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River Flood Warning 41, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Jun 16, 2009, 4:10 AM CDT for Lyon County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 16, 2009, 12:49 PM CDT. It was in force for 50 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2009, 4:10 AM CDT (09:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 16, 2009, 12:49 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2009, 2:36 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Flood severity
- Moderate
County Lyon County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Cottonwood River at Emporia (EMPK1).
- Action stage
- 15 ft
- Minor stage
- 20 ft
- Moderate stage
- 24 ft
- Major stage
- 32 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07182260, 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 Jun 16, 3:16 AM CDT, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 3:16 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1212 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-161715- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 1212 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT...ALTHOUGH DAMAGING WINDS AND FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS PASS. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70...HOWEVER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN FROM SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7AM FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70.
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Morris | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic, Washington | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley, Wabaunsee | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud | 20 min |
| Jun 15, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Morris | 53 min |
| Jun 15, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Lyon, Morris, Riley, Wabaunsee | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 9:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Morris | 109 min |
| Jun 15, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 54 min |
| Jun 15, 9:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Morris | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 12:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Morris | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee | 26 min |
| Jun 16, 2:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Shawnee | 118 min |
| Jun 16, 2:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 115 min |
| Jun 16, 2:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 4:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 5 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Coffey | 11 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon | 30 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Lyon | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Franklin | 2 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.