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River Flood Warning 35, NWS Wichita, KS

June 6, 2008Montgomery County, Wilson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jun 6, 2008, 7:32 AM CDT for Montgomery County, Wilson County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 6, 2008, 12:18 PM CDT. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 6, 2008, 7:32 AM CDT (12:32 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 6, 2008, 12:18 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 6, 2008, 2:32 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Montgomery County, KS, Wilson County, KS

The river

Written for the forecast point Verdigris River at Independence (IDPK1). The gauge peaked at 28.97 ft at Jun 6, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 28 ft
Minor stage: 30 ft
Moderate stage: 47.6 ft
Major stage: 53 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07170500, 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 6, 6:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 6:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 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
Jun 5, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sumner	28 min
Jun 5, 7:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	4 hr
Jun 5, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Woodson	56 min
Jun 5, 8:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood	12 hr
Jun 5, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Wilson and 1 more	66 min
Jun 5, 8:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	6 hr
Jun 5, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson and 1 more	58 min
Jun 5, 10:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	9 hr
Jun 5, 10:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	9 hr
Jun 5, 11:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	8 hr
Jun 5, 11:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	9 hr
Jun 6, 12:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	13 hr
Jun 6, 2:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	8 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.