Widespread heavy rains caused some minor flooding across portions of Southeast Kansas. Some rainfall amounts accumulated to nearly 6 inches over a 24 hour period.
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The episode as NWS ICT wrote it up.
Widespread heavy rains caused some minor flooding across portions of Southeast Kansas. Some rainfall amounts accumulated to nearly 6 inches over a 24 hour period.
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 18, 1:50 AM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 250 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 241 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014 NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ERUPTED OVERNIGHT...ORIENTED IN A NORTHWEST-SOUTHEAST MANNER FROM CENTRAL TO SOUTHEAST KS...ALONG A 900-800MB FRONTAL/CONVERGENCE ZONE. GIVEN ORIENTATION OF THETA-E GRADIENT AND NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...THINKING THIS ACTIVITY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD SOUTHEAST...AFFECTING AREAS GENERALLY ALONG/EAST OF I-135 DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS THROUGH THIS MORNING. AMPLE ELEVATED INSTABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL PROMOTE SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. MAIN THREAT WILL BE QUARTER TO POTENTIALLY GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL...ALONG WITH LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING GIVEN STORMS TRAINING IN A NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST MANOR. HOWEVER...IF A MASSIVE COLD POOL CAN MANAGE TO DEVELOP...THE CONSOLIDATING STORMS COULD DEVELOP INTO A SQUALL LINE...WITH THE MAIN THREATS 60 MPH WINDS. NEVERTHELESS...SEVERE THREAT SHOULD GRADUALLY WANE THIS MORNING...WITH LINGERING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CHANCES MAINLY EAST OF I-135 THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE STALLED BOUNDARY...ALTHOUGH LIKELY NOT WIDESPREAD GIVEN WEAK UPPER SUPPORT. STOUT SOUTHERLY WINDS AND DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE 80S ARE ANTICIPATED FRIDAY...AS LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. ADK .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 241 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014 ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO PRECIPITATION CHANCES LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...AS REMNANTS OF THE TROPICAL SYSTEM ODILE APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST...PHASING WITH A TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST. MUCH UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS SURROUNDING THE TIMING/PLACEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM. THE 00Z ECMWF AND NAM HAS CONTINUED ITS TREND OF KEEPING ODILE REMNANTS SOUTH OF THE AREA...WHICH WOULD DRASTICALLY LOWER PRECIPITATION CHANCES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER...THE 00Z GFS AND GEM CONTINUE ITS MORE NORTHERLY TRACK...WHICH WOULD FAVOR MUCH HIGHER PRECIPITATION CHANCES ACROSS THE AREA. FOR NOW...THOUGHT IT PRUDENT TO SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE...WITH THE HIGHEST POPS OVER GENERALLY SOUTHERN KANSAS SATURDAY-SATURDAY NIGHT. CLEARING SKIES...LIGHT WINDS AND DAYTIME TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S ARE ANTICIPATED IN WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM EARLY NEXT WEEK. PRECIPITATION CHANCES MAY INCREASE BY LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THOUGH...AS A LUMBERING UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. WARMER TEMPERATURES AND STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED BY LATE NEXT WEEK...AS ECMWF AND GFS DIG A DEEP UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS. ADK && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1126 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2014 A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY TONIGHT FROM WEST-CENTRAL KS THROUGH SOUTHERN KS AND SOUTHERN MO. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED TSRA WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY AM...TO THE NORTH OF THIS FRONT AIDED BY WEAK FORCING AND MODERATE INSTABILITY. VCTS IS BEING CARRIED FOR MOST TERMINALS. LOW STRATUS/FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WESTWARD TO THE NORTH OF THIS FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KS OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. IFR WILL BE LIKELY. THE STRATUS SHOULD BURN OFF TOWARD MIDDAY THURSDAY...AS THE FRONT LIFTS SLIGHTLY NORTHWARD DURING THE DAY. JMC && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 89 69 89 70 / 30 10 10 20 HUTCHINSON 88 69 89 69 / 20 10 10 30 NEWTON 85 68 87 69 / 40 10 10 20 ELDORADO 86 68 88 70 / 50 10 10 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 91 69 87 70 / 40 10 10 10 RUSSELL 84 67 89 67 / 10 10 10 40 GREAT BEND 88 67 89 67 / 10 10 10 40 SALINA 81 68 90 70 / 30 10 10 30 MCPHERSON 84 68 88 68 / 30 10 10 30 COFFEYVILLE 88 68 86 69 / 50 10 10 0 CHANUTE 81 67 86 68 / 50 10 10 0 IOLA 80 66 85 68 / 50 10 10 0 PARSONS-KPPF 85 68 86 68 / 50 10 10 0 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 515 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-191015- 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- 515 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. DIME SIZE HAIL...50 MPH WINDS AND LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND ASSOCIATED LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. A FEW LINGERING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 135. PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. LOCALIZED VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ENTER BACK INTO THE FORECAST BY THE WEEKEND...AS REMNANTS OF A PACIFIC TROPICAL STORM INTERACT WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. A FEW STRONG STORMS CAPABLE OF SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...ALTHOUGH THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE GREATEST RAINFALL CHANCES ARE OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY AGAIN BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
