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River Flood Warning 138, NWS Wichita, KS

May 25, 2019Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at May 25, 2019, 3:24 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas. It took effect at May 25, 2019, 4:01 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2019, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
In effect from: May 25, 2019, 4:01 PM CDT
Expired: May 29, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ninnescah River near Peck (PECK1). The gauge peaked at 18.31 ft at May 27, 2019, 12:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07145500, 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 25, 2:53 PM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 2:53 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 2:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
203 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0201 PM     FLOOD            5 SSW MAIZE             37.71N 97.49W
05/25/2019                   SEDGWICK           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            13TH STREET IS COVERED WITH WATER WEST OF
            119TH. THIS IS LIKELY DUE TO OVERFLOW FROM
            COWSKIN CREEK.

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MARTIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Elk, Sumner	60 min
May 24, 7:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	ICT	Greenwood	3 hr
May 24, 7:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Woodson	12 hr
May 24, 7:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	44 min
May 24, 8:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Elk	3 hr
May 24, 8:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	49 min
May 24, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen, Wilson, Woodson	31 min
May 24, 8:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho, Wilson	3 hr
May 24, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	30 min
May 24, 9:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman	25 hr
May 24, 9:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	52 hr
May 24, 9:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho	32 min
May 24, 10:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	16 hr
May 24, 10:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	13 hr
May 24, 11:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	59 min
May 25, 12:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	52 min
May 25, 3:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	36 hr
May 25, 8:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Barton	7 days
May 25, 10:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	24 hr
May 25, 10:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 15 more	5 days
May 25, 2:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	24 hr
May 25, 3:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno	4 days
May 25, 3:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman	5 days
May 25, 3:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	4 days
May 25, 6:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	52 min
May 25, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	67 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.