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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Wichita, KS

June 7, 2025Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jun 7, 2025, 6:17 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 7, 2025, 6:22 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 7, 2025, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 7, 2025, 6:22 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 8, 2025, 4:00 AM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cowskin Creek at Wichita 119th St (COWK1). The gauge peaked at 18.46 ft at Jun 7, 2025, 11:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07144480, 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 7, 3:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 3:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 3:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 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 7, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	29 min
Jun 7, 1:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Harper	34 min
Jun 7, 1:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	47 min
Jun 7, 1:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ICT	Harper, Sumner	26 min
Jun 7, 1:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	37 min
Jun 7, 2:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	39 min
Jun 7, 2:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	31 min
Jun 7, 2:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	6 hr
Jun 7, 2:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	26 min
Jun 7, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner	33 min
Jun 7, 2:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	53 min
Jun 7, 3:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	6 hr
Jun 7, 3:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	5 hr
Jun 7, 3:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Labette, Montgomery	49 min
Jun 7, 8:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	4 hr
Jun 7, 8:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	24 hr
Jun 7, 8:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	29 hr
Jun 7, 8:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman	8 hr
Jun 7, 11:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	53 hr

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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.