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Areal Flood Warning 33, NWS Wichita, KS

May 12, 2017Montgomery County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this areal flood warning at May 12, 2017, 6:33 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 18 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: May 12, 2017, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2017, 12:30 PM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Montgomery County, KS

The radar

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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 May 12, 2:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 2:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 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 11, 7:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman	28 hr
May 11, 7:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Elk	18 hr
May 11, 8:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	34 hr
May 11, 8:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery	35 hr
May 11, 9:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	12 hr
May 12, 1:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	17 hr
May 12, 1:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	32 hr
May 12, 1:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cherokee, Labette	54 hr
May 12, 6:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	16 hr
May 12, 1:53 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	23 hr
May 12, 5:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman	18 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.