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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Wichita, KS

April 26, 2009Butler County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Apr 26, 2009, 9:10 PM CDT for Butler County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 27, 2009, 3:14 AM CDT. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 26, 2009, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 27, 2009, 3:14 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 28, 2009, 8:56 PM CDT
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity: Minor

County Butler County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Whitewater River (KS) near Towanda (TOWK1).

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07147070, 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 Apr 26, 8:53 PM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 8:53 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 4:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
415 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-272115-
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-
415 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER MOST AREAS AS A SECOND...AND
STRONGER...COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS
TONIGHT. WHILE LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND DAMAGING
70 MPH WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO
LIKELY AND MAY BE RAIN WRAPPED...ESPECIALLY EARLY THIS EVENING.
LATER TONIGHT...THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING 60 TO 70 MPH
WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS THAT ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE FLOODING.
PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES INTO MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER AREAS GENERALLY ALONG...AND
SOUTHEAST...OF THE TURNPIKE...ESPECIALLY MONDAY MORNING.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND LINGER THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TICKETED FOR THE AREA WEDESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AS A POTENT COLD FRONT SURGES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO
TONIGHT.

&&

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

ES

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 26, 8:24 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
824 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

KSZ091-270200-
HARPER-
824 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR HARPER COUNTY...

AT 823 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MANCHESTER...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF
ANTHONY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

LAWSON

Local storm report, Apr 26, 8:29 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
829 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

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

0730 PM     TSTM WND GST     COTTONWOOD FALLS        38.37N 96.54W
04/26/2009  E60 MPH          CHASE              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Local storm report, Apr 26, 8:52 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 26, 8:53 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 9:02 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 9:09 PM CDT, 1 minute 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
Apr 26, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Marion	55 min
Apr 26, 7:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	5 hr
Apr 26, 7:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Harper	4 hr
Apr 26, 8:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	32 hr
Apr 26, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	33 min
Apr 26, 8:30 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	37 hr
Apr 26, 8:30 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase	66 hr
Apr 26, 8:30 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Lyon	3 days
Apr 26, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	34 min
Apr 26, 9:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	5 hr
Apr 26, 9:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	31 hr
Apr 26, 9:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	55 hr
Apr 26, 9:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	48 hr
Apr 26, 9:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno	13 hr
Apr 26, 9:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey	6 hr
Apr 26, 9:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	6 hr
Apr 26, 9:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	42 hr
Apr 26, 9:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	49 hr
Apr 26, 9:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	65 hr
Apr 26, 9:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	7 days
Apr 26, 9:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	11 hr
Apr 26, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	33 min
Apr 26, 9:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson	23 hr
Apr 26, 9:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	40 hr
Apr 26, 9:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	23 hr
Apr 26, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	35 min
Apr 26, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	22 min
Apr 26, 10:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	6 hr
Apr 26, 10:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sumner	6 hr
Apr 27, 12:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno, Rice	12 hr
Apr 27, 12:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Greenwood	12 hr
Apr 27, 12:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	4 hr
Apr 27, 3:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	31 hr
Apr 27, 3:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	43 hr
Apr 27, 3:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	42 hr
Apr 27, 3:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	5 hr
Apr 27, 4:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	5 hr
Apr 27, 4:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	6 hr
Apr 27, 5:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	5 hr
Apr 27, 5:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	9 hr
Apr 27, 8:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	6 hr
Apr 27, 8:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	6 hr
Apr 27, 9:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	10 hr
Apr 27, 9:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	9 hr
Apr 27, 9:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	3 days
Apr 27, 9:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	3 days
Apr 27, 10:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	41 hr
Apr 27, 10:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	4 days
Apr 27, 10:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	5 days
Apr 27, 10:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	6 days
Apr 27, 10:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette	7 days
Apr 27, 10:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Rice	9 hr
Apr 27, 10:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Harvey, Marion	9 hr
Apr 27, 2:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery, Wilson	6 hr
Apr 27, 3:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	6 hr
Apr 27, 6:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette	5 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2009 Every 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.