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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Wichita, KS

May 7, 201526 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood watch at May 7, 2015, 3:47 PM CDT for 26 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 7, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2015, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
In effect from: May 7, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 8, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity: None

All 26 counties

Allen County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at May 6, 6:02 PM CDT, 21 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 6:02 PM CDT, 21 hours 45 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
May 6, 7:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	44 min
May 6, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	54 min
May 6, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	63 min
May 6, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	34 min
May 6, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	39 min
May 6, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sumner	34 min
May 6, 8:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	39 min
May 6, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	31 min
May 6, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	31 min
May 6, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	43 min
May 6, 10:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	42 min
May 6, 10:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	43 min
May 6, 11:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	37 min
May 7, 9:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	45 min
May 7, 9:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	42 min
May 7, 10:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	53 min
May 7, 11:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	26 min
May 7, 11:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	34 min
May 7, 2:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	23 min
May 7, 2:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton	17 min
May 7, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	35 min
May 7, 3:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth, Saline	37 min
May 7, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth	30 min
May 7, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	24 min
May 7, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	35 min
May 7, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	27 min
May 7, 5:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton	3 hr
May 7, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	28 min
May 7, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	37 min
May 7, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	29 min
May 7, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	39 min
May 7, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	29 min
May 7, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Rice	31 min
May 7, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	21 min
May 7, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	34 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.