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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Wichita, KS

June 1, 2008Labette County, Neosho County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jun 1, 2008, 2:29 PM CDT for Labette County, Neosho County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 1, 2008, 7:56 PM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 1, 2008, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 1, 2008, 7:56 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 2, 2008, 8:48 AM CDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Labette County, KS, Neosho County, KS

The river

Written for the forecast point Neosho River near Parsons (PPFK1). The gauge peaked at 21.43 ft at Jun 1, 2008, 11:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07183500, 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 Jun 1, 12:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 12:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 12:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1206 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-021715-
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-
1206 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A FEW STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS...HOWEVER THE MORE LIKELY
SCENARIO WILL BE FOR ANOTHER COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP
ACROSS NORTHWESTERN KANSAS TONIGHT. THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS WILL
THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
THE MAIN HAZARDS FROM THIS ACTIVITY. FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE MORE
LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS...DUE TO SATURATED GROUND SOILS
FROM THE PAST FEW NIGHTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL.

A FEW AREA RIVERS ARE IN FLOOD ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS...PLEASE
REFER THE THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS PRODUCTS FOR MORE
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER MONDAY MORNING ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL RETURN AND INCREASE FROM LATE
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...AS A STRONG
STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS. PLEASE CHECK BACK
FOR LATER OUTLOOKS AS DETAILS BECOME CLEARER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR THIS AFTERNOON
BUT COULD BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

&&

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

JMC/CJ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 9:04 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 9:58 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
958 AM CDT SUN JUN 01 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0920 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     1 NE PARSONS TRI CITY A 37.34N 95.50W
05/31/2008                   LABETTE            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PERSISTENT FUNNEL CLOUD

0925 PM     HAIL             INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT    37.15N 95.78W
05/31/2008  E1.00 INCH       MONTGOMERY         KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER WAS ON HIWAY 75 ON EAST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT.

1028 PM     HAIL             ESE GALESBURG           37.47N 95.35W
05/31/2008  E1.75 INCH       NEOSHO             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

1158 PM     HAIL             GRENOLA                 37.35N 96.45W
05/31/2008  E1.75 INCH       ELK                KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PUBLIC REPORT RELAY BY LAW ENFORMENT.

1224 AM     HAIL             1 S CHANUTE             37.66N 95.46W
06/01/2008  E1.75 INCH       NEOSHO             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1226 AM     HAIL             CHANUTE                 37.67N 95.46W
06/01/2008  E1.50 INCH       NEOSHO             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MARBLE TO PING PONG BALL HAIL IN CHANUTE.

1237 AM     HAIL             3 S HAVANA              37.05N 95.94W
06/01/2008  E1.00 INCH       MONTGOMERY         KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

1238 AM     HAIL             2 N CANEY               37.04N 95.93W
06/01/2008  E1.75 INCH       MONTGOMERY         KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

1257 AM     HAIL             SAVONBURG               37.75N 95.14W
06/01/2008  E1.75 INCH       ALLEN              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0800 AM     HAIL             E GEUDA SPRINGS         37.11N 97.15W
06/01/2008  E0.88 INCH       SUMNER             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

CDJ

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 10:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1034 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

KSZ100-011600-
LABETTE-
1034 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR EASTERN LABETTE COUNTY...

AT 1030 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF OSWEGO...OR 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PARSONS...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM.

THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

JAKUB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	66 min
May 31, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	57 min
May 31, 8:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	31 min
May 31, 9:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	63 min
May 31, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	27 min
May 31, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	56 min
May 31, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	60 min
May 31, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	17 min
May 31, 10:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	6 hr
May 31, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	61 min
May 31, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson	57 min
Jun 1, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	58 min
Jun 1, 12:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	41 min
Jun 1, 12:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery	43 min
Jun 1, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson	54 min
Jun 1, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	15 min
Jun 1, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	41 min
Jun 1, 2:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	40 min
Jun 1, 2:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho, Wilson	116 min
Jun 1, 4:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho, Wilson	5 hr
Jun 1, 5:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	63 min
Jun 1, 6:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	53 min
Jun 1, 6:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	63 min
Jun 1, 6:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	19 min
Jun 1, 6:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	57 min
Jun 1, 6:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	64 min
Jun 1, 7:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sumner	6 hr
Jun 1, 7:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	50 min
Jun 1, 7:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	5 hr
Jun 1, 7:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	32 min
Jun 1, 7:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	23 min
Jun 1, 10:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	23 hr
Jun 1, 12:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	10 hr
Jun 1, 12:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	5 hr
Jun 1, 3:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	15 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.