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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Hastings, NE

June 27, 2020Mitchell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this river flood warning at Jun 27, 2020, 6:54 AM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 27, 2020, 11:54 AM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 27, 2020, 6:54 AM CDT (11:54 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 27, 2020, 11:54 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 28, 2020, 8:18 AM CDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Mitchell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Solomon River at Beloit (BLTK1). The gauge peaked at 22.39 ft at Jun 27, 2020, 4:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06876000, 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 Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jun 27, 6:19 AM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 6:19 AM CDT, 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 6:40 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 27, 5:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 5:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 5:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 5:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 5:56 AM CDT, 58 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 8:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Thayer	27 min
Jun 26, 11:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Thayer	27 min
Jun 26, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan	46 min
Jun 27, 12:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Thayer	43 min
Jun 27, 12:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Thayer	42 min
Jun 27, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Thayer	33 min
Jun 27, 12:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nuckolls	28 min
Jun 27, 12:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	38 min
Jun 27, 12:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin	33 min
Jun 27, 1:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Thayer	28 min
Jun 26, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips, Smith	45 min
Jun 26, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith	46 min
Jun 26, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	30 min
Jun 26, 11:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith	27 min
Jun 27, 12:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	39 min
Jun 27, 1:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Mitchell	6 hr
Jun 27, 1:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	26 min
Jun 27, 1:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips, Rooks	45 min
Jun 27, 1:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	Mitchell	5 hr
Jun 27, 2:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith	48 min
Jun 27, 2:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Phillips, Rooks	6 hr
Jun 27, 3:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Smith	45 min
Jun 27, 6:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Mitchell	9 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.