Late Thursday night, the National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Emergency for Wichita, Andover, Derby, Haysville , and Mulvane for a five-hour period, calling it a particularly dangerous situation, with the possibility of life-threatening flash flooding.
Shortly before midnight, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms in the area producing anywhere from four-to-eight inches of heavy rain.
The Wichita Police Department said during the 12 hours between 6:00 p.m. Thursday and 6:00 a.m. Friday, officers responded to 424 emergency calls — a 35% increase over that time frame from last week.
By 4:30 a.m. Friday, more than five inches of rain was measured during a 24-hour period in W. Wichita at 119th & Central. There was water from the Calfskin Creek over 119th Street West between Kellogg and Maple, with water up to a nearby house.
By 6:30 a.m. Friday, nearly six-and-a-half inches of rain had fallen during a 24-hour period in multiple spots in W. Wichita, and in the Clearwater area, and just shy of six inches in the Goddard area.
Also on Friday morning, the Wagon Wheel neighborhood in the Andover area was inundated with water from the swollen Dry Creek, and there was street flooding in Wellington.
Shortly after midnight, some basement apartments were flooding in W. Wichita; one person had to break a window to escape.
At Kellogg & West, water was up to the top of car tires.
Before 9:30 p.m., ,one-inch hail was reported near Colwich, and near Maize, to the west of Wichita.
After 10:00 p.m., there were submerged cars at 69th North & Broadway in Park City, and in Wichita at 13th & Maize, Douglas & Tracy, and at 8th & Douglas.
There were also submerged cars at 13th & Rock, Hillside & Kellogg, Maple & Edwards, and Central & Tyler.
During the overnight hours, heavy rain affected the Red Lobster restaurant at Kellogg & West street, damaging ceiling tiles and the interior of the building.
Widespread street flooding occurred in Rose Hill.
Evergy had more than 1,400 customers without power in the Wichita area.
After 10:30 p.m., there was flash flooding in the Andover area, east of Wichita. Ditches were overflowing near the YMCA along Kellogg/Highway 54. Water was flowing into some residential garages about ankle-deep.
At one point in Andover, nearly five inches of rain fell during a two-hour period., and late Thursday night, nearly five inches of rain was reported in E. Wichita near Kellogg & Edgemoor.
After 11:00 p.m., near the 900 block of N. Westlink. a creek was out of its banks and causing street flooding -- that's in the neighborhood northwest of Central & Tyler.
At one point, Wichita fire crews had responded to more than 30 reports of vehicles stuck or stalled in floodwaters.
Flash floods were occurring in Augusta, where the city barricaded numerous areas around the town because of impassable roadways.
in Wichita, a person was trapped on top of a submerged car at Martinson & Stillwell, to the southwest of Seneca & McCormick.
Homes were experiencing flooding in W. Wichita near Douglas & Tyler.
The rain and lightning also played havoc with the opening round of the 37th annual Wichita Open golf tournament at Crestview County Club on the east side of town.
Play began before 7:00 a.m., but was suspended at 9:56 a.m. After nearly five hours, play resumed at 2:55 p.m., then was suspended again at 5:11 p.m.
After a delay for more than an hour, play resumed yet again, but was finally suspended for the day at 8:43 p.m., because of weather and darkness. First-round play was plagued by more than six hours of weather delays, and only half of the 156-player field finished their rounds.
On Friday morning, the soaked course was deemed too wet, and officials announced a 2:00 p.m. start time to resume play.
The City of Wichita closed all four of its municipal golf courses Friday because of flooding. The city operates four courses, including Arthur B. Sim, Auburn Hills, MacDonald, and Tex Consolver golf courses. All four courses experienced extensive flooding, with some sections completely impassible.
