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River Flood Warning 43, NWS Wichita, KS

August 5, 2013Montgomery County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Aug 5, 2013, 8:45 AM CDT for Montgomery County, Kansas. It took effect at Aug 5, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 5, 2013, 8:45 AM CDT (13:45 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 5, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 9, 2013, 8:33 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity: Minor

County Montgomery County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Verdigris River at Coffeyville (CFVK1).

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 26.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Aug 5, 6:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 6:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 4:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
438 AM CDT MON AUG 5 2013

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-060945-
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-
438 AM CDT MON AUG 5 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS
THIS MORNING...WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT FLOODING POSSIBLE. PLEASE
REFER TO THE FLOOD WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RE-DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER
CENTRAL KANSAS...AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF
THE REGION. THE PRIMARY RISK WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE
THUNDERSTORMS LEADING TO MORE FLOODING PROBLEMS. PLEASE SEE LATEST
FLOOD WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

NUMEROUS COUNTY FLOOD AND RIVER WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM RECENT HEAVY
RAINS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS
FOR DETAILS.

HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN
KANSAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SEVERAL COUNTY AND RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN
EFFECT INTO TUESDAY AND MAYBE LONGER FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD
STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FOR DETAILS.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AND
INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND ACROSS THE AREA. THE HIGHEST CHANCES FOR
AREA-WIDE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FOR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING. THIS WILL ONLY PROLONG OR WORSEN THE FLOODING PROBLEMS
ACROSS THE REGION.

HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES ARE FORECAST IN SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

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

CJ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 5, 4:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
457 AM CDT MON AUG 05 2013

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

0454 AM     FLASH FLOOD      FREDONIA                37.53N 95.82W
08/05/2013                   WILSON             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            EXTREME STREET FLOODING AND STANDING WATER IN FREDONIA
            FROM VERY HEAVY RAIN. SOME EVACUATIONS WERE BEING DONE
            FOR RESIDENTS IN TOWN DUE TO THE RISING WATER.

&&

CDJ

Local storm report, Aug 5, 5:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 5, 7:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 5, 7:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 5, 7:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 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
Aug 4, 7:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno, Rice	24 hr
Aug 4, 8:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton	19 hr
Aug 4, 10:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Montgomery	25 min
Aug 4, 10:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	12 hr
Aug 4, 11:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	8 hr
Aug 5, 12:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho and 1 more	9 hr
Aug 5, 12:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Montgomery	36 min
Aug 5, 1:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Greenwood	9 hr
Aug 5, 3:32 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 7 more	6 hr
Aug 5, 3:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	70 hr
Aug 5, 4:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	15 hr
Aug 5, 4:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	23 hr
Aug 5, 5:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	9 hr
Aug 5, 9:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Wilson	24 hr
Aug 5, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	36 min
Aug 5, 6:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno, Rice	18 hr

Nearby

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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.