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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS

February 23, 2020Elk County, Greenwood County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this areal flood warning at Feb 23, 2020, 8:26 PM CST for Elk County, Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 23, 2020, 8:26 PM CST (02:26 UTC)
Expired: Feb 25, 2020, 2:30 PM CST
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Feb 23, 5:48 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 5:48 PM CST, 2 hours 38 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
Feb 23, 11:20 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	5 days
Feb 24, 1:33 PM CST	River Flood Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	4 days
Feb 24, 3:26 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	Barton, Butler, Chase, Ellsworth, Greenwood, Harvey and 7 more	29 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2020 Every areal flood warning in 2020

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.