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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Hastings, NE

July 30, 2018Phillips County, Rooks County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this river flood warning at Jul 30, 2018, 6:54 AM CDT for Phillips County, Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 2018, 6:54 AM CDT (11:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2018, 1:06 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Bow Creek near Stockton (SKTK1). The gauge peaked at 9.11 ft at Jul 30, 2018, 8:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
12 ft
Major stage
13.6 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06871500, 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 Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jul 30, 6:31 AM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 6:31 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 4:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 30, 2:36 AM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 30, 2:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 30, 2:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 6:09 AM CDT, 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 6:33 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 8:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson26 min
Jul 29, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson37 min
Jul 29, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson, Gosper, Phelps48 min
Jul 29, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGosper, Phelps36 min
Jul 29, 10:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFurnas52 min
Jul 29, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Harlan27 min
Jul 29, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Harlan45 min
Jul 30, 6:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDKearney21 min
Jul 30, 6:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDKearney27 min
Jul 30, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDThayer29 min
Jul 30, 2:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDWebster36 min
Jul 30, 2:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls36 min
Jul 30, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster31 min
Jul 30, 2:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGreeley27 min
Jul 30, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFurnas, Harlan35 min
Jul 30, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHoward29 min
Jul 30, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDThayer36 min
Jul 30, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMerrick, Polk30 min
Jul 29, 11:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhillips40 min
Jul 29, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks46 min
Jul 30, 12:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDRooks44 min
Jul 30, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSmith32 min
Jul 30, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell16 min
Jul 30, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell47 min
Jul 30, 4:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDRooks36 min
Jul 30, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne49 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2018Every river flood warning in 2018

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.