Very heavy rains caused widespread flooding across the southern sections of Montgomery and Labette counties. Two water rescues were executed in Montgomery county near Coffeyville and a family was evacuated near Pumpkin creek.
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Very heavy rains caused widespread flooding across the southern sections of Montgomery and Labette counties. Two water rescues were executed in Montgomery county near Coffeyville and a family was evacuated near Pumpkin creek.
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 Oct 9, 8:16 PM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 916 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 852 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 ALL-IN-ALL...FORECAST REMAINS ON TRACK. AS EXPECTED...STARTING TO SEE INCREASING PRECIPITATION COVERAGE ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS IN RESPONSE TO MAIN SHORTWAVE APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ANTICIPATE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA BETWEEN ROUGHLY MIDNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. GIVEN HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATERS AND STRONG FORCING ALONG WITH MODEST ELEVATED INSTABILITY...ANTICIPATE AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF KS. HOWEVER...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL SHOULD OCCUR OVER FAR SOUTHEAST KS...IN CLOSEST PROXIMITY TO THE LOW-LEVEL FRONTAL ZONE AND HIGHEST INSTABILITY POOL. GROUND-TRUTH REPORTS INDICATE OVER 2-4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHEAST CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...AND PORTIONS OF MONTGOMERY AND LABETTE COUNTIES. GIVEN THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER FAR SOUTHEAST KS OVERNIGHT...WITH LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5-8 INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THE OKLAHOMA BORDER COUNTIES OF FAR SOUTHEAST KS. CONSEQUENTLY...FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER/STREAM FLOODING MAY BECOME A CONCERN NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER AND POINTS SOUTH. ADK && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 355 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO BREAK OUT ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KS THIS AFTERNOON ALONG & JUST SOUTH OF A WARM FRONT THAT CURVES FROM EXTREME SOUTHWEST MO TO SOUTHEAST & SOUTH-CENTRAL KS TO THE TX PANHANDLE. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS TRYING TO DEVELOP OVER KSLN. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN ARE SPREADING EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN KS AS A WEAK MID-LEVEL TROF MOVES SLOWLY EAST TOWARD THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. THE POSITIONING OF THE WARM FRONT HAS FIGURED GREATLY IN A SHARP TEMPERATURE GRADIENT WITH LOWER-MID 80S RESIDING ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH-CENTRAL & SOUTHEAST KS WHILE MOST OF NORTHERN KS HAS STRUGGLED TO REACH THE MID-UPPER 50S. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 355 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 FORECAST HIGHLIGHT (MAJOR): FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS BEING ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KS FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 7 AM SAT. THIS EVENING-SAT: WITH MODELS DISPLAYING EXCELLENT RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY CONFIDENCE IS SUFFICIENT TO ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KS. THE SLOW E/SE PROGRESS OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES MID- LEVEL TROF WILL CAUSE THE WARM FRONT TO MAKE VERY SLOW SE PROGRESS TONIGHT & EARLY FRI. WITH SOUTHEAST KS NO DOUBT CLOSEST TO THE FRONT COUPLED WITH SW 20-25KT MID-LEVEL FLOW NEARLY PARALLELING THE FRONT...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ECHO TRAINING TO OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHEAST KS TONIGHT & FRI. IN ADDITION...A NE-SW ORIENTED 850-MB FRONT DRAPED OVER THESE AREAS IS NEARLY STATIONARY. AIRMASS IS VERY MOIST & DEEP AS FURTHER EVIDENCED BY PRECIPITABLE WATERS REMAINING ~180% OF NORMAL FROM NORTHEAST OK TO SOUTHEAST KS & SOUTHERN MO. AS THE WEAK MID- LEVEL TROF APPROACHES MOIST ISENTROPIC ASCENT WOULD STRENGTHEN & DEEPEN. COUPLED WITH A NEARLY STATIONARY 850-MB FRONT AS SUCH A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KS FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 7 AM SAT MORNING. INSTABILITY IS MODEST AT BEST & IS CONFINED TO EXTREME SOUTHEAST KS & EASTERN OK SO THUNDERSTORMS WOULD NOT ACHIEVE SEVERITY. AS THE WEAK MID-LEVEL TROF MOVES EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON SAT RAINFALL WOULD END IN A NW-SE MANNER ON SAT WITH ANY RAIN CONFINED TO SOUTHEAST KS. SAT NIGHT & SUN: THE RAINFALL INTERMISSION WILL BE BRIEF FOR A VERY INTENSE MID TO UPPER CYCLONE MOVING EAST ACROSS SASKATCHEWAN & MANITOBA WILL DRIVE A MUCH STRONGER MID-UPPER WAVE E/SE ACROSS THE PLAINS ON SUN. WITH THE MID-UPPER TROF DEEPER THAN THE MARIANAS TRENCH THE WAVE WILL BE SLOW TO VACATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD & AS SUCH MORE SOAKING RAINS ARE LIKELY SUN & SUN NIGHT. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 355 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 MON: THE AFORE-MENTIONED D-E-E-P MID-UPPER WAVE SHOULD SLOWLY ACCELERATE AS IT APPROACHES THE LOWER MS VALLEY MON NIGHT AS AN AMPLIFYING MID TO UPPER RIDGE SPREADS EAST OVER THE ROCKIES. AS SUCH RAIN WOULD END OVER SOUTHEAST KS BY EARLY MON EVENING. WITH THE HIGH-AMPLITUDE MID-UPPER RIDGE SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL THIRD OF THE U.S. THE STAGE WOULD BE SET FOR DRY & WARMER WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE UPCOMING WORK-WEEK. