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River Flood Warning 52, NWS Wichita, KS

July 6, 2010Montgomery County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jul 6, 2010, 1:55 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Kansas. It took effect at Jul 6, 2010, 9:35 PM CDT. It was in force for 59 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2010, 1:55 PM CDT (18:55 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 6, 2010, 9:35 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 9, 2010, 8:31 AM CDT
In force: 59 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity: Minor

County Montgomery County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Verdigris River at Coffeyville (CFVK1).

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 26.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 6, 12:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 12:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 6, 11:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1120 AM CDT TUE JUL 06 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1057 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 N BUFFALO             37.74N 95.70W
07/06/2010                   WOODSON            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ANOTHER LOW WATER CROSSING IS UNDERWATER.

&&

REC

Local storm report, Jul 6, 11:28 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1128 AM CDT TUE JUL 06 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1046 AM     FLOOD            PETROLIA                37.75N 95.47W
07/06/2010                   ALLEN              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ALLEN COUNTY EOC REPORTED PETROLIA ROAD WAS COMPLETELY
            CLOSED.

&&

MRS

Local storm report, Jul 6, 11:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1129 AM CDT TUE JUL 06 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1046 AM     FLOOD            HUMBOLDT                37.81N 95.44W
07/06/2010                   ALLEN              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ALLEN COUNTY EOC REPORTED ROAD CLOSURES AT GEORGIA
            BETWEEN 800 AND 1000.

&&

MRS

Local storm report, Jul 6, 11:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1130 AM CDT TUE JUL 06 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1046 AM     FLOOD            IOLA                    37.93N 95.40W
07/06/2010                   ALLEN              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ALLEN COUNTY EOC REPORTED ROAD CLOSURES AT OREGON BETWEEN
            2000 AND 2200.

&&

MRS

Local storm report, Jul 6, 11:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1132 AM CDT TUE JUL 06 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0645 AM     FLOOD            IOLA                    37.93N 95.40W
07/06/2010                   ALLEN              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            700 BLOCK OF NORTH STATE STREET BARRICADED.

0715 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S COFFEYVILLE         37.01N 95.63W
07/06/2010                   MONTGOMERY         KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MICROBURST DAMAGE TO POWER LINES AND TREES FROM 2S OF
            COFFEYVILLE TO 2E OF COFFEYVILLE.

0754 AM     FLOOD            HUMBOLDT                37.81N 95.44W
07/06/2010                   ALLEN              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL ROAD CLOSINGS WERE REPORTED, INCLUDING AT 1100
            AND IOWA, 1100 AND IDAHO, 8TH STREET BETWEEN THE 200 AND
            800 BLOCKS IN HUMBOLT, 1.5 MILES WEST OF CONNETICUT AND
            800, AND AT GEORGIA BETWEEN 800 AND 900.

0950 AM     FLOOD            HUMBOLDT                37.81N 95.44W
07/06/2010                   ALLEN              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROAD CLOSURES WERE REPORTED AT 1100 AND MASSACHUSETTS,
            2200 BETWEEN MISSOURI AND MINNESOTA, AND NORTH OF HUMBOLT
            ON 1100.

0955 AM     HEAVY RAIN       IOLA                    37.93N 95.40W
07/06/2010  M2.75 INCH       ALLEN              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED 1 INCH OF RAIN RECEIVED SINCE 730AM, AND
            2.75 INCHES OF RAIN RECEIVED OVERNIGHT.

1030 AM     HEAVY RAIN       5 S CHERRYVALE          37.20N 95.55W
07/06/2010  M1.40 INCH       MONTGOMERY         KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 1.40 INCHES OF RAIN RECEIVED
            SINCE 7AM.

1035 AM     FLASH FLOOD      FREDONIA                37.53N 95.82W
07/06/2010                   WILSON             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            THERE ARE REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IN
            FREDONIA.

1035 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 SE NEODESHA           37.41N 95.67W
07/06/2010                   WILSON             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POSSIBLE WATER RESCUE WAS TAKING PLACE JUST SOUTHEAST OF
            NEODESHA.

1046 AM     FLOOD            HUMBOLDT                37.81N 95.44W
07/06/2010                   ALLEN              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ALLEN COUNTY EOC REPORTED ROAD CLOSURES AT GEORGIA
            BETWEEN 800 AND 1000.

1046 AM     FLOOD            PETROLIA                37.75N 95.47W
07/06/2010                   ALLEN              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ALLEN COUNTY EOC REPORTED PETROLIA ROAD WAS COMPLETELY
            CLOSED.

1046 AM     FLOOD            IOLA                    37.93N 95.40W
07/06/2010                   ALLEN              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ALLEN COUNTY EOC REPORTED ROAD CLOSURES AT OREGON BETWEEN
            2000 AND 2200.

1057 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 W NEOSHO FALLS        38.01N 95.57W
07/06/2010                   WOODSON            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A LOW WATER CROSSING IS UNDERWATER.

1057 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 N BUFFALO             37.74N 95.70W
07/06/2010                   WOODSON            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ANOTHER LOW WATER CROSSING IS UNDERWATER.

&&

MRS

Local storm report, Jul 6, 11:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1140 AM CDT TUE JUL 06 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1139 AM     FLOOD            1 SE GAS                37.91N 95.33W
07/06/2010                   ALLEN              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ALLEN COUNTY EOC REPORTED ROAD CLOSURES AT NEBRASKA
            BETWEEN 2200 AND 2400.

&&

MRS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 3:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	30 hr
Jul 6, 6:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	8 hr
Jul 6, 6:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	8 hr
Jul 6, 6:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	8 hr
Jul 6, 7:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	7 hr
Jul 6, 9:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	6 hr
Jul 6, 9:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	18 hr
Jul 6, 10:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	46 hr
Jul 6, 11:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	6 hr
Jul 6, 12:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	24 hr
Jul 6, 12:49 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	4 days
Jul 6, 1:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	54 hr
Jul 6, 2:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	66 hr
Jul 6, 2:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette	4 days
Jul 6, 2:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	4 hr
Jul 6, 3:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	18 hr
Jul 6, 5:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	18 hr
Jul 6, 6:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	13 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2010 Every river flood warning in 2010

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.