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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Wichita, KS

October 29, 2020Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Oct 29, 2020, 2:02 PM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It took effect at Oct 29, 2020, 2:39 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 29, 2020, 2:02 PM CDT (19:02 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 29, 2020, 2:39 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 29, 2020, 7:58 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Chikaskia River near Corbin (CBNK1).

Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
19 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07151500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2020Every 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.