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River Flood Warning 215, NWS Wichita, KS

August 11, 2019Cherokee County, Labette County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Aug 11, 2019, 2:39 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Labette County, Kansas. It took effect at Aug 12, 2019, 3:12 PM CDT. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 2019, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 12, 2019, 3:12 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 13, 2019, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
29 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Labette County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Neosho River at Oswego (OSWK1).

Action stage
15 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Aug 11, 12:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 12:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 11, 9:24 AM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 12:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell33 min
Aug 11, 12:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell27 min
Aug 11, 12:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth26 min
Aug 11, 12:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell27 min
Aug 11, 1:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell36 min
Aug 11, 2:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell38 min
Aug 11, 2:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline32 min
Aug 11, 2:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln46 min
Aug 11, 2:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell42 min
Aug 11, 3:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Saline67 min
Aug 11, 3:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline67 min
Aug 11, 4:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen, Woodson60 min
Aug 11, 5:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen42 min
Aug 11, 5:21 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTAllen, Woodson4 hr
Aug 11, 5:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTNeosho43 min
Aug 11, 7:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson4 hr
Aug 11, 2:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTAllen, Neosho16 hr
Aug 11, 2:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTLabette, Neosho47 hr

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.