River Flood Warning 9, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

May 23, 2011, 5:10 AM CDT (10:10 UTC)

Expired

May 23, 2011, 10:43 PM CDT

In force

18 hr

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Flood severity

Minor

County Clay County, KS

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Written for the forecast point Republican River at Clay Center (CYCK1). The gauge peaked at 15.86 ft at May 22, 2011, 5:00 AM CDT.

Action stage

10 ft

Minor stage

15 ft

Moderate stage

22.5 ft

Major stage

28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06856600, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

522 
WGUS43 KTOP 231010
FLWTOP
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
510 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA, KS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING STREAMS IN KANSAS... 

  REPUBLICAN RIVER AT CLAY CENTER AFFECTING CLAY COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.  SHALLOW FLOWING 
WATER CAN WASH A CAR FROM THE ROADWAY.  ALSO...THE ROADBED MAY BE 
WASHED OUT UNDER THE WATER.  

STAY TUNED TO LATER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO 
AND LOCAL MEDIA.  

&&

KSC027-231810-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FL.W.0009.110523T1012Z-110524T0400Z/
/CYCK1.1.ER.110523T1012Z.110523T1200Z.110523T1600Z.NO/
510 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA, KS HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE REPUBLICAN RIVER AT CLAY CENTER.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* AT  4:30 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.9 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS MORNING AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 15.2 FEET THIS MORNING. THE RIVER WILL 
  FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 15.0 FEET...LOWLAND AGRICULTURAL FLOODING OCCURS FROM 
  HIGHWAY 24 TO MILFORD LAKE.

$$

341 
WGUS83 KTOP 240343
FLSTOP
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1043 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING STREAMS IN 
KANSAS...
 
  REPUBLICAN RIVER AT CLAY CENTER AFFECTING CLAY COUNTY
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.  SHALLOW FLOWING 
WATER CAN WASH A CAR FROM THE ROADWAY.  ALSO...THE ROADBED MAY BE 
WASHED OUT UNDER THE WATER.  

STAY TUNED TO LATER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO 
AND LOCAL MEDIA.  

&&

KSC027-240413-
/O.CAN.KTOP.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110524T0400Z/
/CYCK1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1043 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE REPUBLICAN RIVER AT CLAY CENTER.
* AT 10:30 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER HAS CRESTED AND WILL FALL TO 9.9 FEET LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 15.0 FEET...LOWLAND AGRICULTURAL FLOODING OCCURS FROM 
  HIGHWAY 24 TO MILFORD LAKE.

$$

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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.