Flood Warning
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
914 PM CDT SAT MAY 09 2009
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN KANSAS...
LITTLE ARKANSAS RIVER AT ALTA MILLS AFFECTING HARVEY AND RENO
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS OR GO AROUND
BARRICADES. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED.
&&
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914 PM CDT SAT MAY 09 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE LITTLE ARKANSAS RIVER AT ALTA MILLS.
* UNTIL MONDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 6:30 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.7 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE WILL BE REACHED BY TONIGHT. THE RIVER WILL
CREST NEAR 22.5 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 23.0 FEET...ROAD FLOODS 0.2 MILES NORTH OF GAGE ON RIVER
PARK ROAD JUST SOUTH OF ALTA MILLS AND ACROSS SEVERAL SPOTS ALONG A
2 MILE SPAND SOUTH OF THE GAGE SITE.
&&
FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 7 AM
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME SUN MON TUE
ALTA MILLS 22.0 21.7 SAT 06 PM 22.5 20.1 13.6
$$
LFW
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
908 PM MDT SAT MAY 9 2009
COZ058>089-093>099-110315-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT-
CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT-
SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT-
WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-
EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY-
908 PM MDT SAT MAY 9 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY...MAINLY
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
COLORADO ON WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN THREATS FROM STORMS THAT DEVELOP
WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.
$$
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
438 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2009
KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-102145-
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-
438 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ALONG PORTIONS OF THE LITTLE
ARKANSAS...COTTONWOOD...WHITEWATER...WALNUT...VERDIGRIS AND
NEOSHO RIVERS...ALONG WITH THE ARKANSAS RIVER. REFER TO THE
LATEST RIVER FLOOD PRODUCTS FOR MORE DETAILS.
WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PRIMARILY CENTRAL
AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS LATE TONIGHT BUT SHOULD BE NEITHER STRONG
NOR SEVERE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
REGION ON SUNDAY...AND OVER PRIMARILY SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
KANSAS SUNDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA ON MONDAY...SPREADING EAST TO
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT. NONE OF THIS ACTIVITY
WILL BE EITHER STRONG OR SEVERE.
THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE QUITE
STRONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS...IS TICKETED FOR
CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS TUESDAY AND ESPECIALLY TUESDAY
NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT VENTURES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THESE AREAS. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY EVENING. ONE IS ENCOURAGED TO LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS
ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION...ESPECIALLY THOSE ISSUED MONDAY AND
TUESDAY.
RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH RIVER FLOODING LIKELY
LINGERING INTO TUESDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. REFER
TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD PRODUCTS FOR MORE DETAILS.
.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
$$
EPS/ADK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1148 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2009
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-101000-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
1148 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS A PORTION OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HENRIETTA TEXAS... TO
WAURIKA AND ARDMORE... TO COALGATE OKLAHOMA.
TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM
THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS FROM THIS
EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA. SMALL HAIL AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN IMPACTS WITH THESE STORMS.
MEANWHILE... THE COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH INTO CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. WARM... MOIST AIR
WILL BE DRAWN NORTHWARD TONIGHT... OVER THE COOLER AIR AT THE
SURFACE. THIS IS LIKELY TO GENERATE A FEW ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE RED RIVER VALLEY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP
TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SUNDAY MAY 10.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...40 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE WILL BE AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON MOST DAYS
THROUGH THE PERIOD. STORMS WILL BE LIKELY ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
MONDAY... AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 5 AM
SUNDAY.
$$
MAXWELL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1023 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2009
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-101645-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1023 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2009 /1123 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA ON
TUESDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. AT THIS
TIME...THERE APPEARS TO BE POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONGER STORMS TO
DEVELOP.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
$$
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
328 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2009
KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-100830-
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
328 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2009 /228 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A DRY
LINE DEVELOPS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
MOVES THROUGH. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER CANNOT BE RULED OUT, BUT
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
&&
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
$$
Short Term Forecast
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1010 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2009
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-100430-
ALFALFA-ARCHER-ATOKA-BAYLOR-BECKHAM-BLAINE-BRYAN-CADDO-CANADIAN-
CARTER-CLAY-CLEVELAND-COAL-COMANCHE-COTTON-CUSTER-DEWEY-ELLIS-FOARD-
GARFIELD-GARVIN-GRADY-GRANT-GREER-HARDEMAN-HARMON-HARPER-HUGHES-
JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSTON-KAY-KINGFISHER-KIOWA-KNOX-LINCOLN-SLOGAN-
LOVE-MAJOR-MARSHALL-MCCLAIN-MURRAY-NOBLE-OKLAHOMA-PAYNE-PONTOTOC-
POTTAWATOMIE-ROGER MILLS-SEMINOLE-STEPHENS-TILLMAN-WASHITA-WICHITA-
WILBARGER-
1011 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2009
.NOW...
...REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION...
PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN ARE REDEVELOPING ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTH
TEXAS THIS EVENING ALTHOUGH ANY RAIN THAT IS REACHING THE GROUND HAS
BEEN LIGHT SO FAR. HOWEVER SHOWERS AND EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS MUCH
OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS.
$$
