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River Flood Warning 69, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at May 8, 2009, 7:50 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2009, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2009, 11:27 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Saline County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 Gypsum Creek below Gypsum (GYSK1). The gauge peaked at 15.49 ft at May 8, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT.
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06870300, 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, 6:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 6:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 9:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Reno | 17 hr |
| May 9, 1:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 8 hr |
| May 9, 2:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Rice | 24 hr |
| May 9, 5:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 11 hr |
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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.