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River Flood Warning 41, NWS Wichita, KS

June 22, 2026Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jun 22, 2026, 8:55 AM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 22, 2026, 8:55 AM CDT (13:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Arkansas River at Oxford (OXFK1).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07145600, 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 Jun 22, 6:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 6:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 4:21 AM CDT, 4 hours 34 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
Jun 21, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	64 min
Jun 21, 10:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman	3 hr
Jun 21, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	69 min
Jun 21, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	62 min
Jun 21, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Harper	39 min
Jun 21, 11:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sumner	7 hr
Jun 22, 1:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	27 min
Jun 22, 2:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	3 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.