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River Flood Warning 146, NWS Wichita, KS

June 6, 2019Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jun 6, 2019, 1:12 PM CDT for Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 6, 2019, 1:12 PM CDT (18:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2019, 1:43 AM CDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Cowley County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Arkansas River at Arkansas City (ARCK1). The gauge peaked at 11.47 ft at Jun 6, 2019, 3:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07146500, 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 Jun 6, 12:43 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 12:43 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 11:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:43 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
843 AM CDT THU JUN 6 2019

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

0841 AM     HEAVY RAIN       STROTHER FIELD AIRPORT  37.16N 97.03W
06/06/2019  M3.64 INCH       COWLEY             KS   ASOS

            ASOS AT STROTHER FIELD AIPORT MEASURED RAINFALL REPORT IN
            ONE HOUR AND 26 MINUTES.

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CDJ

Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 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
Jun 5, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	26 min
Jun 5, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	61 min
Jun 5, 8:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	45 min
Jun 5, 8:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	54 min
Jun 5, 8:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	55 min
Jun 5, 9:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	59 min
Jun 5, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase	32 min
Jun 5, 9:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner	12 hr
Jun 5, 10:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	58 min
Jun 5, 10:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	12 hr
Jun 6, 3:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 9 more	25 hr
Jun 6, 4:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln	6 hr
Jun 6, 8:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sumner	11 hr
Jun 6, 8:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sumner	5 hr

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.