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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Wichita, KS

July 5, 2010Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jul 5, 2010, 4:35 AM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It took effect at Jul 5, 2010, 12:12 PM CDT. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2010, 4:35 AM CDT (09:35 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 5, 2010, 12:12 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 5, 2010, 1:35 PM CDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity
Minor

County Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:38 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 Chikaskia River near Corbin (CBNK1). The gauge peaked at 9.06 ft at Jul 5, 2010, 12:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
19 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07151500, 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 Jul 5, 3:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 7:41 PM CDT, 8 hours 54 minutes before
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      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 4, 11:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
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<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 7:08 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTKingman, Reno12 hr
Jul 4, 9:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSedgwick12 hr
Jul 4, 9:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSedgwick36 hr
Jul 5, 3:26 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTCowley, Elk30 hr
Jul 5, 5:43 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTWilson29 hr
Jul 5, 5:52 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler, Cowley8 hr
Jul 5, 6:24 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTNeosho5 hr
Jul 5, 7:17 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTReno8 hr
Jul 5, 7:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSaline25 hr
Jul 5, 8:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTElk4 hr
Jul 5, 9:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner30 hr
Jul 5, 11:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTWilson10 hr
Jul 5, 1:55 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTHarvey, Reno55 hr
Jul 5, 2:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSedgwick19 hr
Jul 5, 2:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSumner50 hr
Jul 5, 2:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTCowley72 hr
Jul 5, 2:26 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTMcPherson23 hr
Jul 5, 3:14 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler, Chase, Harvey, Marion, Reno, Sedgwick18 hr
Jul 5, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper58 min
Jul 5, 5:32 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTHarvey57 hr

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.