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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS

April 17, 2026Labette County, Neosho County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Apr 17, 2026, 8:03 AM CDT for Labette County, Neosho County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 18, 2026, 10:51 AM CDT. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 17, 2026, 8:03 AM CDT (13:03 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 18, 2026, 10:51 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 20, 2026, 10:21 AM CDT
In force: 48 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 13:02 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).

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 17, 6:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 6:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 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
Apr 17, 8:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	58 hr
Apr 17, 8:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cherokee, Labette	3 days
Apr 17, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	52 min
Apr 17, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Marion	51 min
Apr 17, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	48 min
Apr 17, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase	42 min
Apr 17, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	38 min
Apr 17, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	18 min
Apr 17, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	59 min
Apr 17, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	67 min
Apr 17, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood, Marion	65 min
Apr 17, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	63 min
Apr 17, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	66 min
Apr 17, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	67 min
Apr 17, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick	64 min
Apr 17, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	27 min
Apr 17, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	48 min
Apr 17, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Elk, Greenwood, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	56 min
Apr 17, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood	33 min
Apr 17, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	56 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.