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River Flood Warning 116, NWS Wichita, KS

May 23, 2019Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at May 23, 2019, 10:00 AM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It took effect at May 24, 2019, 12:22 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2019, 10:00 AM CDT (15:00 UTC)
In effect from: May 24, 2019, 12:22 PM CDT
Expired: May 24, 2019, 10:22 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Major

County Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mulberry Creek (KS) near Salina (SLNK1). The gauge peaked at 25.44 ft at May 22, 2019, 10:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 27.4 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06869950, 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 Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 23, 6:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 6:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 5:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 23, 4:12 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 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 22, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho	54 min
May 22, 8:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho, Wilson	43 min
May 22, 9:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	52 min
May 22, 10:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley, Elk	38 min
May 22, 11:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk, Woodson	47 min
May 23, 12:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	37 min
May 23, 2:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Wilson	33 min
May 23, 2:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	22 min
May 23, 2:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	32 min
May 23, 3:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	20 min
May 23, 3:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Labette	5 hr
May 23, 6:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	4 hr
May 23, 8:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	65 hr
May 23, 8:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	5 days
May 23, 10:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln	13 hr
May 23, 11:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	Butler, Cowley	4 days
May 23, 11:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth	4 days
May 23, 3:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	7 hr
May 23, 3:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	71 hr
May 23, 3:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	7 hr
May 23, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	26 min
May 23, 4:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Lincoln, Russell and 2 more	72 hr
May 23, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	52 min
May 23, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	49 min
May 23, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	57 min
May 23, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	30 min
May 23, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	29 min
May 23, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	43 min
May 23, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	36 min
May 23, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey, Marion	31 min
May 23, 6:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	32 min
May 23, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	45 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2019 Every river flood warning in 2019

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.