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River Flood Warning 46, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Apr 29, 2009, 2:25 PM CDT for Wilson County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 30, 2009, 12:13 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2009, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 30, 2009, 12:13 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2009, 8:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 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 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Verdigris River at Altoona (ATOK1).
- 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 Apr 29, 12:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 12:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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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
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| 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, 8:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 33 hr |
| 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, 2:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 17 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.