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River Flood Warning 58, NWS Wichita, KS

December 27, 2018Kingman County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Dec 27, 2018, 3:56 AM CST for Kingman County, Kansas. It took effect at Dec 27, 2018, 5:10 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 27, 2018, 3:56 AM CST (09:56 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 27, 2018, 5:10 AM CST
Expired
Dec 27, 2018, 1:45 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Kingman County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Ninnescah River near Murdock (MDKK1). The gauge peaked at 8.47 ft at Dec 27, 2018, 7:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
6 ft
Minor stage
8 ft
Moderate stage
10 ft
Major stage
12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07145200, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 27, 2:42 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningICTHarvey, Reno29 hr
Dec 27, 7:40 AM CSTWind AdvisoryICTBarton, Ellsworth, Kingman, Lincoln, McPherson, Reno and 3 more11 hr

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.