September 8th-9th 2009 Heavy Rainfall
(9/9/2009)
By: The National Weather Service in Wichita
September 8-9th 2009 Heavy
Rainfall
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Strong, slow moving
thunderstorms first developed over West-Central Kansas during the evening
of September 7th. With light upper level winds in place this cluster of
storms tracked slowly east across South Central and Southeast Kansas on
Tuesday September 8th. Another round of storms moved through South
Central and Southeastern Kansas overnight Tuesday through Wednesay morning
September 9th. The slow movement of the storms, coupled with a
tropical-like atmosphere in place, allowed these storms to produce heavy
rainfall across South Central and Southeast Kansas.
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Radar loop showing the large
cluster of thunderstorms that producded heavyrainfall.
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Visible satellite imagery from
the morning hours of Tuesday September 8th. Note the tropical storm like
upper level outflow bands stretching from Northern Kansas into Southern
Missouri. The green dots on this image are lightning strikes.
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Water Vapor satellite imagery
from the morning hours of Tuesday September 8th. Note the tropical storm
like upper level outflow bands stretching from Northern Kansas into
Southern Missouri.
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Cowskin Creek at 119th Street in West Wichita on
Tuesday Afternoon around 1:45pm when the river stage was 13.06ft. Flood
stage is 18.00ft. Picture courtesy of Jerilyn Billings
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Cowskin Creek at 119th Street in West Wichita on
Wednesday Morning around 11:00am when the river stage was 19.41ft. This
was 1.4 ft above flood stage. Compare this picture with the one to the
left to see the difference in the amount of water and how it impacts the
creek. Picture courtesy of Jerilyn Billings
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The southbank of the Cowskin Creek at 119th
Street. The fence in the background is part of a backyard of a resident
that lives next to the creek. Picture courtes of Jerilyn Billings
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Flooding and road closure just west of 119th on
13th street due to the cowskin creek. Picture courtesy of Jerilyn
Billings
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Flooding South of the bridge over 13th street
west of 119th Street in West Wichita. Picture courtesy of Jerilyn Billings.
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