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River Flood Warning 62, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Aug 10, 2013, 2:29 AM CDT for Marion County, Kansas. It took effect at Aug 10, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 2013, 2:29 AM CDT (07:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 10, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2013, 9:36 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Marion County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Cottonwood River near Florence (FLRK1).
- Action stage
- 20 ft
- Minor stage
- 22 ft
- Moderate stage
- 27 ft
- Major stage
- 32 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07180400, 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 9, 11:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 11:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 812 PM CDT FRI AUG 9 2013 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-110115- 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- 812 PM CDT FRI AUG 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERAL FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SEE THE LATEST WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. AREAS OF FOG MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FOR SHELTERED AND LOW- LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PATCHY DENSE FOG MAY LINGER FOR A FEW HOURS PAST SUNRISE SATURDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO PRIMARILY CENTRAL KANSAS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE AND SPREAD OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER THE REGION FOR THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE AND PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. && 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, Aug 9, 9:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 3:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman | 5 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 28 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:38 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 18 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.