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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Wichita, KS

May 7, 2008Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at May 7, 2008, 9:41 AM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It took effect at May 7, 2008, 9:24 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2008, 9:41 AM CDT (14:41 UTC)
In effect from: May 7, 2008, 9:24 PM CDT
Expired: May 7, 2008, 2:41 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity: Minor

County Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Chikaskia River near Corbin (CBNK1).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07151500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at May 7, 6:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 6:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 5:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
500 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2008

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-081000-
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-
RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-
SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
500 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE
REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WHERE A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED AND WILL
BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER
SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS MAY ALSO PRODUCE PENNY SIZED HAIL
AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT...AND MAY BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS.

A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL
HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...EXISTS FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEB PAGE AT
(LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

ES

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 7, 4:58 AM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
458 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2008

KSZ067-083-071045-
RENO-SEDGWICK-
458 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR RENO AND SEDGWICK COUNTIES...

AT 455 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PRETTY PRAIRIE...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF
KINGMAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOODING WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK FOR
MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT.

KETCHAM

Special weather statement, May 7, 6:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 7, 6:12 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 6:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 6:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 9:34 AM CDT, 7 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
May 6, 7:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton	57 min
May 6, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	60 min
May 6, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	34 min
May 6, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	60 min
May 6, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick, Sumner	58 min
May 6, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	59 min
May 7, 1:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	5 hr
May 7, 3:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette	4 days
May 7, 3:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	18 hr
May 7, 3:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	31 hr
May 7, 3:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	65 hr
May 7, 4:01 AM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Montgomery and 3 more	23 hr
May 7, 5:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno, Sedgwick	56 min
May 7, 9:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	6 hr
May 7, 1:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette	6 hr
May 7, 2:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	12 hr
May 7, 2:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery	7 hr
May 7, 3:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	5 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2008 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.