Continued heavy rainfall led to flash flooding over southeast Kansas. Flash flooding occurred over Wilson county.
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Continued heavy rainfall led to flash flooding over southeast Kansas. Flash flooding occurred over Wilson 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 Sep 7, 12:00 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 100 PM CDT Fri Sep 7 2018 .SHORT TERM...(Today through Sunday night) Issued at 303 AM CDT Fri Sep 7 2018 Today-Saturday: Forecast remains relatively status quo as moist airmass stays entrenched over the area. Weak forcing will be sufficient to generate showers. Pockets of higher rainfall rates remains likely, but pinpointing locations remains problematic. With remnants of Gordon making the turn to the east, anticipate subsidence will finally ensue and precipitation will wane starting tonight. Lingering showers are a possibility on Saturday, but suspect those will be limited to southeast KS. Less excited about chances to the west, but continued for consistency. Limited diurnal range through tonight, with temperatures likely suppressed relative to yesterday in southeast KS due to more extensive clouds. Sunday: Mostly sunny and warmer weather anticipated on Sunday. Only concern would be high soil moisture impacting high temperatures and dewpoints. -Howerton .LONG TERM...(Monday through Thursday) Issued at 303 AM CDT Fri Sep 7 2018 Dry weather is anticipated throughout the period. With upper flow becoming increasingly amplified with western US trough/eastern US ridge. Forecast area is on the eastern edge of higher surface pressure gradient. ECMWF sports a weaker lee side trough and less gradient, while GFS is a fair amount stronger. Result is winds during the day on Tuesday-Thursday could be a fair amount stronger than forecast. Either way, temperatures will gradually warm through the period. -Howerton && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Saturday afternoon) Issued at 1244 PM CDT Fri Sep 7 2018 This is definitely a challenging aviation forecast with vicinity showers and low ceilings for much of the forecast period. Another batch of showers could develop this afternoon further to the west. Chanute (KCNU) has the best chances for showers throughout this period given the northward progression of the remnants from Gordon. Ceilings are the concern for all sites with many staying in IFR conditions for the entire forecast. It is possible that LIFR could be reached and suggestions were indicated in the TAFs to account for it. After fog development last night into this morning, it is possible there could be some again tonight for KRSL, KGBD and KHUT. This was left in from the previous forecast with a reduction only to 4SM. Changes to this forecast are guaranteed and will be dependent on the conditions as well as trends. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Wichita-KICT 74 65 73 60 / 70 40 20 10 Hutchinson 73 63 72 58 / 40 40 20 10 Newton 72 63 71 57 / 60 40 30 10 ElDorado 74 64 71 58 / 80 40 30 10 Winfield-KWLD 76 66 74 59 / 80 30 20 10 Russell 71 61 70 56 / 30 40 30 10 Great Bend 72 62 71 56 / 40 50 30 10 Salina 71 62 71 56 / 40 40 40 10 McPherson 71 62 71 57 / 40 40 30 10 Coffeyville 76 67 73 61 / 70 60 30 10 Chanute 74 65 71 60 / 80 50 30 10 Iola 74 65 70 59 / 80 60 30 10 Parsons-KPPF 76 66 72 61 / 80 60 30 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...PJH LONG TERM...PJH AVIATION...VJP
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 1046 AM CDT Fri Sep 7 2018 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-081600- 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- 1046 AM CDT Fri Sep 7 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Flooding is possible today as a result of scattered showers with heavy rain. Flooding is most likely where showers linger in areas that recently received heavy rain. Currently there are Flood Warnings for Butler and Woodson counties. Please check them for more information. Flooding continues on the Cow Creek. Check the latest flood statement for details. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Flooding is expected to continue along the Cow Creek across Rice and Reno counties through Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated today or tonight. && For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at: http://weather.gov/wichita/hwo/
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
957 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 AM FLOOD 2 SE AUGUSTA 37.67N 96.95W
09/07/2018 BUTLER KS PUBLIC
LOCALIZED FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON 110TH STREET. THE
REPORT WAS RELAYED BY KAKE CHANNEL 10.
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EPSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
103 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0102 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 W NEW ALBANY 37.57N 95.95W
09/07/2018 E5.00 INCH WILSON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATES OVER 5 INCHES IN HIS GAUGE
SINCE ROUGHLY 10 THIS MORNING ON THE WILSON AND ELK
COUNTY LINE.
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VJPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
155 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 AM FLOOD LEON 37.69N 96.78W
09/07/2018 BUTLER KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
DELAYED REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT SOUTHEAST
BLUESTEM AND 90TH STREETS HAD WATER OVER THE ROADWAYS.
TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
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VJPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
215 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0210 PM FLOOD IOLA 37.93N 95.40W
09/07/2018 Allen KS EMERGENCY MNGR
FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS THAT ARE NORMALLY PRONE TO
MINOR FLOODING.
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EPSThe Wichita radar (KICT), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:39 UTC.
2 flood, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency manager reported flooding of low lying areas across the county. Minor flooding also occurred in Fredonia and Neodesha.
Several roads were barricaded in Fredonia and across the county.
Several roads were closed across the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, September 2018
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: 785703, 785704, 785705.