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Flood Watch 1, NWS Wichita, KS

February 16, 200812 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flood watch at Feb 16, 2008, 4:18 AM CST for 12 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 16, 2008, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 16, 2008, 4:18 AM CST (10:18 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 16, 2008, 3:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 16, 2008, 1:43 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity: None

Counties Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Feb 16, 3:40 AM CST, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 3:40 AM CST, 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 15, 3:49 PM CST, 12 hours 29 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 16, 2:12 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	28 hr
Feb 16, 2:15 PM CST	Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 12 more	5 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Kansas, 2008 Every flood watch in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.