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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Jul 18, 2008, 3:30 AM CDT for Marshall County, Kansas. It took effect at Jul 18, 2008, 10:32 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 2008, 3:30 AM CDT (08:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 18, 2008, 10:32 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2008, 3:57 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 days
- 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 08:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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). The gauge peaked at 33.70 ft at Jul 19, 2008, 3:00 PM CDT.
- 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 Jul 18, 2:45 AM CDT, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 2:45 AM CDT, 45 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 324 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-182030- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 324 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME...ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...BUT GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO PUSH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST...AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BUT...AN EXCEPTIONALLY MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL ALLOW FOR ANY THUNDERSTORMS TO BE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THESE STORMS...BUT HEAVY RAINFALL IS AGAIN POSSIBLE...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES MAY ARISE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. KONOP
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 9:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 956 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008 KSZ034-180330- OTTAWA- 956 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR OTTAWA COUNTY... THROUGH 1030 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF OTTAWA COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE ADA...MINNEAPOLIS...TESCOTT...WELLS...CULVER AND BENNINGTON. CAVANAUGH
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 10:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1037 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008 KSZ020-021-034-035-180430- CLAY-CLOUD-DICKINSON-OTTAWA- 1037 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLOUD...NORTHERN DICKINSON...OTTAWA AND CLAY COUNTIES... THROUGH 1130 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF CLOUD...CLAY...OTTAWA AND DICKINSON COUNTIES. BLOSSER FIELD IN CONCORDIA REPORTED THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE WELLS...MORGANVILLE...IDANA...BENNINGTON...OAK HILL...CLAY CENTER...LONGFORD...GREEN...MANCHESTER...TALMAGE...WAKEFIELD... MOONLIGHT AND CHAPMAN. CAVANAUGH
Local storm report, Jul 17, 11:22 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 11:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud, Marshall, Nemaha, Republic, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 32 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 5 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.