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River Flood Warning 40, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Jun 20, 2010, 12:31 AM CDT for Clay County, Cloud County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2010, 12:31 AM CDT (05:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2010, 3:08 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Elk Creek (KS) at Clyde (CLDK1).
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 14 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 36 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 19, 11:54 PM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 11:54 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 450 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-202200- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 450 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE EAST AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. THESE STORMS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE WITH VERY LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES...PARTICULARLY OVER NORTHERN KANSAS. BY LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REGION. WHILE THE TRACK OF THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS UNCERTAIN IT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF VERY STRONG WINDS AND HAIL TO THE AREA. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WILL SEE CONTINUED THUNDERSTORM CHANCES SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...PARTICULARLY THIS EVENING OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 19, 11:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1127 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1120 PM TSTM WND GST 3 SSE OZAWKIE 39.20N 95.44W
06/19/2010 E60.00 MPH JEFFERSON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
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BYRNELocal storm report, Jun 19, 11:49 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1220 AM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1219 AM HAIL 6 N GLASCO 39.45N 97.83W
06/20/2010 E1.00 INCH CLOUD KS TRAINED SPOTTER
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BYRNELocal storm report, Jun 20, 12:23 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1223 AM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1051 AM HAIL 6 N GLASCO 39.45N 97.83W
06/19/2010 E1.00 INCH CLOUD KS TRAINED SPOTTER
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BYRNELocal storm report, Jun 20, 12:28 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1228 AM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1051 PM HAIL 6 N GLASCO 39.45N 97.83W
06/19/2010 E1.00 INCH CLOUD KS TRAINED SPOTTER
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BYRNEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic, Washington | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Ottawa, Republic, Washington | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 8:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Ottawa and 4 more | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson, Marshall, Morris and 5 more | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 10:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson, Lyon, Marshall and 7 more | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Lyon, Morris and 5 more | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 21 min |
| Jun 19, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 11:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud | 63 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 12:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Clay | 6 days |
| Jun 20, 4:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 4:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 53 hr |
| Jun 20, 6:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Washington | 71 hr |
| Jun 20, 6:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley | 26 min |
| Jun 20, 8:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 110 min |
| Jun 20, 9:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 40 days |
| Jun 20, 10:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Republic | 117 min |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2010Every 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.