River Flood Warning 4, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Apr 15, 2012, 7:53 AM CDT (12:53 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 15, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT

Expired

Apr 15, 2012, 3:07 PM CDT

In force

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 12:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 14.45 ft at Apr 15, 2012, 11:00 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.

541 
WGUS43 KTOP 151253
FLWTOP
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
753 AM CDT SUN APR 15 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.  

&&

KSC027-152053-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FL.W.0004.120415T1836Z-120416T2214Z/
/CYCK1.1.ER.120415T1836Z.120416T0000Z.120416T1014Z.NO/
753 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA, KS HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE REPUBLICAN RIVER AT CLAY CENTER.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT  7:30 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 15.2 FEET BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 15.0 FEET...LOWLAND AGRICULTURAL FLOODING OCCURS FROM 
  HIGHWAY 24 TO MILFORD LAKE.

$$

126 
WGUS83 KTOP 151549
FLSTOP
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1049 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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.  

&&

KSC027-152349-
/O.EXT.KTOP.FL.W.0004.120416T0000Z-120417T0200Z/
/CYCK1.1.ER.120416T0000Z.120416T0600Z.120416T1400Z.NO/
1049 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE REPUBLICAN RIVER AT CLAY CENTER.
* FROM THIS EVENING TO MONDAY EVENING.
* AT 10:30 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.4 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 15.4 FEET BY SUNDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 15.0 FEET...LOWLAND AGRICULTURAL FLOODING OCCURS FROM 
  HIGHWAY 24 TO MILFORD LAKE.

$$

740 
WGUS83 KTOP 152007
FLSTOP
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
307 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

...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.  

&&

KSC027-152037-
/O.CAN.KTOP.FL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120417T0200Z/
/CYCK1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
307 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE REPUBLICAN RIVER AT CLAY CENTER.
* AT  2:30 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 14.4 FEET.  THE 
  RIVER WILL FALL TO 13.6 FEET BY 600 AM CDT MONDAY.
* IMPACT...AT 15.0 FEET...LOWLAND AGRICULTURAL FLOODING OCCURS FROM 
  HIGHWAY 24 TO MILFORD LAKE.

$$

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2012Every river flood warning in 2012

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.