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River Flood Warning 83, NWS Wichita, KS

August 27, 2025Harvey County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Aug 27, 2025, 1:58 PM CDT for Harvey County, Kansas. It took effect at Aug 29, 2025, 2:38 PM CDT. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 27, 2025, 1:58 PM CDT (18:58 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 29, 2025, 2:38 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 31, 2025, 3:09 AM CDT
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Harvey County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Arkansas River near Halstead (HTDK1). The gauge peaked at 9.86 ft at Sep 1, 2025, 3:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 24 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07143672, 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 27, 12:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 12:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 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
Aug 27, 7:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Lyon	64 hr
Aug 27, 7:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	25 hr
Aug 27, 7:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase	67 hr
Aug 27, 7:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	48 hr
Aug 27, 12:20 PM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 17 more	23 hr
Aug 27, 1:58 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno	3 days
Aug 27, 2:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	50 hr
Aug 27, 2:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	5 days
Aug 27, 2:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	19 hr
Aug 27, 2:06 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	18 hr
Aug 27, 2:06 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	18 hr
Aug 27, 2:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	19 hr
Aug 27, 2:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	49 hr
Aug 27, 2:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	69 hr
Aug 27, 2:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	4 days

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.