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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Wichita, KS

June 14, 2010Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jun 14, 2010, 7:05 AM CDT for Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 14, 2010, 7:05 AM CDT (12:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2010, 9:04 AM CDT
In force: 26 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Arkansas River near Mulvane (MULK1).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 16.5 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07144570, 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 14, 6:21 AM CDT, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 6:21 AM CDT, 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 5:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 1:14 AM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 2:04 AM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 3:19 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 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
Jun 13, 7:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln	4 hr
Jun 13, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Reno	55 min
Jun 13, 8:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	6 hr
Jun 13, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	58 min
Jun 13, 8:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	6 hr
Jun 13, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner	62 min
Jun 13, 8:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	6 hr
Jun 13, 8:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	6 hr
Jun 13, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson	66 min
Jun 13, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner	62 min
Jun 13, 9:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline	6 hr
Jun 13, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	55 min
Jun 13, 9:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	57 min
Jun 13, 9:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	11 hr
Jun 13, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	55 min
Jun 13, 9:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	6 hr
Jun 13, 9:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	60 hr
Jun 13, 9:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	3 days
Jun 13, 9:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Cowley	11 hr
Jun 13, 9:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	29 hr
Jun 13, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	54 min
Jun 13, 10:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	34 hr
Jun 13, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson	48 min
Jun 13, 11:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	18 hr
Jun 14, 12:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson	7 hr
Jun 14, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	41 min
Jun 14, 12:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	8 hr
Jun 14, 1:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	7 hr
Jun 14, 3:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	24 hr
Jun 14, 7:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	10 hr
Jun 14, 7:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	10 hr
Jun 14, 7:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	10 hr
Jun 14, 8:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	30 hr
Jun 14, 11:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	6 hr
Jun 14, 5:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	6 days

Nearby

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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.