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Flood Watch 2, NWS Wichita, KS

April 30, 202411 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flood watch at Apr 30, 2024, 2:47 AM CDT for 11 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 30, 2024, 8:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 30, 2024, 2:47 AM CDT (07:47 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 30, 2024, 8:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 1, 2024, 3:41 AM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity: None

Counties Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Apr 30, 12:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 12:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 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
Apr 30, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	30 min
Apr 30, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	33 min
Apr 30, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey	41 min
Apr 30, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	13 min
Apr 30, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	68 min
Apr 30, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	65 min
Apr 30, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey	45 min
Apr 30, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Sedgwick	45 min
Apr 30, 5:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harvey	13 min
Apr 30, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	54 min
Apr 30, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey	23 min
Apr 30, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	96 min
Apr 30, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler	16 min
Apr 30, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner	30 min
Apr 30, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	9 min
Apr 30, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	54 min
Apr 30, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	55 min
Apr 30, 6:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Cowley	23 min
Apr 30, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	22 min
Apr 30, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	53 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.