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River Flood Warning 119, NWS Wichita, KS

May 23, 2019Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at May 23, 2019, 3:08 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It took effect at May 25, 2019, 12:20 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2019, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
In effect from
May 25, 2019, 12:20 AM CDT
Expired
May 23, 2019, 10:34 PM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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 Cowskin Creek at Wichita 119th St (COWK1). The gauge peaked at 17.93 ft at May 22, 2019, 3:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
18 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07144480, 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, 12:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 12:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Montgomery, Neosho54 min
May 22, 8:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTNeosho, Wilson43 min
May 22, 9:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette52 min
May 22, 10:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley, Elk38 min
May 22, 11:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk, Woodson47 min
May 23, 12:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWoodson37 min
May 23, 2:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWilson33 min
May 23, 2:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette22 min
May 23, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette32 min
May 23, 3:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTNeosho20 min
May 23, 3:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTLabette5 hr
May 23, 6:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTLabette, Neosho4 hr
May 23, 8:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMarion65 hr
May 23, 8:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSumner5 days
May 23, 10:00 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSaline24 hr
May 23, 10:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTLincoln13 hr
May 23, 11:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchICTButler, Cowley4 days
May 23, 11:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTEllsworth4 days
May 23, 3:10 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner71 hr
May 23, 3:19 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTButler7 hr
May 23, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman26 min
May 23, 4:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchICTAllen, Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Lincoln, Russell and 2 more72 hr
May 23, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno52 min
May 23, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey49 min
May 23, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick57 min
May 23, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline30 min
May 23, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton29 min
May 23, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton43 min
May 23, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell36 min
May 23, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey, Marion31 min
May 23, 6:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth, Lincoln32 min
May 23, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Saline45 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.