River Flood Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

Feb 3, 2012, 1:13 PM CST (19:13 UTC)

In effect from

Feb 5, 2012, 9:36 AM CST

Expired

Feb 3, 2012, 9:09 PM CST

In force

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Flood severity

Minor

County Cowley County, KS

The Wichita radar (KICT), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Written for the forecast point Arkansas River at Arkansas City (ARCK1). The gauge peaked at 15.60 ft at Feb 4, 2012, 9:00 PM CST.

Action stage

9 ft

Minor stage

11 ft

Moderate stage

17 ft

Major stage

21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07146500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

735 
WGUS43 KICT 031913
FLWICT
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
113 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN KANSAS... 

  ARKANSAS RIVER AT ARKANSAS CITY AFFECTING COWLEY COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS OR GO AROUND BARRICADES. SHALLOW 
FLOWING WATER CAN WASH A CAR FROM THE ROADWAY.

&&

KSC035-040913-
/O.NEW.KICT.FL.W.0004.120205T1536Z-120207T0500Z/
/ARCK1.1.ER.120205T1536Z.120206T0600Z.120206T1700Z.NO/
113 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA, KS HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE ARKANSAS RIVER AT ARKANSAS CITY.
* FROM SUNDAY MORNING TO MONDAY EVENING.
* AT  1:00 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.7 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 17.7 FEET BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE 
  RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 17.0 FEET...FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS CAN BE 
  EXPECTED WITH BANK OVERFLOWS ON WEST SIDE OF RIVER. WEST CHESTNUT 
  AVENUE WEST OF THE RIVER FLOODS.

&&


                  FLD    OBSERVED           FORECAST 6 AM
LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME     SAT    SUN    MON
  ARKANSAS CITY   17.0   9.7  FRI 01 PM   11.1   16.7   17.5

$$

626 
WGUS83 KICT 040309
FLSICT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 
909 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN 
KANSAS...
 
  ARKANSAS RIVER AT ARKANSAS CITY AFFECTING COWLEY COUNTY.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS OR GO AROUND BARRICADES. SHALLOW 
FLOWING WATER CAN WASH A CAR FROM THE ROADWAY.

&&

KSC035-040339-
/O.CAN.KICT.FL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120207T0500Z/
/ARCK1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
909 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE ARKANSAS RIVER AT ARKANSAS CITY.
* AT  8:00 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 16.5 FEET 
  SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 17.0 FEET...FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS CAN BE 
  EXPECTED WITH BANK OVERFLOWS ON WEST SIDE OF RIVER. WEST CHESTNUT 
  AVENUE WEST OF THE RIVER FLOODS.

&&


                     FLD       OBSERVED        FORECAST 6 PM
LOCATION             STG    STG  DAY  TIME    SAT   SUN   MON   
  ARKANSAS CITY      17.0   9.9  FRI  8 PM   10.8  16.5  14.7

$$

LAWSON

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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.