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River Flood Warning 224, NWS Wichita, KS

August 25, 2019Barton County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Aug 25, 2019, 8:56 AM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It took effect at Aug 25, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 25, 2019, 8:56 AM CDT (13:56 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 25, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 25, 2019, 2:13 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Barton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Arkansas River at Great Bend (GTBK1). The gauge peaked at 10.52 ft at Aug 26, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07141300, 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 25, 6:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 6:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 25, 5:13 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 25, 4:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 4:36 AM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 5:23 AM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 6:12 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 25, 6:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 6:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 10 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
Aug 24, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	12 min
Aug 24, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	33 min
Aug 24, 7:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Russell	4 days
Aug 24, 7:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Russell	6 hr
Aug 24, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	17 min
Aug 24, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	40 min
Aug 24, 8:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	26 min
Aug 24, 8:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	40 min
Aug 24, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Russell	46 min
Aug 24, 9:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	12 hr
Aug 24, 9:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth	45 min
Aug 24, 9:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Ellsworth	43 min
Aug 24, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth	36 min
Aug 24, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth	29 min
Aug 24, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Lincoln, Russell	64 min
Aug 24, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice	62 min
Aug 25, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice, Saline	60 min
Aug 25, 1:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth	20 hr
Aug 25, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Kingman, McPherson, Marion, Reno and 2 more	76 min
Aug 25, 1:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln	19 hr
Aug 25, 1:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	11 hr
Aug 25, 2:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Barton	5 hr
Aug 25, 2:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Chase, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	33 min
Aug 25, 3:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	4 hr
Aug 25, 3:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner	31 min
Aug 25, 3:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Sumner	35 min
Aug 25, 4:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	3 hr
Aug 25, 4:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	33 min
Aug 25, 4:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	30 min
Aug 25, 4:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	24 min
Aug 25, 5:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	37 min
Aug 25, 6:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	33 min
Aug 25, 6:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	29 min
Aug 25, 7:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Russell	31 hr
Aug 25, 8:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	62 hr
Aug 25, 9:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	4 days
Aug 25, 9:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	48 hr
Aug 25, 9:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	46 min
Aug 25, 9:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	44 min
Aug 25, 9:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	46 min
Aug 25, 9:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Kingman	46 min
Aug 25, 10:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Rice	8 hr
Aug 25, 10:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman	5 hr
Aug 25, 10:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	42 min
Aug 25, 10:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	43 min
Aug 25, 12:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	41 min
Aug 25, 2:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	19 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.