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River Flood Warning 196, NWS Wichita, KS

July 4, 2019Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jul 4, 2019, 10:44 AM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It took effect at Jul 4, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 2019, 10:44 AM CDT (15:44 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 4, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 5, 2019, 8:51 AM CDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Smoky Hill River near New Cambria (NCMK1). The gauge peaked at 27.60 ft at Jul 4, 2019, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 25 ft
Minor stage: 27 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 33.1 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06870200, 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 Jul 4, 6:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 6:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 4:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 4, 7:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
727 AM CDT THU JUL 4 2019

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

0725 AM     HEAVY RAIN       8 ENE GYPSUM            38.75N 97.29W
07/04/2019  M4.40 INCH       DICKINSON          KS   COCORAHS

&&

MWM

Local storm report, Jul 4, 9:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
920 AM CDT THU JUL 4 2019

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

0919 AM     FLOOD            TAMPA                   38.55N 97.15W
07/04/2019                   MARION             KS   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            SEVERAL ROADS EXPERIENCING HIGH WATER DUE TO HEAVY
            RAINFALL.

&&

CDJ

Local storm report, Jul 4, 9:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 4, 9:47 AM CDT, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
947 AM CDT THU JUL 4 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
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0946 AM     FLASH FLOOD      4 N DURHAM              38.54N 97.23W
07/04/2019                   MARION             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MARION COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ADVISES
            WATER OVER HIGHWAY K-15 S OF 320TH.

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Local storm report, Jul 4, 10:12 AM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 4, 10:34 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1034 AM CDT THU JUL 4 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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1033 AM     FLASH FLOOD      GYPSUM                  38.71N 97.43W
07/04/2019                   SALINE             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED 8 TO 12 ON GOING WATER RECUES
            IN GYPSUM AND KIPP DUE TO RISING WATER.

&&

CDJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 1:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	45 min
Jul 4, 1:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	4 hr
Jul 4, 2:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	34 min
Jul 4, 4:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion	4 hr
Jul 4, 4:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	28 hr
Jul 4, 5:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion, Saline	5 days
Jul 4, 8:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	53 hr
Jul 4, 9:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	4 hr
Jul 4, 10:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	8 hr
Jul 4, 1:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	4 hr
Jul 4, 4:00 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	60 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.