16 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Sep 11, 3:04 AM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 404 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003 BUSY NGT. UPR TROF VERY EVIDENT ON PROFILERS/WATER VAPOR LOOPS WITH IMPRESSIVE UPR DIFFUENCE OVR WRN KS. THIS SHOULD KEEP PCPN GOING/EXPANDING THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER ABOUT THE TIME THE LLVL JET DIMINISHES, WL BE THE TIME THE FNT ARRIVES, SO STILL EXPECT DECENT BAND OF PCPN ALG FNT. WITH MDT/HVY PCPN AND TRAINING LKLY, OPTED TO GO WITH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TNGT FOR ENTIRE AREA, ALTHOUGH NW SXNS WL LKLY BE CLEARED LATER THIS MORNING OR EARLY AFTN. PCPN SHUD STILL BE HVY TNGT IN SE KS. WISHY WASHY MODEL RUNS CONT WITH DEPTH OF CUT OFF LOW. STILL APPRS THAT THERE WILL BE A BIT OF WRAP ARND EXPANSION OF MSTR WORKING INTO THE AREA EITHER LATE FRI NGT OR SAT. WHAT IS STILL UNCLEAR IS WHETHER THERE WL BE ENUF MSTR FOR PCPN LATE SAT/SAT NGT WHEN UPR WAVE FINALLY ROTATES THRU. WL KEEP STATUS QUO FOR NOW. REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED APPEARS TO BE IN LINE WITH LATEST DATA, WITH LTL IF ANY CHGS. FCSTID = 17/HOWERTON ICT 75 59 78 58 / 100 20 5 10 HUT 74 57 79 56 / 90 10 5 10 EWK 75 58 79 56 / 90 20 5 10 EQA 76 59 78 57 / 100 40 10 20 WLD 78 59 78 60 / 100 50 10 20 RSL 72 53 79 54 / 50 5 5 10 GBD 72 54 79 54 / 60 5 5 10 SLN 73 56 79 55 / 90 10 5 10 MPR 75 58 79 56 / 90 20 5 10 CFV 81 63 77 61 / 90 80 30 30 CNU 80 62 78 59 / 90 80 30 30 K88 79 62 78 59 / 90 80 30 30 .ICT... KS...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ZONES KSZ032>033... KSZ047>053...KSZ067>072...KSZ082>083...KSZ091>096...KSZ098>100.
KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-121200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 440 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME FLOODING IS LIKELY OVER THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY, AND GENERALLY EAST OF I-35 TONIGHT. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, WITH THE BEST CHANCE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM IOLA TO WELLINGTON. HOWEVER THESE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER REPORTS OF FLOODING ARE REQUESTED, VIA E-SPOTTER OR THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/ICT/HWO/HWOICT.HTM HOWERTON
KSZ032-047-110140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 812 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2003 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 921 HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 923 EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS: BARTON...RUSSELL. JMC
KSZ032-047-110715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 145 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 923 THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT OVER BOTH COUNTIES WITH HEAVY RAINS THE PRIMARY THREAT. ES
The Wichita radar (KICT), 4 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:38 UTC.
16 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
KFDI reported North Broadway Avenue flooded from 77th Street North, thru 93rd Street North, to 101st Street North near the Sedgwick/Harvey County line.
County Line Road flooded 4 miles west of Highway 77 near Butler/Marion County line.
The following were flooded: 13th Street/West Street intersection, 2nd Street/West Street intersection, 31st Street South/South Seneca intersection, and 2nd Avenue/Market Street Intersection in downtown Wichita.
Paradise Creek overflowed Highway 281 and adjacent fields.
Meadowlark Elementary flooded. School closed.
Woman trapped in car at East Central/159th Street intersection near Terradyne Country Club. Rescue required.
Numerous roads and highways flooded.
East Kellogg/Butler Road intersection flooded.
Dike Road flooded 1/2 mile north of Highway 54.
Santa Fe Lake Road flooded 2 miles south of Highway 54.
Southwest 50th/Ohio Street intersection barricaded.
Southwest 20th/Hopkins Switch Road barricaded.
Basements of 2 homes flooded. Extent of damage unknown, so initial damage estimate rough approximation until more details provided.
Tawakoni Road flooded from 5 miles north of Highway 254 to Northwest 30th Street. Flood depth averaged 2 feet.
Highway K-96/Haverhill Road intersection flooded.
Walnut River bridge submerged 1/4 mile west of Highway 77.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, September 2003
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5374390, 5374391, 5374463, 5374464, 5374465, 5374466, 5374467, 5374470, 5374471, 5374472, 5374468, 5374469, 5374473, 5374474, 5374475, 5374476.