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River Flood Warning 43, NWS Wichita, KS

May 30, 2015Allen County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at May 30, 2015, 2:22 AM CDT for Allen County, Kansas. It took effect at May 30, 2015, 3:21 AM CDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2015, 2:22 AM CDT (07:22 UTC)
In effect from: May 30, 2015, 3:21 AM CDT
Expired: May 31, 2015, 1:51 AM CDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Allen County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Neosho River at Iola (IOLK1). The gauge peaked at 15.32 ft at May 30, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07183000, 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, 6:13 PM CDT, 8 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 6:13 PM CDT, 8 hours 9 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 29, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	26 min
May 29, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	31 min
May 29, 7:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln	47 min
May 29, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice, Saline	46 min
May 29, 9:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Greenwood	12 hr

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.