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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Wichita, KS

June 5, 2022Montgomery County, Wilson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jun 5, 2022, 2:23 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Wilson County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 6, 2022, 10:18 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2022, 2:23 PM CDT (19:23 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 6, 2022, 10:18 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 6, 2022, 7:54 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Montgomery County, KS, Wilson County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Verdigris River at Independence (IDPK1). The gauge peaked at 28.11 ft at Jun 6, 2022, 1:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 28 ft
Minor stage: 30 ft
Moderate stage: 47.6 ft
Major stage: 53 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07170500, 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 Jun 5, 12:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 12:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 9:12 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 8:42 AM CDT, 5 hours 41 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
Jun 4, 11:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	44 min
Jun 5, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	59 min
Jun 5, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice, Russell	69 min
Jun 5, 12:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, McPherson, Marion, Saline	9 hr
Jun 5, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Saline	40 min
Jun 5, 1:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	8 hr
Jun 5, 2:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	25 min
Jun 5, 2:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	63 min
Jun 5, 2:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	43 min
Jun 5, 3:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Kingman	21 min
Jun 5, 3:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Sedgwick, Sumner	24 min
Jun 5, 4:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	27 min
Jun 5, 4:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Harper, Sumner	34 min
Jun 5, 5:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	24 min
Jun 5, 5:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson	29 min
Jun 5, 5:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	27 min
Jun 5, 8:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Lyon	36 hr
Jun 5, 8:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase	48 hr
Jun 5, 8:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	22 hr
Jun 5, 8:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson	12 hr
Jun 5, 8:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	48 min
Jun 5, 12:13 PM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 19 more	16 hr
Jun 5, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	42 min
Jun 5, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	61 min
Jun 5, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	29 min
Jun 5, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	62 min
Jun 5, 6:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	41 min

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.