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River Flood Warning 92, NWS Wichita, KS

September 8, 2009Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Sep 8, 2009, 9:09 AM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It took effect at Sep 8, 2009, 6:45 PM CDT. It was in force for 38 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 8, 2009, 9:09 AM CDT (14:09 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 8, 2009, 6:45 PM CDT
Expired: Sep 10, 2009, 8:38 AM CDT
In force: 38 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity: Minor

County Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cowskin Creek at Wichita 119th St (COWK1). The gauge peaked at 19.92 ft at Sep 9, 2009, 3:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07144480, 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 Sep 8, 6:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 6:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 8, 5:05 AM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
505 AM CDT TUE SEP 8 2009

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-091015-
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-
505 AM CDT TUE SEP 8 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NUMEROUS SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS ACROSS
PRIMARILY SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE LOCALIZED FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEITHER STRONG NOR
SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE THE REST OF THE WEEK...ESPECIALLY
WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW-MOVING...AND
WHILE THEY MAY PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH GUSTS...THE
PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAINS THAT MAY CAUSE FLOODING.

ANY RAINFALL REPORTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED THE REST OF THE
WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT
(LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 8, 7:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 8, 7:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 8, 7:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 8, 8:35 AM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 8, 8:59 AM CDT, 10 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
Sep 8, 4:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick	6 hr
Sep 8, 5:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	5 hr
Sep 8, 5:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick	7 hr
Sep 8, 7:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman	5 hr
Sep 8, 8:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	6 hr
Sep 8, 1:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	20 hr
Sep 8, 2:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	2 hr
Sep 8, 2:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	7 hr
Sep 8, 3:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 8 more	21 hr
Sep 8, 3:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Greenwood	7 hr
Sep 8, 5:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Woodson	7 hr
Sep 8, 6:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	5 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.