A large swath of moderate to heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms moved northeast across south-central and east-central Kansas from the early afternoon to late evening hours, producing widespread 1 to 3 inch rainfall amounts. The rain fell on already saturated soils, so flooding was imminent.
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A large swath of moderate to heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms moved northeast across south-central and east-central Kansas from the early afternoon to late evening hours, producing widespread 1 to 3 inch rainfall amounts. The rain fell on already saturated soils, so flooding was imminent. Most of the flooding was relatively minor, effecting numerous rural roads and low water crossings, as well as some city streets. However, one water rescue was performed near Rose Hill in Butler County.
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 Mar 30, 2:17 PM CST, 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 317 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL FLOODING TONIGHT. TONIGHT: STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW IS STILL SPINNING OVER THE EASTERN ROCKIES TODAY...WHILE A SURFACE LOW IS TRACKING ALMOST DUE NORTH FROM CENTRAL TEXAS INTO OKLAHOMA. TORNADO WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA...WHERE THE BETTER MOISTURE AND CONVERGENCE IS. THE MAIN THREAT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT HOWEVER WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL. ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME DECENT CAPE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...IT QUICKLY DIMINISHES AFTER SUNSET. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE QUITE SATURATED THROUGH 03Z TONIGHT...BUT BEGIN TO DRY OUT IN THE UPPER LEVELS BY MIDNIGHT. THEREFORE WE WOULD EXPECT THE HEAVIEST RAIN BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH MORE MODERATE RAINFALL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. THE FLOOD WATCH LOOKS REASONABLE...SO NO CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO THAT AT THIS TIME. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS SHOULD STAY WEST OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS...HOWEVER PARTS OF THAT AREA DID GET BETWEEN ONE AND ALMOST 3 INCHES OF RAIN LAST NIGHT SO IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH TO CAUSE MORE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THAT PART OF THE STATE. SATURDAY-SUNDAY: ALL MODELS INDICATE THAT THE SURFACE LOW WILL EXIT TO THE NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY...BUT BEFORE WE CLEAR OUT THERE WILL BE SOME WRAP AROUND MOISTURE KEEPING THE CLOUDS AND PROBABLY SOME LIGHTER RAIN SHOWERS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE AREA. CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD SEE CLOUDS BEGINNING TO CLEAR BEFORE SUNSET...WITH THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA FOLLOWING SUIT OVERNIGHT. SUNDAY WE SHOULD SEE NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH SUNNY SKIES. MONDAY-THURSDAY: AS THE PREVIOUS FORECASTER MENTIONED...MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THIS TIME FRAME. AN UPPER LOW OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN US...WITH A SURFACE LOW PASSING BY JUST TO OUR NORTH MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THEN THINGS SEEM TO QUIET DOWN A BIT AS WE GET INTO SOME RIDGING. DYNAMICS LOOK GOOD FOR SOME PRECIPITATION ON MONDAY NIGHT...HOWEVER THE SOUNDINGS ARE NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE AS FAR AS MOISTURE IS CONCERNED. THE SLIGHT CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE FORECAST STILL LOOK REASONABLE. AFTER A WARM DAY ON MONDAY WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 80 DEGREES...THE FORECAST AREA WILL SEE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. DID NOT LOWER THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY AT THIS TIME...BUT IT IS STILL A TIME TO WATCH IN FUTURE FORECASTS. && .HYDROLOGY... FAR SOUTHERN KANSAS AND MOST OF THE FLINT HILLS HAVE SEEN THE MOST RAIN IN THE PAST 3 DAYS...AND WE HAVE STARTED TO SEE SOME RISES ON THE RIVERS IN THOSE AREAS. IT HAS BEEN AT LEAST A YEAR AND A HALF SINCE THIS REGION HAS SEEN SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING. WHILE MOST OF THE RIVERS STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE REACHING FLOOD STAGE...THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IS AROUND 1 INCH ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS AND 2 INCHES THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA SO LOCAL FLOODING ON ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS THE MORE LIKELY SCENARIO. SCHRECK && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 50 60 44 72 / 100 60 10 0 HUTCHINSON 47 59 43 72 / 100 60 10 0 NEWTON 50 59 44 72 / 100 60 10 0 ELDORADO 51 60 45 72 / 100 50 10 0 WINFIELD-KWLD 52 60 45 73 / 100 40 10 0 RUSSELL 43 56 39 72 / 100 60 10 0 GREAT BEND 44 56 40 72 / 100 60 10 0 SALINA 46 57 41 71 / 100 70 10 0 MCPHERSON 47 58 42 72 / 100 70 10 0 COFFEYVILLE 54 62 46 74 / 100 40 10 0 CHANUTE 54 62 45 72 / 100 40 10 0 IOLA 54 62 45 71 / 100 40 10 0 PARSONS-KPPF 54 62 46 73 / 100 40 10 0 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 534 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-311200- RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE- RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 534 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WHILE THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...THEY WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING. PLEASE SEE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AREAWIDE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. ANY SHOWER OR STORM WILL ONCE AGAIN HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING. PLEASE SEE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AREAWIDE MONDAY NIGHT AND FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS TUESDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE ON THE SEVERITY OF THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING OR RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP LAWSON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 flood, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was reported over several rural and city roads, and low water crossings countywide, as well as over a portion of Highway 77 just north of El Dorado.
Street flooding reported throughout the city of Wichita.
Some rural roads were flooded across the county.
Fall Creek near 90th Street South and Springdale spilled over its banks, causing some low-land flooding just south of Caldwell. Additionally, some rural roads countywide were likely flooded as well.
High water was reported over several rural roads and some town roads countywide.
Four children were rescued when their vehicle was swept off a roadway at Eight Mile Creek just northeast of Rose Hill.
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