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Areal Flood Warning 85, NWS Wichita, KS

July 6, 2016Harvey County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this areal flood warning at Jul 6, 2016, 2:18 PM CDT for Harvey County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2016, 2:18 PM CDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2016, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Harvey County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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 areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Jul 6, 12:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 12:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 9:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 6, 1:44 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 6, 1:53 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 6, 1:57 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton45 min
Jul 6, 12:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell26 min
Jul 6, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell51 min
Jul 6, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln44 min
Jul 6, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton52 min
Jul 6, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Reno, Rice, Saline45 min
Jul 6, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno, Saline52 min
Jul 6, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick56 min
Jul 6, 2:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton33 min
Jul 6, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner31 min
Jul 6, 2:34 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTBarton6 hr
Jul 6, 2:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno25 min
Jul 6, 2:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler32 min
Jul 6, 3:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Greenwood64 min
Jul 6, 3:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Montgomery, Wilson57 min
Jul 6, 4:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman, Sedgwick64 min
Jul 6, 4:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson44 min
Jul 6, 4:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley, Sumner58 min
Jul 6, 5:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua, Elk42 min
Jul 6, 5:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette38 min
Jul 6, 6:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho31 min
Jul 6, 2:45 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTReno24 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2016Every areal flood warning in 2016

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.