River Flood Warning 9, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Jun 21, 2012, 8:08 AM CDT (13:08 UTC)

In effect from

Jun 21, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT

Expired

Jun 21, 2012, 3:35 PM CDT

In force

3 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 13:10 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 18.31 ft at Jun 21, 2012, 9:00 AM 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.

038 
WGUS43 KTOP 211308
FLWTOP
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
808 AM CDT THU JUN 21 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.  

&&

KSC117-212108-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FL.W.0009.120621T1800Z-120622T0600Z/
/FKFK1.1.ER.120621T1800Z.120621T1800Z.120621T1800Z.NO/
808 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA, KS HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE BLACK VERMILLION RIVER AT FRANKFORT.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE TONIGHT.
* AT  7:30 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.8 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE THIS 
  AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 19.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OF LOWLAND AREAS OCCURS ALONG
  THE RIVER FROM VERMILLION TO THE MOUTH OF THE BLACK VERMILLION 
  RIVER.

$$

909 
WGUS83 KTOP 212035
FLSTOP
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
335 PM CDT THU JUN 21 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.  

&&

KSC117-212105-
/O.CAN.KTOP.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120622T0600Z/
/FKFK1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
335 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE BLACK VERMILLION RIVER AT FRANKFORT.
* AT  2:30 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.8 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 18.3 FEET.  THE 
  RIVER WILL FALL TO 11.7 FEET BY 7:00 AM FRIDAY.
* IMPACT...AT 19.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OF LOWLAND AREAS OCCURS ALONG
  THE RIVER FROM VERMILLION TO THE MOUTH OF THE BLACK VERMILLION 
  RIVER.

$$

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.