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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Wichita, KS

May 16, 2020Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2020, 1:45 PM CDT for Cowley County, Kansas. It took effect at May 17, 2020, 12:12 PM CDT. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2020, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
In effect from: May 17, 2020, 12:12 PM CDT
Expired: May 18, 2020, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 28 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Cowley County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Walnut River at Arkansas City (ARKK1). The gauge peaked at 17.27 ft at May 17, 2020, 3:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07147900, 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 15, 6:43 PM CDT, 19 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 6:43 PM CDT, 19 hours 2 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 15, 7:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho and 1 more	18 hr
May 16, 1:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Wilson	24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2020 Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.