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River Flood Warning 76, NWS Wichita, KS

May 20, 2019Ellsworth County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at May 20, 2019, 9:03 AM CDT for Ellsworth County, Kansas. It took effect at May 21, 2019, 6:31 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2019, 9:03 AM CDT (14:03 UTC)
In effect from: May 21, 2019, 6:31 AM CDT
Expired: May 21, 2019, 11:14 AM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Ellsworth County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Smoky Hill River at Ellsworth (ELWK1). The gauge peaked at 17.89 ft at May 22, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06864500, 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 20, 5:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 5:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 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 20, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	12 days
May 20, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	13 days
May 20, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	14 days
May 20, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	21 days
May 20, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cherokee, Labette	16 days
May 20, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	66 hr
May 20, 9:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	66 hr
May 20, 9:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	23 min
May 20, 9:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln	24 hr
May 20, 9:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	4 days
May 20, 10:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	56 hr
May 20, 10:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Sumner	47 min
May 20, 1:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	27 min
May 20, 1:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Reno	52 min
May 20, 1:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	26 min
May 20, 1:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	30 min
May 20, 1:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	50 min
May 20, 2:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	31 min
May 20, 2:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno	5 days
May 20, 2:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey	9 days
May 20, 2:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	7 days
May 20, 2:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick	26 min
May 20, 2:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	8 days
May 20, 2:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	11 days
May 20, 2:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery	11 days
May 20, 2:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman	4 days
May 20, 2:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	65 hr
May 20, 2:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	4 days
May 20, 2:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	58 hr
May 20, 2:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	66 hr
May 20, 2:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harper and 7 more	21 hr
May 20, 2:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	10 days
May 20, 2:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	55 hr
May 20, 2:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	10 days
May 20, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	15 days
May 20, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Reno, Sedgwick	16 days
May 20, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	8 days
May 20, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	9 days
May 20, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	21 days
May 20, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	21 days
May 20, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	54 hr
May 20, 2:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	59 hr
May 20, 2:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase	7 days
May 20, 2:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Lyon	8 days
May 20, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	26 min
May 20, 3:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Reno, Rice and 2 more	24 hr
May 20, 3:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	2 hr
May 20, 3:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	31 min
May 20, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	26 min
May 20, 3:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Marion and 3 more	7 hr
May 20, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	30 min
May 20, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	32 min
May 20, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	30 min
May 20, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	28 min
May 20, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	26 min
May 20, 5:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	17 hr
May 20, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	30 min
May 20, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	26 min
May 20, 6:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood	4 hr
May 20, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery, Wilson	41 min

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.