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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Wichita, KS

July 30, 2013Wilson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jul 30, 2013, 3:28 AM CDT for Wilson County, Kansas. It took effect at Jul 30, 2013, 12:06 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 30, 2013, 3:28 AM CDT (08:28 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 30, 2013, 12:06 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 30, 2013, 8:50 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity: Minor

County Wilson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Verdigris River at Altoona (ATOK1). The gauge peaked at 16.18 ft at Jul 30, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07166500, 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 30, 3:14 AM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 3:14 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 10:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1053 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2013

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-310400-
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-
1053 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL
CAUSING NUMEROUS FLOODING PROBLEMS DUE TO SATURATED GROUND SOILS.
THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN URBAN FLOODING...AND FLOODING
OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD
WATCH AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PERSIST
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THIS
MAY RESULT IN COUNTY FLOODING...URBAN FLOODING...AND FLOODING OF
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND MAIN-STEM RIVERS. REFER TO THE FLOOD WATCH
FOR DETAILS.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEK
INTO NEXT WEEKEND. A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT...HOWEVER
ANY FLOODING OR HEAVY RAINFALL REPORTS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 29, 11:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1111 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2013

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

0945 PM     FLOOD            EL DORADO               37.82N 96.86W
07/29/2013                   BUTLER             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            13 INTERSECTIONS WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. WATER HAS
            RECEDED. WATER ENTERED A COUPLE OF BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN.

&&

BDK

Local storm report, Jul 29, 11:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1114 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2013

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

1112 PM     HEAVY RAIN       6 E EL DORADO           37.82N 96.75W
07/29/2013  E5.00 INCH       BUTLER             KS   PUBLIC

            REPORTED VIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

&&

BDK

Local storm report, Jul 29, 11:28 PM CDT, 4 hours before

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Local storm report, Jul 29, 11:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 1:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 1:26 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 8:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase	4 days
Jul 29, 8:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Lyon	7 days
Jul 29, 9:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho, Wilson	6 hr
Jul 29, 9:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno	35 hr
Jul 29, 9:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	5 hr
Jul 29, 9:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	5 hr
Jul 29, 10:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	34 min
Jul 29, 10:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	26 min
Jul 29, 10:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey	12 hr
Jul 29, 11:25 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	17 hr
Jul 29, 11:25 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	39 hr
Jul 30, 12:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery	9 hr
Jul 30, 1:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	9 hr
Jul 30, 2:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	31 hr
Jul 30, 3:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho, Wilson	12 hr
Jul 30, 5:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Greenwood	60 hr
Jul 30, 8:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey	33 hr
Jul 30, 10:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey	24 hr
Jul 30, 10:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	39 hr
Jul 30, 1:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Rice	25 hr
Jul 30, 2:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	24 hr
Jul 30, 3:11 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	19 hr
Jul 30, 4:30 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cherokee, Labette	39 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2013 Every river flood warning in 2013

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.