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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Wichita, KS

August 15, 2024Reno County, Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Aug 15, 2024, 9:13 AM CDT for Reno County, Rice County, Kansas. It took effect at Aug 17, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 2024, 9:13 AM CDT (14:13 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 17, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 17, 2024, 8:21 AM CDT
In force
7 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 14:14 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 9.41 ft at Aug 17, 2024, 12:00 AM CDT.

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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 Aug 15, 6:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 6:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 4:48 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 4:18 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 15, 6:26 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 6:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 15, 8:22 AM CDT, 51 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 15, 8:27 AM CDT, 46 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 15, 8:47 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline29 min
Aug 14, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth38 min
Aug 14, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Saline22 min
Aug 14, 7:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson24 min
Aug 14, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatICTMcPherson38 min
Aug 14, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatICTMarion52 min
Aug 14, 8:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno50 min
Aug 14, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatICTChase, Marion32 min
Aug 14, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno38 min
Aug 14, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion40 min
Aug 14, 9:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman30 min
Aug 14, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Harvey, Marion31 min
Aug 14, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase, Marion48 min
Aug 14, 9:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey, Kingman32 min
Aug 14, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick44 min
Aug 14, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Marion32 min
Aug 14, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatICTButler, Harvey, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner53 min
Aug 14, 11:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood25 min
Aug 14, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler22 min
Aug 14, 11:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Greenwood, Sedgwick34 min
Aug 15, 12:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Greenwood, Sedgwick, Woodson42 min
Aug 15, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler59 min
Aug 15, 1:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick27 min
Aug 15, 1:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk, Greenwood, Woodson23 min
Aug 15, 3:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood30 min
Aug 15, 3:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood33 min
Aug 15, 4:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWilson, Woodson27 min
Aug 15, 6:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette37 min
Aug 15, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner28 min
Aug 15, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner36 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.