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 655 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 AREAS OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL/NORTHERN KS AND SOUTHEAST KS THIS EVENING...BECOMING WIDESPREAD AREAWIDE OVERNIGHT...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST...INTERACTING WITH A FRONTAL ZONE SLOWLY OOZING SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION. WIDESPREAD IFR TO POTENTIALLY LIFR CIGS ARE LIKELY IN WAKE OF THE FRONT...ALONG WITH BREEZY NORTHEAST WINDS. AREAS OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND WIDESPREAD IFR OR LOWER CIGS WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AREAWIDE. ADK && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 53 57 45 58 / 100 90 50 10 HUTCHINSON 51 55 43 57 / 100 100 40 10 NEWTON 50 54 44 58 / 100 100 40 10 ELDORADO 52 56 45 57 / 100 90 50 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 55 60 45 56 / 100 80 60 20 RUSSELL 49 54 40 59 / 80 80 20 0 GREAT BEND 50 54 41 59 / 90 90 20 0 SALINA 48 54 42 59 / 90 90 30 0 MCPHERSON 50 54 43 58 / 100 100 30 0 COFFEYVILLE 56 63 48 54 / 100 80 70 40 CHANUTE 53 57 46 54 / 100 90 60 30 IOLA 52 56 46 53 / 100 100 60 30 PARSONS-KPPF 55 60 47 54 / 100 80 70 40 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR KSZ070>072- 094>096-098>100. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 709 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-110015- 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- 709 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCUR OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS MAY PRODUCE NICKEL-SIZED HAIL THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST CONCERN IS HEAVY RAIN...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS WHERE 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE LIKELY...WHICH WOULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CHECK THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM SATURDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ON FRIDAY...WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WHERE MORE HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE TWO DAY RAINS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AT LEAST SOME RISES ON AREA RIVERS...BUT WIDESPREAD MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. PLEASE SEE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL SUNDAY EVENING. IF YOU ARE IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE FORECAST CLOSELY AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER FLOOD STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. .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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
634 PM CDT THU OCT 09 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0632 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 E CHERRYVALE 37.27N 95.48W
10/09/2014 M3.65 INCH LABETTE KS MESONET
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KEDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
930 PM CDT THU OCT 09 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0929 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 E CHERRYVALE 37.27N 95.48W
10/09/2014 M4.39 INCH LABETTE KS MESONET
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KEDThe Tulsa radar (KINX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:29 UTC.
18 heavy rain, 4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was flowing over Gray road and causing travel problems.
Heavy rain of 1.75 inches fell between 1030 pm and midnight.
Measured rainfall of 2.90 inches.
Two water rescues occurred in Coffeyville area and a family was evacuated from their home along the Pumpkin creek. There was a submerged vehicle along the Onion creek south of Coffeyville as well. No injuries were reported. County road 3900 near Dearing was also closed.
There was street flooding and road washouts between Chautauqua and Elgin. The Little Caney river was out of the banks near Niotaze and flooding the side roads. Flooding was also noted on both sides of Highway 166.
Measured rainfall of 5.74 inches.
The Coffeyville water plant measured 6.45 inches of rain over the previous 12 hours.
Several major county roads are impassable. These included Ness rd. both north and south of Altamont and Rooks rd. north of Bartlett. All low water crossings in the county were also barricaded.
The 24 hour rainfall amount was 5.47 inches.
The 24 hour rainfall amount was 5.30 inches.
The 24 hour rainfall amount was 3.75 inches.
The 24 hour rainfall amount was 3.20 inches.
The 24 hour rainfall amount was 6.72 inches.
The 24 hour rainfall amount was 4.05 inches.
The 24 hour rainfall amount was 3.15 inches.
The 24 hour rainfall amount was 3.12 inches.
The 24 hour rainfall amount was 2.14 inches.
The 24 hour rainfall amount was 3.05 inches.
The 24 hour rainfall amount was 7.57 inches.
The 24 hour rainfall amount was 2.20 inches.
The 24 hour rainfall amount was 3.97 inches.
The 24 hour rainfall amount was 7.07 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, October 2014
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: 543659, 543674, 543679, 543670, 543667, 543680, 543681, 543662, 543682, 543684, 543685, 543686, 543687, 543688, 543689, 543691, 543692, 543693, 543694, 543695, 543708, 543710.