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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Apr 17, 2026, 8:03 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Labette County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 18, 2026, 6:05 PM CDT. It was in force for 43 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, 6:05 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2026, 1:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Cherokee County, KS, Labette County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 Neosho River at Oswego (OSWK1).
- Action stage
- 15 ft
- Minor stage
- 17 ft
- Moderate stage
- 20 ft
- Major stage
- 25 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
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 | Labette, Neosho | 3 days |
| Apr 17, 8:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho | 58 hr |
| 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.