River Flood Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

Mar 20, 2012, 9:14 AM CDT (14:14 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 20, 2012, 11:26 PM CDT

Expired

Mar 20, 2012, 2:43 PM CDT

In force

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Flood severity

Minor

Counties Montgomery County, KS, Wilson County, KS

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:16 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 Verdigris River at Independence (IDPK1). The gauge peaked at 24.76 ft at Mar 20, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage

28 ft

Minor stage

30 ft

Moderate stage

47.6 ft

Major stage

53 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07170500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

860 
WGUS43 KICT 201414
FLWICT
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
914 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

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

  VERDIGRIS RIVER AT INDEPENDENCE AFFECTING MONTGOMERY AND WILSON 
  COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

KSC125-205-210414-
/O.NEW.KICT.FL.W.0007.120321T0426Z-120322T0153Z/
/IDPK1.1.ER.120321T0426Z.120321T0600Z.120321T1353Z.NO/
914 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA, KS HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE VERDIGRIS RIVER AT INDEPENDENCE.
* FROM THIS EVENING TO WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* AT  9:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.5 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 30.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE 
  TO NEAR 30.6 FEET BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL 
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.


&&


                  FLD    OBSERVED           FORECAST 7 AM
LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME     WED    THU    FRI
  INDEPENDENCE    30.0  19.5  TUE 09 AM   30.6   18.4    9.4

$$
LFW

134 
WGUS83 KICT 201943
FLSICT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 
243 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN 
KANSAS...
 
  VERDIGRIS RIVER AT INDEPENDENCE AFFECTING MONTGOMERY AND WILSON 
  COUNTIES.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

KSC125-205-202013-
/O.CAN.KICT.FL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120322T0153Z/
/IDPK1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
243 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE VERDIGRIS RIVER AT INDEPENDENCE.
* AT  2:00 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.1 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 30.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 27.3 FEET 
  EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.


&&


                  FLD    OBSERVED           FORECAST 7 AM
LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME     WED    THU    FRI
  INDEPENDENCE    30.0  23.1  TUE 02 PM   26.9   14.6    8.5

$$

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2012Every river flood warning in 2012

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.