River Flood Warning 5, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Apr 15, 2012, 8:32 AM CDT (13:32 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 15, 2012, 11:54 AM CDT

Expired

Apr 15, 2012, 3:35 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Flood severity

Minor

County Marshall County, KS

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:33 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 Black Vermillion River at Frankfort (FKFK1). The gauge peaked at 17.62 ft at Apr 15, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT.

Action stage

14 ft

Minor stage

19 ft

Moderate stage

27.5 ft

Major stage

40.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06885500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

996 
WGUS43 KTOP 151332
FLWTOP
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
832 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

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

  BLACK VERMILLION RIVER AT FRANKFORT AFFECTING MARSHALL 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.  

&&

KSC117-152132-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FL.W.0005.120415T1654Z-120416T1536Z/
/FKFK1.1.ER.120415T1654Z.120416T0000Z.120416T0336Z.NO/
832 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA, KS HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE BLACK VERMILLION RIVER AT FRANKFORT.
* FROM SUNDAY MORNING TO MONDAY MORNING.
* AT  7:30 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.1 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST... THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING AND    CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 21.1 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL 
BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY MONDAY MORNING.


$$

499 
WGUS83 KTOP 152035
FLSTOP
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
335 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING STREAMS IN 
KANSAS...
 
  BLACK VERMILLION RIVER AT FRANKFORT AFFECTING MARSHALL 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.  

&&

KSC117-152105-
/O.CAN.KTOP.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120416T1536Z/
/FKFK1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
335 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE BLACK VERMILLION RIVER AT FRANKFORT.
* AT  2:30 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.6 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 17.6 FEET.  THE 
  RIVER WILL FALL TO 10.9 FEET BY 500 AM MONDAY.
* IMPACT...AT 19.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OF LOWLAND AREAS OCCURS ALONG
  THE RIVER FROM VERMILLION TO THE MOUTH OF THE BLACK VERMILLION 
  RIVER.

$$

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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.