Thursday, August 23, 2007

Flash-Flooding Rain In Southwest Kansas

I've been looking at weather radars- which beats the Chiefs for entertainment even on a clear day.

Around 8pm- a severe storm developed over Ford County Kansas- on or near Dodge City. For all intents and purposes- that storm has sat there to this post.

The images (click on to enlarge) are weather radar maps of indicated rainfall- the color key on the left of the image.
Look how the colors have changed- the purplish areas receiving an indicated 7 inches of rain in 2 hours. Needless to say- the NWS has flash flood warnings- as well as severe thunderstorm warnings- in effect for Ford County and Dodge City.
Those kind of rainfalls are possible aross Kansas- over to the east of the Kansas City MetroRegion over the next 24-36 hours....

Oh- if you're on broadband- got a local area radar loop that's pretty definative HERE- but you have to refresh it manually.
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