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River Flood Warning 67, NWS Wichita, KS

July 18, 2025Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jul 18, 2025, 9:27 AM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 18, 2025, 9:27 AM CDT (14:27 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2025, 7:56 PM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Chikaskia River near Corbin (CBNK1). The gauge peaked at 14.65 ft at Jul 17, 2025, 2:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07151500, 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 Jul 18, 6:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 6:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 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
Jul 18, 5:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	4 hr
Jul 18, 2:51 PM CDT	Extreme Heat Warning	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	3 days
Jul 18, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	35 min
Jul 18, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	33 min
Jul 18, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Sedgwick	45 min
Jul 18, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick	48 min
Jul 18, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion	44 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.