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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jul 31, 2020, 8:08 AM CDT for Chase County, Lyon County, Kansas. It took effect at Jul 31, 2020, 12:30 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2020, 8:08 AM CDT (13:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 31, 2020, 12:30 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2020, 8:52 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Chase County, KS, Lyon County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Cottonwood River near Plymouth (PLYK1).
- Action stage
- 30 ft
- Minor stage
- 32 ft
- Moderate stage
- 34 ft
- Major stage
- 37 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07182250, 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 31, 6:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 6:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 30, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 29 min |
| Jul 30, 10:59 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 34 hr |
| Jul 31, 10:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 25 hr |
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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.