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River Flood Warning 42, NWS Wichita, KS

May 29, 2015Wilson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at May 29, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT for Wilson County, Kansas. It took effect at May 30, 2015, 10:36 AM CDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 29, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
In effect from: May 30, 2015, 10:36 AM CDT
Expired: May 31, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 35 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Wilson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Verdigris River at Altoona (ATOK1). The gauge peaked at 17.78 ft at Jun 1, 2015, 8:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07166500, 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 29, 3:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 3:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 3:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 29, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 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 28, 7:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	50 min
May 28, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	34 min
May 28, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton, Lincoln	41 min
May 29, 12:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	55 min
May 29, 1:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	57 min
May 29, 1:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	12 hr
May 29, 3:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Greenwood	19 hr
May 29, 3:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Woodson	30 hr
May 29, 4:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	12 hr
May 29, 4:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	18 hr
May 29, 9:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	48 hr
May 29, 2:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	46 hr
May 29, 2:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	60 hr
May 29, 2:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	3 days
May 29, 2:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cherokee, Labette	4 days
May 29, 3:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	18 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.