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River Flood Warning 299, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Oct 22, 2008, 5:42 PM CDT for Atchison County, Leavenworth County, Kansas. It took effect at Oct 22, 2008, 8:53 PM CDT. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 22, 2008, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 22, 2008, 8:53 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2008, 10:26 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Flood severity
- Moderate
Counties Atchison County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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 Stranger Creek at Easton (ESTK1).
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 17 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 23 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06891850, 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 Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 4:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EAX | Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 22, 11:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Nodaway | 22 hr |
| Oct 22, 4:02 PM CDT | Flood Watch | EAX | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Clay and 15 more | 12 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.