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River Flood Warning 60, NWS Wichita, KS

June 7, 2022Reno County, Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jun 7, 2022, 7:54 AM CDT for Reno County, Rice County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 8, 2022, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 7, 2022, 7:54 AM CDT (12:54 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 8, 2022, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 9, 2022, 7:44 PM CDT
In force: 31 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 12:53 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 9.24 ft at Jun 9, 2022, 3:00 PM 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 Jun 6, 6:42 PM CDT, 13 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 6:42 PM CDT, 13 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 3:05 PM CDT, 16 hours 49 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 6, 8:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	23 hr
Jun 6, 8:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cherokee, Labette	24 hr
Jun 6, 10:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	49 min
Jun 6, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	47 min
Jun 6, 11:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	57 min
Jun 6, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	37 min
Jun 7, 12:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	50 min
Jun 7, 3:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	51 min
Jun 7, 2:25 PM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	12 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2022 Every river flood warning in 2022

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.