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River Flood Warning 96, NWS Wichita, KS

August 31, 2025Marion County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Aug 31, 2025, 1:52 PM CDT for Marion County, Kansas. It took effect at Aug 31, 2025, 9:52 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 31, 2025, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 31, 2025, 9:52 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 1, 2025, 8:10 AM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Marion County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Cottonwood River near Florence (FLRK1). The gauge peaked at 20.89 ft at Sep 1, 2025, 12:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
20 ft
Minor stage
22 ft
Moderate stage
27 ft
Major stage
32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07180400, 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 31, 12:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 12:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 6:38 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTMcPherson6 hr
Aug 31, 12:40 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTMcPherson, Marion20 hr

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.