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Flood Watch 3, NWS Topeka, KS

April 9, 200810 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flood watch at Apr 9, 2008, 2:55 PM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 10, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2008, 2:55 PM CDT (19:55 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 10, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 10, 2008, 9:52 AM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

Counties Anderson County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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 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 flood watch went out at Apr 9, 4:45 AM CDT, 10 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 4:45 AM CDT, 10 hours 10 minutes before
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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.