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River Flood Warning 34, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Aug 10, 2008, 12:02 PM CDT for Clay County, Kansas. It took effect at Aug 10, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 2008, 12:02 PM CDT (17:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 10, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2008, 7:22 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Clay County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:07 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 Republican River at Clay Center (CYCK1). The gauge peaked at 14.97 ft at Aug 10, 2008, 2:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22.5 ft
- Major stage
- 28 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06856600, 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 Aug 10, 6:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 6:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 9:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Riley | 12 hr |
| Aug 9, 9:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Coffey | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 19 hr |
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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.