A warm front in Oklahoma set up an over running situation across Southeast Kansas. Rich moisture aloft lead to an area of heavy rainfall that caused minor flooding in parts of Southeast Kansas.
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A warm front in Oklahoma set up an over running situation across Southeast Kansas. Rich moisture aloft lead to an area of heavy rainfall that caused minor flooding in parts of Southeast Kansas.
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 Apr 9, 5:58 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 658 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008 .UPDATE... ALREADY MADE A FEW TWEAKS TO HOURLY GRIDS TO BETTER REFLECT GOING OBSERVATIONS. MAY REEVALUATE PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION OVERNIGHT...AS LEAD SHORTWAVE APPEARS TO BE CLEARING OUT MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION TEMPORARILY. ANTICIPATE SOME DRIZZLE IN THE MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW OVERNIGHT. NEXT ROUND OF PRECIPITATION APPEARS TO BREAK OUT ROUGHLY 09-10 UTC. ALSO WILL BE LOOKING AT SURFACE WINDS LATER TONIGHT...WITH GUIDANCE SUGGEST SUSTAINED WINDS CLOSE TO 20 MILES PER HOUR IN BOTH IN THE WARM SECTOR AND IMMEDIATELY BEHIND COLD FRONT. -HOWERTON && .AVIATION... VERY DIFFICULT AVIATION FORECAST THIS PERIOD. CLOUDS MAY BRIEFLY IMPROVE EARLY THIS EVENING BEHIND PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD RESULT IN IFR/LIFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES PRIOR TO ONSET OF NEXT ROUND OF PRECIPITATION. THE SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 09-15 UTC WITH RAPID CLEARING IN WARM SECTOR AS WARMFRONT LIFTS NORTH. WIND DIRECTION/SPEED ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT AT KHUT WHERE CURRENT FORECAST PUTS SURFACE LOW TRACKING OVER THAT LOCATION. OPTED NOT TO MENTION ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ALONG COLD FRONT DURING THE AFTERNOON FOR NOW. WILL SEE IF ITS FEASIBLE TO FORECAST TIMING/LOCATION OF THESE FOR 0600 UTC TAFS. -HOWERTON && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 353 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008/ DISCUSSION... FORECAST HIGHLIGHT: EXPANSION OF FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE ALL AREAS ALONG & SE OF TURNPIKE FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM THU EVENING. TONIGHT-THU NIGHT: LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WIDESPREAD SHRA/EMBEDDED TSRA COVERING MOST OF OK CONTINUE TO EXPAND N/NE ACROSS SW & SC KS. INSTABILITY VERY LIMITED OVER KS SO MINIMAL SEVERE POTENTIAL EXISTS ACROSS SC & SE KS. HOWEVER FLOOD POTENTIAL CONTINUES TO INCREASE...ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS GENERALLY ALONG & SE OF TURNPIKE...WHERE DEEPENING MOISTURE COUPLED WITH INCREASING MID TO UPR DIFFLUENCE TO RESULT IN WIDESPREAD +RA FOR THESE AREAS. PRECIPIT- ABLE WATERS OF 1.15-1.25 INCHES WILL RESIDE OVER THESE AREAS FOR MOST OF THESE PERIODS...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING & THU. COUPLED WITH ONE & THREE HOUR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCES OF GENERALLY 1.7 & 2.2 INCHES RESPECTIVELY HAVE EXPANDED THE FLOOD WATCH N/NW THATLL NOW INCLUDE SUMNER...SEDGWICK & HARVEY COUNTIES FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM THU. AS DEEP UPPER-DECK TROF...POSITIONED OVER FAR DESERT SW THIS AFTERNOON...MOVES E...THEN NE OVER NM UPR DIFFLUENCE WILL INCREASE. DOWNSTAIRS WARM FRONT...POSITIONED ALONG & N OF ERN RED RIVER LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WILL SURGE N ACROSS ERN OK & ERN KS THU MORNING. AS RESULT...GREATEST INSTABILITY ON THU TARGETS SE KS WHERE +RA & SEVERE TSRA POTENTIAL WILL BE GREATEST. WITH RAINFALLS OF 2-3 INCHES LIKELY...SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS SUCH AS THE NEOSHO & VERDIGRIS...ARE TO BE EXPECTED. AS THE SFC-850MB LOW LIFTS DUE N OVER ERN KSTHU AFTERNOON & EVENING...PRONOUNCED COLD ADVECTION ENSUES ESPECIALLY OVER W & NW KS. WITH TEMPS PLUNGING INTO THE MID 30S ACROSS C KS HAVE OPTED MENTION RA/SN MIXTURE FOR ALL OF C KS LATE THU NIGHT. FRI-SUNDAY: BLUSTERLY WEATHER SLATED ALL AREAS AS AFORE-MENTIONED & INTENSE LOW PRESSURE LIFTS N/NE TOWARD WRN GREAT LAKES. NW GRADIENT OVER KS TO BE FAIRLY TIGHT...AS SUCH BRISK NWLY WINDS TO PREVAIL OVER ALL OF FORECAST AREA FRI & SAT. NEXT WEEK: QUIET WEATHER SLATED ALL AREAS MON-WED NIGHT AS BROAD DEAMPLIFYING MID TO UPR RIDGE MOVES E ACROSS THE CENTRAL THIRD OF U.S. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 49 59 38 54 / 100 90 30 10 HUTCHINSON 47 55 36 52 / 100 100 40 10 NEWTON 47 58 37 51 / 100 100 40 10 ELDORADO 49 62 39 52 / 100 90 30 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 50 63 40 57 / 100 90 30 10 RUSSELL 40 47 33 49 / 100 90 50 20 GREAT BEND 42 49 33 50 / 100 90 50 20 SALINA 46 52 35 49 / 100 100 50 20 MCPHERSON 46 54 36 50 / 100 100 50 20 COFFEYVILLE 54 70 43 57 / 100 70 20 10 CHANUTE 51 68 42 53 / 100 90 30 10 IOLA 51 68 41 52 / 100 90 30 10 PARSONS-KPPF 52 69 43 55 / 100 80 20 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR KSZ052-053-068>072-083- 092>096-098>100. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 520 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-102230- 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- 520 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD NORTH AND NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE TURNPIKE WHERE A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR DETAILS. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ON THURSDAY OVER PRIMARILY SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WHERE QUARTER-SIZED HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY FOR AREAS ALONG...AND SOUTHEAST...OF THE TURNPIKE WHERE A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR DETAILS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS EARLY THURSDAY EVENING...BUT SHOULD BE NEITHER STRONG NOR SEVERE. LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...THERE IS A CHANCE OF A RAIN SNOW MIXTURE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS...BUT NO ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED. ON FRIDAY...A HIGH RANGELAND FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE IN MOST AREAS AS BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS SPREAD ACROSS KANSAS. LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH FREEZING IN MOST AREAS...ESPECIALLY CENTRAL KANSAS. THOSE WITH SENSITIVE PLANTS SHOULD LISTEN CLOSELY FOR LATER FORECASTS... ESPECIALLY THOSE ISSUED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP ES
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was reported over County Road 5000.
Water was reported over Inman road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 95678, 95679.