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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Topeka, KS

October 23, 2008Anderson County, Franklin County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Oct 23, 2008, 5:56 AM CDT for Anderson County, Franklin County, Kansas. It took effect at Oct 23, 2008, 6:29 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 23, 2008, 5:56 AM CDT (10:56 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 23, 2008, 6:29 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 23, 2008, 9:06 PM CDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Anderson County, KS, Franklin County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:55 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 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 Oct 23, 3:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 23, 3:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 23, 4:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
449 AM CDT THU OCT 23 2008

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-241000-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
449 AM CDT THU OCT 23 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG BUFFALO CREEK IN NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS...THE BIG BLUE RIVER IN NORTHEAST KANSAS AND THE
POTTAWATOMIE CREEK IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. SEE INDIVIDUAL RIVER
STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

CAVANAUGH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 23, 8:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	3 days
Oct 23, 8:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Clay	61 hr
Oct 23, 9:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Cloud	56 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2008 Every 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.