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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Wichita, KS

May 25, 2020Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at May 25, 2020, 2:05 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It took effect at May 25, 2020, 6:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2020, 2:05 PM CDT (19:05 UTC)
In effect from: May 25, 2020, 6:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 26, 2020, 2:11 AM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mulberry Creek (KS) near Salina (SLNK1). The gauge peaked at 24.54 ft at May 25, 2020, 9:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 27.4 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06869950, 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 25, 12:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 12:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 12:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 11:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 25, 11:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 25, 12:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 25, 12:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 25, 12:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 25, 1:25 PM CDT, 40 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 24, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	27 min
May 24, 7:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ottawa	34 min
May 24, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Saline	47 min
May 24, 8:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	36 min
May 24, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	29 min
May 24, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	51 min
May 24, 8:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	36 min
May 24, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	43 min
May 24, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	28 min
May 24, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	65 min
May 24, 9:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell, Saline	12 hr
May 24, 10:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton, Russell	27 min
May 24, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	64 min
May 24, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell, Saline	44 min
May 24, 10:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	4 hr
May 24, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice, Saline	46 min
May 24, 11:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Saline	12 hr
May 25, 12:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, McPherson, Marion, Rice	43 min
May 25, 12:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	McPherson, Saline	4 hr
May 25, 12:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno and 1 more	29 min
May 25, 1:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson, Rice	9 hr
May 25, 1:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson, Marion, Reno, Rice	65 min
May 25, 1:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	8 hr
May 25, 9:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Saline	24 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.