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River Flood Warning 48, NWS Wichita, KS

April 30, 2009Allen County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Apr 30, 2009, 12:18 AM CDT for Allen County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 30, 2009, 2:49 AM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 30, 2009, 12:18 AM CDT (05:18 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 30, 2009, 2:49 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 30, 2009, 8:14 PM CDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity: Minor

County Allen County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 at Iola (IOLK1). The gauge peaked at 15.71 ft at Apr 30, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07183000, 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, 10:18 PM CDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 10:18 PM CDT, 2 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 3:51 PM CDT, 8 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 29, 6:33 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 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 30, 6:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette	32 hr
Apr 30, 10:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	6 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.