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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Aug 2, 2007, 4:22 AM CDT for Marshall County, Kansas. It took effect at Aug 2, 2007, 1:20 PM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2007, 4:22 AM CDT (09:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 2, 2007, 1:20 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2007, 8:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Marshall County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 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 Big Blue River at Blue Rapids (BLRK1).
- Action stage
- 21 ft
- Minor stage
- 26 ft
- Moderate stage
- 52 ft
- Major stage
- 68 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06884700, 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 Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Aug 2, 3:44 AM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 3:44 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 344 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007 .DISCUSSION... REGIONAL RADAR LOOP SHOWS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PUSHING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CWA THIS MORNING. OTHER SMALL OUTFLOWS WERE NOTED ACROSS REPUBLIC COUNTY AS WELL. AN MCV WAS STILL SPINNING OVER FAR NORTHEAST KANSAS...SE NEBRASKA AND NW MISSOURI THIS MORNING. THIS HAS SUSTAINED CONVECTION IN THIS GENERAL AREA OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. THETA RIDGE LAY ACROSS THE CWA THIS MORNING AND RUC KEEPS IT IN PLACE. CONVECTION THAT LED TO FLASH FLOODING IN REPUBLIC COUNTY IS DISSIPATING AT THIS TIME. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION WAS OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. MCV MENTIONED ABOVE LOOKS TO REMAIN IN THE SAME AREA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. ADDITIONALLY SEVERAL BOUNDARIES WILL BE PRESENT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY AND WILL BROAD BRUSH THE POPS ACROSS THE AREA. WILL MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS ESPECIALLY NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER TODAY. WILL KEEP THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH GOING THROUGH 18Z TODAY EVEN THROUGH CONVECTION IS DISSIPATING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. GIVEN TREND OF THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL POSSIBLY SEE SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT THIS MORNING OF CONVECTION AND WITH VERY HIGH PWS EXPECT TO SEE RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ALONG WITH VERY SLOW MOVEMENT OF CELLS. CLOUDS WILL AGAIN PLAY A ROLE WITH HIGHS TODAY AND ADJUSTED PRIOR FORECAST SLIGHTLY WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. FOR TONIGHT WEAK ENERGY TO MOVE OUT OF MONTANA ACROSS NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT. BOUNDARIES LEFT FROM CONVECTION WILL ACT AS A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING. AGAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH 2 INCH PWS. ON FRIDAY...NORTHERN PLAINS SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS NEBRASKA WITH GOOD WARM AND MOISTURE ADVECTION ACROSS KANSAS. SOME ISENTROPIC LIFT MAY BE ENOUGH TO GENERATE SOME CONVECTION ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND MADE ONLY SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS TO POPS. PRECIPITATION CHANCES SHIFT NORTHWARD BY SATURDAY MORNING WITH NORTHERN COUNTIES ON THE FRINGE OF POSSIBLE MCS ACROSS NEBRASKA AND IOWA. RIDGE BUILDS THEREAFTER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. NO CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED. 53 && .AVIATION... TROPICAL TYPE CONVECTION BEEN MAINLY CONFINED TO FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA THROUGH EARLY MORNING THUS FAR. NO LARGE SCALE FORCING PRESENT WITH PREVIOUS CONVECTION COLD POOLS ENHANCING AND DEVELOPING NEW CONVECTION. SEVERAL DIFFUSE SURFACE BOUNDARIES ARE STRETCHED ACROSS THE AREA AND NEW ISOLATED CONVECTION CERTAINLY POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT REGION. THIN MID/UPPER CLOUD DECK ACROSS THE AREA FROM DISSIPATED CONVECTION OVERHEAD WITH VISIBILITIES RANGING FROM 4 TO 6 MILES. GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT IN VISIBILITY ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS. REFER TO SHORT TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. BLAIR && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NORTHERN BORDER COUNTIES AND CLOUD COUNTY UNTIL 18Z TODAY. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 4:51 PM CDT, 11 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 451 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2007 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-021500- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 451 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS DOWN THROUGH CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH 1 PM THURSDAY. SEE THE APPROPRIATE WATCHES AND STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH THE BETTER CHANCES OVER THE NORTHERN COUNTIES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL BE POSSIBLE BUT THE MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING POTENTIAL WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN COUNTIES AND THUS THE ISSUANCE OF THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. DEPENDING ON THE EXTENT OF THE RAINFALL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED IN TIME AND COVERAGE. A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS TO THE AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK...FAVORING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER ONE INCH TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 2, 2:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 9:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Republic | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 9:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 23 hr |
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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.