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River Flood Warning 68, NWS Wichita, KS

May 8, 2009Butler County, Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at May 8, 2009, 3:02 PM CDT for Butler County, Cowley County, Kansas. It took effect at May 9, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2009, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
In effect from: May 9, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 10, 2009, 3:24 PM CDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Walnut River at Winfield (WFDK1). The gauge peaked at 18.65 ft at May 9, 2009, 11:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07147800, 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 May 8, 12:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 12:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 2:17 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 10:03 AM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 8, 10:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 8, 11:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 8, 12:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 8, 12:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 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
May 8, 2:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	41 min
May 8, 3:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Rice	41 min
May 8, 3:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, McPherson, Marion, Rice	6 hr
May 8, 3:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	3 hr
May 8, 3:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno	46 min
May 8, 3:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	63 min
May 8, 4:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	58 min
May 8, 4:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Elk	66 min
May 8, 4:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	26 min
May 8, 4:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	56 min
May 8, 4:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood	32 min
May 8, 4:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick	37 min
May 8, 4:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	36 min
May 8, 4:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson	28 min
May 8, 5:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	55 min
May 8, 5:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	66 min
May 8, 5:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	45 min
May 8, 5:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Montgomery, Sumner, Wilson	52 min
May 8, 5:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	61 min
May 8, 6:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Labette, Montgomery	67 min
May 8, 6:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood, Marion	6 hr
May 8, 6:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Labette, Montgomery	79 min
May 8, 6:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	5 hr
May 8, 7:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho	21 min
May 8, 7:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	30 hr
May 8, 7:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase	62 hr
May 8, 7:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Lyon	72 hr
May 8, 8:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	55 hr
May 8, 8:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	3 days
May 8, 8:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	4 days
May 8, 8:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette	4 days
May 8, 8:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	6 hr
May 8, 8:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	13 hr
May 8, 8:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	37 hr
May 8, 8:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	24 hr
May 8, 8:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	25 hr
May 8, 8:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	55 hr
May 8, 8:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno	3 days
May 8, 9:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Rice	6 hr
May 8, 10:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	36 hr
May 8, 10:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	17 hr
May 8, 10:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	21 hr
May 8, 11:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase	5 hr
May 8, 11:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho, Wilson	5 hr
May 8, 2:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Rice	24 hr
May 8, 3:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	24 hr
May 8, 4:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	21 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.