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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jun 17, 2008, 12:25 PM CDT for Butler County, Cowley County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 17, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 67 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2008, 12:25 PM CDT (17:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 17, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2008, 7:55 AM CDT
- In force
- 67 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Walnut River at Winfield (WFDK1).
- Action stage
- 16 ft
- Minor stage
- 18 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 29 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07147800, 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 17, 7:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 7:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 9:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Montgomery | 12 hr |
| Jun 16, 11:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 9 hr |
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.