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River Flood Warning 83, NWS Wichita, KS

June 16, 2009Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jun 16, 2009, 8:18 AM CDT for Rice County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 17, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 2009, 8:18 AM CDT (13:18 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 17, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 16, 2009, 1:56 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity: Minor

County Rice County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cow Creek (KS) at Lyons (LYNK1). The gauge peaked at 17.14 ft at Jun 16, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 24.7 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07143300, 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 Jun 16, 6:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 6:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 7:27 AM CDT, 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 4:59 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 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
Jun 15, 7:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Reno	59 min
Jun 15, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	16 min
Jun 15, 7:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	54 min
Jun 15, 7:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chase	63 min
Jun 15, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	50 min
Jun 15, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	31 min
Jun 15, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick	54 min
Jun 15, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner	66 min
Jun 15, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Rice, Saline	64 min
Jun 15, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Greenwood	45 min
Jun 15, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	56 min
Jun 15, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno and 2 more	55 min
Jun 15, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner	63 min
Jun 15, 8:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Greenwood	23 min
Jun 15, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner	47 min
Jun 15, 9:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	8 hr
Jun 15, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner	64 min
Jun 15, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Elk, Greenwood	46 min
Jun 15, 10:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	12 hr
Jun 15, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Elk, Greenwood, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	62 min
Jun 15, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Marion	45 min
Jun 15, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick	41 min
Jun 15, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Reno, Rice	44 min
Jun 16, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	26 min
Jun 16, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno	62 min
Jun 16, 12:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Rice	9 hr
Jun 16, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, McPherson, Marion	31 min
Jun 16, 12:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Rice	9 hr
Jun 16, 1:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Rice	22 min
Jun 16, 1:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Rice	8 hr
Jun 16, 1:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson	8 hr
Jun 16, 2:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	6 hr
Jun 16, 2:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase	13 hr
Jun 16, 2:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Lyon	31 hr
Jun 16, 2:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	36 hr
Jun 16, 2:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	54 hr
Jun 16, 2:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	47 min
Jun 16, 2:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Greenwood	48 min
Jun 16, 3:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	7 hr
Jun 16, 3:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey	7 hr
Jun 16, 3:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	7 hr
Jun 16, 4:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen	37 min
Jun 16, 4:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Greenwood, Woodson	6 hr
Jun 16, 8:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	54 hr
Jun 16, 8:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	3 days
Jun 16, 8:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette	3 days
Jun 16, 9:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Rice	12 hr
Jun 16, 9:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno	23 hr
Jun 16, 9:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	12 hr
Jun 16, 10:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	12 hr
Jun 16, 10:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	7 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.