING THIS ENTIRE PERIOD BUT GOOD AFTERNOON SFC HEATING AND LITTLE WEAK WAVES WILL BE ENOUGH TO KICK THINGS OFF. COULD SEE SOME ELEVATED CONVECTION POSSIBLY DEVELOPING MON NGHT FOR CWA AS MSTR SURGES NORTHWARD UP THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS. ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE OF THIS MSTR ALONG WITH SHOWALTER VALUES DIPPING INTO THE NEG RANGE SUPPORT THIS POSSIBILITY. WILL PLACE SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCES ALONG KS/OK BORDER. ANOTHER WAVE LOOKS TO APPROACH THE AREA LATE TUES INTO WED AND WILL START POPS ON WED AND LET LATER SHIFTS MOVE TIMING AROUND AS NECESSARY. WILL CARRY ANOTHER CHANCE OF PRECIP ON THUR AS A BNDY COULD SET UP ACROSS THE AREA VIA GFS SOLUTION...BUT DAY 7 FCST SO WILL NOT GO ABOVE 30 POPS AT THIS JUNCTURE. FCSTID = 15/JAKUB ICT 55 78 55 76 / 80 10 10 20 HUT 53 78 56 74 / 80 10 10 30 EWK 54 77 55 75 / 80 10 10 20 EQA 55 77 55 76 / 80 10 10 20 WLD 56 78 56 79 / 80 10 10 20 RSL 50 78 55 71 / 80 5 10 40 GBD 52 78 55 71 / 80 5 10 40 SLN 52 77 55 73 / 80 10 10 40 MPR 54 77 55 75 / 80 10 10 20 CFV 58 76 54 81 / 80 30 10 10 CNU 58 74 54 80 / 80 30 10 10 K88 58 74 54 80 / 80 30 10 10 .ICT...NONE.
KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-061200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 620 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS THE REGION AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE STORMS, MAINLY BEFORE SUNSET. AFTER SUNSET THE SEVERE THREAT WILL DIMINISH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT THIS TIME, EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/ICT/HWO/HWOICT.HTM KETCHAM
The Wichita radar (KICT), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Fair Street barricaded between 1st and Lincoln Streets.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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