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River Flood Warning 107, NWS Wichita, KS

September 10, 2009Wilson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Sep 10, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT for Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT (14:00 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2009, 2:21 PM CDT
In force
29 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity
Minor

County Wilson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:54 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 Verdigris River at Altoona (ATOK1). The gauge peaked at 19.59 ft at Sep 10, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
15 ft
Minor stage
19 ft
Moderate stage
21 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07166500, 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 Sep 9, 6:44 PM CDT, 14 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 6:44 PM CDT, 14 hours 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 9, 4:10 PM CDT, 16 hours 50 minutes before
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    <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.
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      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 7:34 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTLabette, Montgomery, Wilson18 hr
Sep 10, 3:34 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryICTBarton, Ellsworth, Kingman, Lincoln, Reno, Rice and 1 more6 hr
Sep 10, 3:52 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryICTBarton, Ellsworth, Harper, Kingman, Lincoln, Reno and 2 more18 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2009Every river flood warning in 2009

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.