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Flash Flood Watch 12, NWS Topeka, KS

October 17, 200717 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood watch at Oct 17, 2007, 1:54 AM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 17, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 17, 2007, 1:54 AM CDT (06:54 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 17, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 17, 2007, 9:36 PM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Flood severity
None

Counties Anderson County, KS, Brown County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:53 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 flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Oct 16, 3:59 PM CDT, 9 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 16, 3:59 PM CDT, 9 hours 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 17, 8:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPMarshall8 hr
Oct 17, 1:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage3 hr
Oct 17, 2:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPLyon, Osage3 hr

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.