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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Wichita, KS

May 27, 2008Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at May 27, 2008, 2:55 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It took effect at May 27, 2008, 4:55 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 27, 2008, 2:55 PM CDT (19:55 UTC)
In effect from: May 27, 2008, 4:55 PM CDT
Expired: May 28, 2008, 8:17 AM CDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity: Minor

County Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cowskin Creek at Wichita 119th St (COWK1).

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07144480, 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 27, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 11:18 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 27, 1:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 27, 1:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 27, 1:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 27, 1:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 27, 1:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 27, 2:30 PM CDT, 25 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 26, 7:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln	4 hr
May 26, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick	45 min
May 26, 7:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	4 hr
May 26, 7:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	32 min
May 26, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	56 min
May 26, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	33 min
May 26, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	29 min
May 26, 8:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	67 hr
May 26, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	57 min
May 26, 8:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery	6 hr
May 26, 8:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	6 hr
May 26, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	56 min
May 26, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	56 min
May 26, 8:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	5 hr
May 26, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	62 min
May 26, 9:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	70 hr
May 26, 9:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	86 min
May 26, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	63 min
May 26, 9:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	4 hr
May 26, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	61 min
May 26, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	50 min
May 26, 10:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	59 min
May 26, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	53 min
May 26, 10:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman	8 hr
May 26, 10:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	8 hr
May 26, 11:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	8 hr
May 26, 11:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	8 hr
May 26, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	41 min
May 27, 12:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Greenwood	12 hr
May 27, 12:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	8 hr
May 27, 12:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	8 hr
May 27, 1:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette	4 hr
May 27, 1:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery	7 hr
May 27, 1:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	31 min
May 27, 2:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	7 hr
May 27, 2:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	12 hr
May 27, 2:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	6 hr
May 27, 2:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	7 hr
May 27, 2:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	52 hr
May 27, 2:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	47 hr
May 27, 3:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	41 hr
May 27, 3:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	35 hr
May 27, 3:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	51 hr
May 27, 3:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette	64 hr
May 27, 6:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	5 hr
May 27, 6:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	5 hr
May 27, 6:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman	4 hr
May 27, 7:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	7 hr
May 27, 7:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	17 hr
May 27, 8:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	5 hr
May 27, 8:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	19 hr
May 27, 8:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	4 hr
May 27, 8:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	5 hr
May 27, 10:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	4 hr
May 27, 11:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	18 hr
May 27, 12:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	3 hr
May 27, 12:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	17 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.