Alert archive / Kansas / River Flood Warnings in 2008

River Flood Warning 60, NWS Wichita, KS

June 28, 2008Labette County, Neosho County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jun 28, 2008, 1:46 PM CDT for Labette County, Neosho County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 30, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2008, 1:46 PM CDT (18:46 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 30, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 30, 2008, 8:22 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Labette County, KS, Neosho County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Neosho River near Parsons (PPFK1). The gauge peaked at 20.48 ft at Jun 30, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT.

actionminormoderate10152006/2806/2906/3007/01
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 28, 12:51 PM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 12:51 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 4:59 AM CDT, 8 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
459 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-291000-
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-
459 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER THIS MORNING ACROSS THE AREA. A COUPLE
OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH SMALL HAIL...WINDS TO AROUND 50
MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE
RULED OUT THIS MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE NEXT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY DUE TO THE
ISOLATED NATURE OF THE THREAT.

&&

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

HOWERTON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 9:46 AM CDT, 4 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
946 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

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

0935 AM     FLOOD            1 W SEDAN               37.13N 96.20W
06/28/2008                   CHAUTAUQUA         KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PARTS OF HIGHWAY 99 WEST OF SEDAN BEGINNING TO FLOOD
            ROAD.

&&

JAS
Local storm report, Jun 28, 9:59 AM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Local storm report, Jun 28, 10:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Local storm report, Jun 28, 10:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Local storm report, Jun 28, 10:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Local storm report, Jun 28, 12:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper25 min
Jun 27, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Harvey, Sedgwick23 min
Jun 28, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Woodson57 min
Jun 28, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen48 min
Jun 28, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho23 min
Jun 28, 2:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTAllen, Neosho7 hr
Jun 28, 2:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTNeosho7 hr
Jun 28, 3:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton57 min
Jun 28, 4:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton37 min
Jun 28, 4:36 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTBarton4 hr
Jun 28, 5:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno71 min
Jun 28, 6:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman61 min
Jun 28, 6:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper43 min
Jun 28, 6:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno, Sedgwick, Sumner58 min
Jun 28, 7:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner55 min
Jun 28, 8:50 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler, Cowley, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner5 hr
Jun 28, 9:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk37 min
Jun 28, 9:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson50 min
Jun 28, 9:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette49 min
Jun 28, 10:42 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTLabette3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2008Every 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.