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Flash Flood Watch 9, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood watch at Aug 9, 2008, 3:49 AM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Aug 9, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2008, 3:49 AM CDT (08:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 9, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2008, 3:27 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Anderson County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Ottawa County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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 Aug 9, 3:44 AM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 3:44 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 11:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 12:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris, Riley | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 12:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Washington | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:22 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Washington | 7 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:22 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 7 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:22 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 7 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Kansas, 2008Every flash flood watch in 2008
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.