131 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014
KSZ072-180700-
ALLEN-
131 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 130 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEOSHO FALLS...OR 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF IOLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
IOLA...GAS...LA HARPE AND BASSETT.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORM INTENSIFIES AND
BECOMES SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3792 9528 3789 9552 3794 9553 3804 9552
3805 9543 3804 9537
TIME...MOT...LOC 0631Z 319DEG 14KT 3803 9548
LAWSONSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 159 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014 KSZ072-180730- ALLEN- 159 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... WESTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... * UNTIL 230 AM CDT * AT 157 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR IOLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HUMBOLDT AND PETROLIA. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORM INTENSIFIES AND BECOMES SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 3774 9552 3794 9552 3800 9533 3773 9520 TIME...MOT...LOC 0659Z 334DEG 23KT 3787 9538 LAWSON
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
205 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 AM HAIL IOLA 37.93N 95.40W
09/18/2014 E0.25 INCH ALLEN KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
PEA SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS REPORTED IN IOLA.
&&
ADKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 224 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014 KSZ072-096-180800- ALLEN-NEOSHO- 224 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHERN ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... NORTHERN NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... * UNTIL 300 AM CDT * AT 223 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUMBOLDT...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHANUTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ERIE...ST. PAUL...ELSMORE...SAVONBURG AND STARK. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORM INTENSIFIES AND BECOMES SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 3752 9509 3751 9543 3782 9547 3784 9514 TIME...MOT...LOC 0724Z 318DEG 26KT 3774 9532 LAWSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
242 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014
KSZ049-180815-
SALINE-
242 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 315 AM CDT
* AT 240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEW CAMBRIA...OR NEAR SALINA...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ASSARIA...GYPSUM AND BRIDGEPORT.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORM INTENSIFIES AND
BECOMES SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOODING WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK
FOR MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT.
&&
LAT...LON 3876 9736 3862 9737 3861 9760 3861 9766
3882 9781 3896 9765 3897 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 0743Z 319DEG 21KT 3883 9753
LAWSONSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 424 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014 KSZ053-181000- CHASE- 424 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CHASE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 500 AM CDT * AT 423 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF ELMDALE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COTTONWOOD FALLS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MATFIELD GREEN...SAFFORDVILLE AND BAZAAR. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORM INTENSIFIES AND BECOMES SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 3809 9636 3809 9683 3852 9681 3853 9636 TIME...MOT...LOC 0924Z 296DEG 40KT 3828 9660 LAWSON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 heavy rain, 2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Widespread rains across Allen county caused minor inconveniences to county roads. Several rain reports in the 3 inch range were noted across the county.
Widespread rains across Greenwood county caused minor inconveniences to county roads. Several rain reports in the 5 inch range were noted with the highest being 5.63 inches.
Rainfall report of 2.62 inches in a 24 hour period.
Rainfall report of 2.12 inches in a 24 hour period.
Rainfall report of 2.35 inches in a 24 hour period.
Rainfall report of 2.55 inches in a 24 hour period.
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, September 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: 542919, 542918, 543645, 543646, 543653, 543654.