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Areal Flood Warning 5, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this areal flood warning at Aug 25, 2012, 5:32 PM CDT for Geary County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 2012, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Geary County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Aug 25, 3:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 3:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 25, 5:32 AM CDT, 12 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 532 AM CDT SAT AUG 25 2012 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-261045- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 532 AM CDT SAT AUG 25 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY...HOWEVER THERE IS A CHANCE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD BRING STANDING WATER TO URBAN AREAS OR RISES ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY BUT THE POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 25, 2:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
221 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 SE NILES 38.96N 97.46W
08/25/2012 M1.94 INCH OTTAWA KS TRAINED SPOTTER
AMOUNT SINCE MIDNIGHT
0215 PM HEAVY RAIN LONGFORD 39.17N 97.33W
08/25/2012 M4.61 INCH CLAY KS CO-OP OBSERVER
4.61 STORM TOTAL. 0.75 SINCE 8 AM.
&&
WOLTERSSpecial weather statement, Aug 25, 4:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
421 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2012
KSZ054-252200-
LYON-
421 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LYON COUNTY...
THROUGH 500 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LYON COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
STRONG WINDS AROUND 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE AMERICUS...EMPORIA
AIRPORT...EMPORIA...BUSHONG AND ALLEN. MOTORISTS ALONG THE KANSAS
TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 117 AND 144 COULD ALSO BE AFFECTED.
MOTORISTS ALONG INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 138 COULD
ALSO BE AFFECTED.
STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED.
&&
LAT...LON 3855 9635 3869 9622 3861 9605 3841 9603
3824 9635
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 224DEG 29KT 3846 9636 3826 9632
$$ LEIGHTONSpecial weather statement, Aug 25, 5:03 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 39 min |
| Aug 25, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Osage | 42 min |
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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.