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River Flood Warning 45, NWS Wichita, KS

April 29, 2009Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Apr 29, 2009, 8:18 AM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 30, 2009, 12:08 AM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2009, 8:18 AM CDT (13:18 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 30, 2009, 12:08 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 30, 2009, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity: Minor

County Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Chikaskia River near Corbin (CBNK1). The gauge peaked at 7.63 ft at May 1, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07151500, 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 29, 6:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 6:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 4:07 AM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
407 AM CDT WED APR 29 2009

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-300915-
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-
407 AM CDT WED APR 29 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ONGOING FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG A FEW RIVERS AND CREEKS
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE
LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNING PRODUCTS FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY
WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. THERE WILL ALSO BE A RISK
FOR SEVERE STORMS...WITH NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY FRIDAY. THIS
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING...OR RENEW
FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR DETAILS.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ON THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH THE RISK FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WILL DIMINISH OR END FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA
BY FRIDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER FLOODING PROBLEMS COULD LINGER ACROSS
PARTS OF THE AREA.

AFTER A BRIEF RESPITE FROM THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ON
SATURDAY...CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS COULD RETURN TO THE AREA BY
SUNDAY AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND IS
A BIT MORE LIKELY ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

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

KED

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:22 AM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
422 AM CDT WED APR 29 2009

KSZ091-291000-
HARPER-
422 AM CDT WED APR 29 2009

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

AT 420 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HAZELTON...OR 18 MILES WEST OF ANTHONY...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

DARMOFAL

Local storm report, Apr 29, 4:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
457 AM CDT WED APR 29 2009

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

0452 AM     TSTM WND GST     3 S ANTHONY             37.11N 98.02W
04/29/2009  E50 MPH          HARPER             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 4:59 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
459 AM CDT WED APR 29 2009

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

0457 AM     HAIL             ANTHONY                 37.15N 98.03W
04/29/2009  E0.50 INCH       HARPER             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 5:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
510 AM CDT WED APR 29 2009

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

0507 AM     HAIL             1 SSE FREEPORT          37.18N 97.85W
04/29/2009  E1.00 INCH       HARPER             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 5:34 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 5:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes 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 28, 10:11 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	5 hr
Apr 29, 3:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 16 more	4 days
Apr 29, 4:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	34 min
Apr 29, 5:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	21 min
Apr 29, 11:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	51 hr
Apr 29, 1:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	17 hr
Apr 29, 2:25 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	6 hr
Apr 29, 2:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	17 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.