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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Wichita, KS

April 30, 2019Cherokee County, Labette County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Apr 30, 2019, 10:28 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Labette County, Kansas. It took effect at May 1, 2019, 8:38 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 30, 2019, 10:28 AM CDT (15:28 UTC)
In effect from: May 1, 2019, 8:38 AM CDT
Expired: May 5, 2019, 8:08 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

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 15:29 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 Apr 30, 9:39 AM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 9:39 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 5:36 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 30, 6:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 30, 6:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 30, 6:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 30, 7:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 30, 8:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 30, 9:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 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
Apr 30, 1:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	49 min
Apr 30, 2:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	51 min
Apr 30, 2:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	48 min
Apr 30, 3:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	52 min
Apr 30, 4:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	42 min
Apr 30, 5:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	42 min
Apr 30, 5:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	45 min
Apr 30, 5:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	43 min
Apr 30, 6:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	43 min
Apr 30, 6:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	43 min
Apr 30, 6:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	47 min
Apr 30, 6:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	63 min
Apr 30, 7:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	44 min
Apr 30, 7:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	8 hr
Apr 30, 8:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	40 min
Apr 30, 9:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk, Greenwood, Woodson	47 min
Apr 30, 10:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	26 hr
Apr 30, 10:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	35 hr
Apr 30, 10:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	55 hr
Apr 30, 10:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery	70 hr
Apr 30, 10:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	44 hr
Apr 30, 10:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	64 hr
Apr 30, 10:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	3 days
Apr 30, 10:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	4 days
Apr 30, 10:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Elk, Greenwood	8 hr
Apr 30, 10:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	4 hr
Apr 30, 11:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Reno, Rice	31 min
Apr 30, 11:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	37 min
Apr 30, 12:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	50 min
Apr 30, 12:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Sedgwick	34 min
Apr 30, 12:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	42 min
Apr 30, 12:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	39 min
Apr 30, 1:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	28 min
Apr 30, 1:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Wilson	50 min
Apr 30, 2:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	37 min
Apr 30, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sumner	26 min
Apr 30, 3:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	6 hr
Apr 30, 3:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	22 min
Apr 30, 3:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	7 hr
Apr 30, 3:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley, Sedgwick	36 min
Apr 30, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	37 min
Apr 30, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	35 min
Apr 30, 4:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Elk, Greenwood	7 hr
Apr 30, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	24 min
Apr 30, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	28 min
Apr 30, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	37 min
Apr 30, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery, Wilson	29 min
Apr 30, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	35 min
Apr 30, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	65 min
Apr 30, 5:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	6 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.