A cluster of rain and storms dumped on Wichita early this morning and afternoon. Rainfall totals range from about 2″ to as much as 6″ in the northeastern portion of the city.
The included image is radar-estimated rainfall from the radar site at the airport in Wichita (the data “hole” in southwestern Wichita) which estimates as much as 5-6″ of rain fell in the northeastern part of the city shown in red. Ground measurements verify the radar estimate, a few storm reports:
1034 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 ENE DOWNTOWN WICHITA 37.70N 97.29W
09/08/2009 M4.41 INCH SEDGWICK KS MESONET
STORM TOTAL MEASURED SINCE MIDNIGHT…RAIN STILL
FALLING…REPORT COURTESY KSN WEATHERLAB SITE AT WICHITA
STATE UNIVERSITY
0820 AM HEAVY RAIN BEL AIRE 37.76N 97.27W
09/08/2009 M6.00 INCH SEDGWICK KS BROADCAST MEDIA
FROM THE START OF EVENT THROUGH 820 AM. RELAYED THROUGH
KWCH WEATHER.
0933 AM HEAVY RAIN ANDOVER 37.69N 97.14W
09/08/2009 M4.13 INCH BUTLER KS MESONET
RAIN STILL FALLING…REPORT COURTESY OF KSN WEATHERLAB
SITE AT ANDOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
Ted Keller
Senior Meteorologist
KOLR/KSFX-TV
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