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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS

April 4, 2012Clay County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Apr 4, 2012, 11:59 PM CDT for Clay County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 5, 2012, 3:25 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 4, 2012, 11:59 PM CDT (04:59 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 5, 2012, 3:25 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 5, 2012, 3:05 PM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Flood severity: Minor

County Clay County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:00 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Republican River at Clay Center (CYCK1). The gauge peaked at 14.77 ft at Apr 5, 2012, 1:00 PM 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.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

513 
WGUS43 KTOP 050459
FLWTOP
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1159 PM CDT WED APR 4 2012

...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.  

&&

KSC027-051259-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FL.W.0002.120405T0825Z-120407T1642Z/
/CYCK1.1.ER.120405T0825Z.120406T0600Z.120407T0442Z.NO/
1159 PM CDT WED APR 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA, KS HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE REPUBLICAN RIVER AT CLAY CENTER.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SATURDAY MORNING.
* AT 11:30 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.7 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE 
  TO RISE TO NEAR 20.0 FEET BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL 
  FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 17.0 FEET...FLOODING OCCURS BETWEEN 16TH...17TH AND 18TH
  ROADS AND BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND OSAGE ROADS.
* IMPACT...AT 21.0 FEET...HIGHWAYS 24 AND 15 FLOOD. A HIGH FILL WHICH 
  CARRIES THE ROAD BED INTO CLAY CENTER BEGINS TO OVERFLOW.

$$

2 follow-up statements

917 
WGUS83 KTOP 051209
FLSTOP
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
709 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING STREAMS IN KANSAS..
  BUFFALO CREEK NEAR JAMESTOWN AFFECTING CLOUD COUNTY 
  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.  

&&

KSC029-052009-
/O.CON.KTOP.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120406T1906Z/
/JMSK1.1.ER.120405T1528Z.120405T1800Z.120406T0106Z.NR/
709 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE BUFFALO CREEK NEAR JAMESTOWN.
* UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT  8:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING BEGINS ALONG THE CREEK AS
  THE SOUTH BANK OVERFLOWS.
* IMPACT...AT 16.9 FEET...FARM FIELD ALONG THE NORTH BANK OF THE 
  BUFFALO CREEK FLOODS.
* IMPACT...AT 18.0 FEET...THE NORTH BANK OF THE BUFFALO CREEK
  FLOODS. LOWLAND FLOODING CONTINUES FROM 763 ROAD TO THE
REPUBLICAN RIVER.



$$

KSC027-052009-
/O.CON.KTOP.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120407T1642Z/
/CYCK1.1.ER.120405T1242Z.120406T0600Z.120407T0442Z.NO/
709 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE REPUBLICAN RIVER AT CLAY CENTER.
* UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING.
* AT  6:30 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.9 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO 
  RISE TO NEAR 20.0 FEET BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 17.0 FEET...FLOODING OCCURS BETWEEN 16TH...17TH AND
  18TH ROADS AND BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND OSAGE ROADS.
* IMPACT...AT 21.0 FEET...HIGHWAYS 24 AND 15 FLOOD. A HIGH FILL
  WHICH CARRIES THE ROAD BED INTO CLAY CENTER BEGINS TO OVERFLOW.
$$

889 
WGUS83 KTOP 052005
FLSTOP
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
305 PM CDT THU APR 5 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING STREAM 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.  

&&

KSC027-052035-
/O.CAN.KTOP.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120407T1642Z/
/CYCK1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
305 PM CDT THU APR 5 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE REPUBLICAN RIVER AT CLAY CENTER.
* AT 2:30 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.7 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 14.8 FEET.  THE 
  RIVER WILL FALL TO 13.1 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING.

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 8:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Cloud	13 hr
Apr 4, 9:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Anderson	10 hr

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.