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Flood Watch 3, NWS Wichita, KS

April 1, 20084 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flood watch at Apr 1, 2008, 3:59 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 2, 2008, 3:40 AM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 1, 2008, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 2, 2008, 3:40 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 3, 2008, 10:40 AM CDT
In force
31 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity
None

Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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 Mar 31, 6:34 PM CDT, 21 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 6:34 PM CDT, 21 hours 25 minutes before
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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.