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River Flood Warning 73, NWS Wichita, KS

May 19, 2019McPherson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at May 19, 2019, 11:45 AM CDT for McPherson County, Kansas. It took effect at May 19, 2019, 11:58 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2019, 11:45 AM CDT (16:45 UTC)
In effect from: May 19, 2019, 11:58 AM CDT
Expired: May 24, 2019, 10:19 AM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County McPherson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Smoky Hill River at Lindsborg (LNSK1).

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 29 ft
Major stage: 33.9 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06866000, 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 May 19, 6:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 6:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 10:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 8:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 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
May 18, 7:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Rice	4 hr
May 18, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice	40 min
May 18, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Rice	35 min
May 18, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	40 min
May 18, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline	61 min
May 18, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	40 min
May 18, 8:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice, Russell	12 hr
May 18, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	29 min
May 18, 8:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	10 min
May 18, 8:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	12 hr
May 18, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion, Saline	62 min
May 18, 9:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	13 hr
May 18, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	31 min
May 18, 9:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	34 min
May 18, 10:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	51 min
May 18, 10:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	32 min
May 18, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	39 min
May 18, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	39 min
May 18, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson	47 min
May 18, 11:49 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln	8 days
May 18, 11:49 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln	9 hr
May 19, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	42 min
May 19, 1:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	8 hr
May 19, 1:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	8 hr
May 19, 3:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	60 hr
May 19, 7:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	15 days
May 19, 8:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	49 hr
May 19, 2:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	5 days
May 19, 2:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	11 days

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.