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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Wichita, KS

July 16, 2020Reno County, Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jul 16, 2020, 8:23 AM CDT for Reno County, Rice County, Kansas. It took effect at Jul 16, 2020, 3:58 PM CDT. It was in force for 67 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 16, 2020, 8:23 AM CDT (13:23 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 16, 2020, 3:58 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 19, 2020, 10:41 AM CDT
In force: 67 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cow Creek above Hutchinson (HTCK1). The gauge peaked at 10.83 ft at Jul 18, 2020, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 7.5 ft
Minor stage: 9.5 ft
Moderate stage: 10.5 ft
Major stage: 12.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07143310, 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 Jul 15, 6:33 PM CDT, 13 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 6:33 PM CDT, 13 hours 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 3:56 PM CDT, 16 hours 27 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
Jul 16, 5:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	33 min
Jul 16, 5:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	48 min
Jul 16, 6:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sumner	43 min
Jul 16, 6:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	49 min
Jul 16, 7:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	56 min
Jul 16, 9:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Rice	6 hr
Jul 16, 3:01 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	53 hr
Jul 16, 3:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Rice	45 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.