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Areal Flood Warning 65, NWS Wichita, KS

August 10, 2017Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this areal flood warning at Aug 10, 2017, 3:15 AM CDT for Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 7 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: Aug 10, 2017, 3:15 AM CDT (08:15 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2017, 10:15 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Cowley County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:15 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 Aug 10, 12:03 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 12:03 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 1:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 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
Aug 9, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	48 min
Aug 9, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	34 min
Aug 9, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	30 min
Aug 9, 11:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	4 hr
Aug 10, 1:09 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell, Saline	9 hr
Aug 10, 2:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	Barton, Cowley, Harper, Kingman, Reno, Rice and 2 more	15 hr
Aug 10, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	39 min
Aug 10, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	31 min
Aug 10, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	29 min
Aug 10, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	43 min
Aug 10, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	37 min
Aug 10, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	29 min
Aug 10, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	38 min

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.