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River Flood Warning 148, NWS Wichita, KS

June 16, 2019Kingman County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jun 16, 2019, 9:00 AM CDT for Kingman County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 16, 2019, 10:15 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 2019, 9:00 AM CDT (14:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 16, 2019, 10:15 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 16, 2019, 8:28 PM CDT
In force: 10 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 14:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ninnescah River near Murdock (MDKK1). The gauge peaked at 8.55 ft at Jun 16, 2019, 3:00 PM CDT.

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.

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 16, 5:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 5:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 4:29 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:29 AM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:54 AM CDT, 6 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 15, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	31 min
Jun 15, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	42 min
Jun 15, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	15 min
Jun 15, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	40 min
Jun 15, 10:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	15 min
Jun 15, 10:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman, Sedgwick	12 hr
Jun 15, 10:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	11 min
Jun 15, 10:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	8 min
Jun 15, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	31 min
Jun 15, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	43 min
Jun 15, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno, Sedgwick	38 min
Jun 15, 11:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harper	8 hr
Jun 15, 11:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	8 hr
Jun 15, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	33 min
Jun 15, 11:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	13 min
Jun 15, 11:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	15 min
Jun 15, 11:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	12 hr
Jun 15, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	36 min
Jun 16, 12:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	26 min
Jun 16, 12:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	37 min
Jun 16, 12:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	35 min
Jun 16, 12:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	4 hr
Jun 16, 12:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk, Neosho, Wilson	27 min
Jun 16, 12:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	24 min
Jun 16, 12:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	34 min
Jun 16, 1:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	12 hr
Jun 16, 1:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	37 min
Jun 16, 1:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho, Wilson	32 min
Jun 16, 1:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	37 min
Jun 16, 1:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	6 hr
Jun 16, 1:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	26 min
Jun 16, 1:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley, Elk, Neosho, Wilson	32 min
Jun 16, 2:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Labette, Montgomery and 2 more	24 min
Jun 16, 2:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	12 hr
Jun 16, 2:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	12 hr
Jun 16, 10:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman, Sedgwick	11 hr
Jun 16, 10:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	10 hr
Jun 16, 11:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	9 hr
Jun 16, 12:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	24 hr
Jun 16, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	41 min
Jun 16, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	23 min
Jun 16, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	25 min

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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.