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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Wichita, KS

April 2, 2026Labette County, Neosho County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Apr 2, 2026, 1:56 PM CDT for Labette County, Neosho County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 2, 2026, 6:32 PM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2026, 1:56 PM CDT (18:56 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 2, 2026, 6:32 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 3, 2026, 1:39 PM CDT
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Labette County, KS, Neosho County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Neosho River near Parsons (PPFK1). The gauge peaked at 22.68 ft at Apr 3, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
19 ft
Minor stage
21 ft
Moderate stage
23 ft
Major stage
32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07183500, 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 Apr 2, 1:00 PM CDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 1:00 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 4:30 AM CDT, 9 hours 26 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Montgomery18 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2026Every river flood warning in 2026

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.