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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Wichita, KS

May 23, 2015Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at May 23, 2015, 6:47 PM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It took effect at May 23, 2015, 8:40 PM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2015, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
In effect from: May 23, 2015, 8:40 PM CDT
Expired: May 25, 2015, 2:29 AM CDT
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Chikaskia River near Corbin (CBNK1). The gauge peaked at 14.55 ft at May 24, 2015, 8:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07151500, 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 May 23, 4:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 4:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 5:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 23, 4:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 5:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 5:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 5:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
538 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015

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

0535 PM     HEAVY RAIN       ARKANSAS CITY           37.07N 97.04W
05/23/2015  M1.78 INCH       COWLEY             KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

            COOPERATIVE OBSERVER MEASURES 1.78 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 7
            THIS MORNING. NO FLOOD WAS REPORTED.

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Local storm report, May 23, 6:30 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
630 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015

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

0628 PM     FLOOD            2 ENE SOUTH HAVEN       37.06N 97.37W
05/23/2015                   SUMNER             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WATER RUNNING OVER U.S. HIGHWAY
            166 WEST OF THE TURNPIKE NEAR SOUTH HAVEN. DEPUTIES
            ESTIMATE THAT THE ROAD WAY WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE IN 30
            MINUTES.

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Local storm report, May 23, 6:38 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
638 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015

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

0636 PM     HEAVY RAIN       ROSE HILL               37.57N 97.13W
05/23/2015  M2.00 INCH       BUTLER             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER MEASURES 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 3 THIS
            AFTERNOON.

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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 23, 1:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley, Harper, Sumner	114 min
May 23, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	114 min
May 23, 3:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	114 min
May 23, 3:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	4 hr
May 23, 3:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sumner	4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2015 Every river flood warning in 2015

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.