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River Flood Warning 50, NWS Wichita, KS

August 8, 2013Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Aug 8, 2013, 7:03 AM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 8, 2013, 7:03 AM CDT (12:03 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2013, 9:20 AM CDT
In force: 50 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity: Minor

County Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:07 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Arkansas River at Derby (DRBK1). The gauge peaked at 13.06 ft at Aug 9, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 16.2 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07144550, 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 8, 3:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 3:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 4:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
448 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-091000-
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-
448 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER ALL AREAS...ESPECIALLY
THIS MORNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH...ARE
LIKELY OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS
MORNING. THE GREATEST THREAT CONTINUES TO BE TORRENTIAL RAINS THAT
WOULD NO DOUBT WORSEN THE FLOODING SITUATION. FURTHER COUNTY FLOOD
WARNINGS ARE LIKELY WITH RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUING IN MANY
AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

ALL AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WHICH MAY BE SEVERE
WITH MORE TORRENTIAL RAINS LIKELY.

ONE IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO REFER TO THE FLOOD WATCH THAT REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS THRU 7 AM FRIDAY AND TO CLOSELY MONITOR ALL
RIVER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER ALL AREAS ON FRIDAY WHICH
ARE LIKELY TO PROLONG FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY END IN A WEST TO EAST MANNER
FRIDAY EVENING.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO PRIMARILY CENTRAL KANSAS LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT THEN GRADUALLY INCREASE AS THEY SPREAD SOUTHEAST
OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS SUNDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE OVER THE REGION FOR MOST OF
THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK AND MAY BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...RIVER AND RAINFALL REPORTS ARE NEEDED AND THEREFORE
GREATLY APPRECIATED.

&&

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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 5:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 8, 5:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 5:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
520 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013

KSZ053-069-070-081115-
BUTLER-CHASE-GREENWOOD-
520 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BUTLER...CHASE AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES...

AT 518 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF
POTWIN TO SEVERY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOODING WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK FOR
MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3761 9651 3793 9716 3808 9715 3809 9684
      3835 9684 3835 9682 3837 9682 3837 9636
      3817 9636 3817 9596 3760 9598
TIME...MOT...LOC 1020Z 240DEG 19KT 3802 9697 3761 9619

KETCHAM

Local storm report, Aug 8, 5:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
545 AM CDT THU AUG 08 2013

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

0544 AM     HEAVY RAIN       ARKANSAS CITY           37.07N 97.04W
08/08/2013  M1.47 INCH       COWLEY             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            AT CITY HALL.

&&

BDK

Local storm report, Aug 8, 5:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
553 AM CDT THU AUG 08 2013

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

0552 AM     HEAVY RAIN       WICHITA MID CONTINENT A 37.66N 97.44W
08/08/2013  M1.68 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   ASOS

            THROUGH 550AM

&&

BDK

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 6:08 AM CDT, 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
608 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013

KSZ095-096-099-100-081215-
LABETTE-MONTGOMERY-NEOSHO-WILSON-
608 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LABETTE...MONTGOMERY...NEOSHO AND WILSON
COUNTIES...

AT 606 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF NEODESHA...OR 20 MILES WEST OF
PARSONS...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 3715 9507 3714 9569 3773 9579 3773 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 1109Z 261DEG 14KT 3734 9562

KETCHAM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 2:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Kingman	24 min
Aug 8, 3:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	42 min
Aug 8, 3:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman, Reno	66 min
Aug 8, 3:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner	57 min
Aug 8, 3:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	35 min
Aug 8, 3:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	64 min
Aug 8, 4:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harper, Sedgwick, Sumner	9 hr
Aug 8, 4:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	57 min
Aug 8, 4:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	58 min
Aug 8, 4:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick	37 min
Aug 8, 4:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	55 min
Aug 8, 4:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	8 hr
Aug 8, 5:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey, Marion	59 min
Aug 8, 5:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	45 min
Aug 8, 5:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	55 min
Aug 8, 6:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette, Neosho, Wilson	67 min
Aug 8, 7:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	6 hr
Aug 8, 8:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman	12 hr
Aug 8, 10:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Elk	24 hr
Aug 8, 11:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	28 hr
Aug 8, 12:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	14 hr
Aug 8, 12:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	5 days
Aug 8, 1:41 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	7 hr
Aug 8, 2:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	32 hr
Aug 8, 4:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	24 min
Aug 8, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	32 min
Aug 8, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	26 min
Aug 8, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	27 min

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.