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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Wichita, KS

July 31, 2013Butler County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jul 31, 2013, 6:25 AM CDT for Butler County, Kansas. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 2013, 6:25 AM CDT (11:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2013, 2:46 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity
Minor

County Butler County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The river

Written for the forecast point Whitewater River (KS) near Towanda (TOWK1).

Action stage
20 ft
Minor stage
22 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07147070, 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, 6:28 PM CDT, 11 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 6:28 PM CDT, 11 hours 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 3:54 PM CDT, 14 hours 31 minutes before
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      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 10:57 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTRice49 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2013Every 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.