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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jun 9, 2010, 2:17 AM CDT for Chase County, Lyon County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 9, 2010, 12:17 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2010, 2:17 AM CDT (07:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 9, 2010, 12:17 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2010, 8:34 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Chase County, KS, Lyon County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Cottonwood River near Plymouth (PLYK1). The gauge peaked at 32.82 ft at Jun 9, 2010, 9:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 30 ft
- Minor stage
- 32 ft
- Moderate stage
- 34 ft
- Major stage
- 37 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07182250, 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 8, 11:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 11:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 951 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-100300- 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- 951 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO LINGER OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN RISK FROM THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS THAT WITNESSED HEAVY RAIN DURING THE EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ON SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. AT THIS TIME STRONG STORMS APPEAR POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 8:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 9:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen | 7 hr |
| Jun 8, 11:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Greenwood, Woodson | 7 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion | 9 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho, Wilson | 35 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey | 19 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:02 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 10 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 5 hr |
| Jun 9, 6:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Greenwood, Woodson | 7 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 5 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 30 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Labette | 48 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 30 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho | 24 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 43 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 49 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 17 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 71 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 49 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 43 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Greenwood, Woodson | 46 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2010Every 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.