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River Flood Warning 194, NWS Wichita, KS

June 25, 2019Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jun 25, 2019, 4:55 AM CDT for Cowley County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 25, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 25, 2019, 4:55 AM CDT (09:55 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 25, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 26, 2019, 5:48 PM CDT
In force: 35 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 09:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Walnut River at Arkansas City (ARKK1). The gauge peaked at 17.84 ft at Jun 25, 2019, 10:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07147900, 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 25, 3:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 3:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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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.