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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Topeka, KS

June 14, 2010Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Jun 14, 2010, 3:41 AM CDT for Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 14, 2010, 7:51 AM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 14, 2010, 3:41 AM CDT (08:41 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 14, 2010, 7:51 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 15, 2010, 3:08 PM CDT
In force: 31 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Franklin County, KS, Osage County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Marais Des Cygnes River near Quenemo (QNMK1).

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 24.5 ft
Major stage: 40.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 14, 12:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 12:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 9:47 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
947 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-150300-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
947 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST...AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THIS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AS WELL AS
RIVER FLOODING. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT
AND OVERNIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE
STRONGER STORMS THAT MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH
THE BETTER CHANCES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS EAST
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER ONE INCH
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA.

SPOTTERS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HOLTON TO JUNCTION CITY ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN TOPEKA.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 12:21 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 12:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 2:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 3:22 AM CDT, 19 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
Jun 13, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Morris, Ottawa	46 min
Jun 13, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Lyon, Morris, Riley and 1 more	37 min
Jun 13, 10:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Ottawa, Riley and 1 more	4 hr
Jun 13, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Lyon, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	47 min
Jun 13, 10:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Geary, Jackson and 6 more	4 hr
Jun 13, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson and 5 more	43 min
Jun 13, 11:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon	4 days
Jun 13, 11:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon	34 hr
Jun 13, 11:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Jefferson, Shawnee	22 min
Jun 13, 11:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Jefferson, Shawnee	19 min
Jun 13, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson and 2 more	49 min
Jun 14, 2:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Morris	9 hr
Jun 14, 2:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon	9 hr
Jun 14, 3:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Coffey, Lyon	5 days
Jun 14, 3:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Franklin	17 hr
Jun 14, 3:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage	7 hr
Jun 14, 4:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson	16 hr
Jun 14, 4:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Geary	6 hr
Jun 14, 3:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Anderson, Franklin	17 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2010 Every river flood warning in 2010

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.