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Flood Watch 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flood watch at Jun 8, 2026, 1:12 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 8, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2026, 1:12 PM CDT (18:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 8, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chase County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, Saline County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Jun 8, 12:17 PM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 12:17 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 8, 12:19 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick and 1 more | 19 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 35 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Labette | 4 days |
| Jun 8, 8:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 34 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:53 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 18 more | 30 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.