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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Topeka, KS

July 18, 2008Marshall County, Kansas

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 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.

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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, Jul 17, 3:24 PM CDT, 12 hours 6 minutes before
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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Local storm report, Jul 17, 11:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 11:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPCloud, Marshall, Nemaha, Republic, Washington4 hr
Jul 18, 3:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPMarshall, Washington32 hr
Jul 18, 3:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPMarshall5 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2008Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.