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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Topeka, KS

April 27, 2009Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Apr 27, 2009, 2:15 PM CDT for Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 27, 2009, 9:58 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 27, 2009, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 27, 2009, 9:58 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 28, 2009, 7:14 AM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Douglas County, KS, Jefferson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kansas River at Lecompton (LCPK1).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 23.8 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06891000, 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 Apr 27, 12:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 12:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 5:04 AM CDT, 9 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 27, 8:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 8:48 AM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 9:01 AM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 10:11 AM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 1:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 1:20 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Lyon, Morris, Riley, Wabaunsee	48 min
Apr 26, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee	46 min
Apr 26, 8:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	17 min
Apr 26, 8:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	4 hr
Apr 26, 8:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	3 hr
Apr 26, 9:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Osage, Shawnee	4 hr
Apr 26, 9:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Shawnee	3 hr
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Franklin	4 days
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Anderson, Franklin	48 hr
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Ottawa	7 hr
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson	20 hr
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary	20 hr
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Shawnee	25 hr
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	35 hr
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	25 hr
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	31 hr
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson	12 hr
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon	4 days
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Shawnee	25 hr
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Riley	20 hr
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	20 hr
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Clay	24 hr
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Osage	25 hr
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Ottawa, Saline	7 hr
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Franklin	46 hr
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Franklin, Osage	48 hr
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage	25 hr
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Washington	12 hr
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon	25 hr
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon	44 hr
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Coffey, Lyon	5 days
Apr 26, 9:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Lyon, Osage and 1 more	4 hr
Apr 26, 9:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Jefferson	2 hr
Apr 26, 10:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	3 hr
Apr 27, 12:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee	6 hr
Apr 27, 1:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Dickinson, Geary, Lyon, Osage and 2 more	6 hr
Apr 27, 3:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Geary	29 hr
Apr 27, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Coffey	12 hr
Apr 27, 1:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Jefferson	6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2009 Every river flood warning in 2009

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.