Alert archive / Kansas / River Flood Warnings in 2009
River Flood Warning 110, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Oct 8, 2009, 9:47 AM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It took effect at Oct 8, 2009, 5:35 PM CDT. It was in force for 68 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 8, 2009, 9:47 AM CDT (14:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 8, 2009, 5:35 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2009, 1:54 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Flood severity
- Moderate
County Labette County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:50 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).
- 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 Oct 8, 6:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 8, 6:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 8, 5:16 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 516 AM CDT THU OCT 8 2009 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-091030- 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- 516 AM CDT THU OCT 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH DIME SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL FLOODING...GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF THE TURNPIKE. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...GENERALLY SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 50. THE FOG COULD BE LOCALLY DENSE. NEAR RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT SURGES SOUTH ACROSS THE HEARTLAND. PERIODIC BOUTS OF LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR PERHAPS SOME LIGHT SNOW...WILL BE POSSIBLE PERIODICALLY SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS MAINLY CENTRAL KANSAS...ALTHOUGH LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD SURGE AS FAR SOUTHEAST AS THE TURNPIKE. IN ADDITION...A WIDESPREAD FROST OR KILLING FREEZE IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP ADK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 7:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 8 hr |
| Oct 8, 9:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen | 16 hr |
| Oct 8, 12:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 17 hr |
| Oct 8, 12:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 20 hr |
| Oct 8, 1:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 7 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 11 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 18 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:05 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 30 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:05 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho | 47 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:05 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Labette | 4 days |
Nearby
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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.