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River Flood Warning 40, NWS Topeka, KS

June 20, 2010Clay County, Cloud County, Kansas

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, Jun 19, 4:50 PM CDT, 7 hours 41 minutes before
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

&&

BYRNE
Local storm report, Jun 19, 11:49 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 19, 11:50 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 20, 12:20 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
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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Local 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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Local 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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCloud, Republic32 min
Jun 19, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic, Washington47 min
Jun 19, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Ottawa, Republic, Washington38 min
Jun 19, 8:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPCloud, Republic3 hr
Jun 19, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Washington47 min
Jun 19, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Ottawa and 4 more45 min
Jun 19, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson, Marshall, Morris and 5 more47 min
Jun 19, 10:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPCloud, Republic, Washington6 hr
Jun 19, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson, Lyon, Marshall and 7 more31 min
Jun 19, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic40 min
Jun 19, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Lyon, Morris and 5 more45 min
Jun 19, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic21 min
Jun 19, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson30 min
Jun 19, 11:46 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPCloud63 hr
Jun 19, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud52 min
Jun 20, 12:36 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPClay6 days
Jun 20, 4:13 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPCloud, Republic4 hr
Jun 20, 4:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPMarshall53 hr
Jun 20, 6:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPWashington71 hr
Jun 20, 6:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Pottawatomie, Riley26 min
Jun 20, 8:10 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPCloud, Republic110 min
Jun 20, 9:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPMarshall40 days
Jun 20, 10:03 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPRepublic117 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.