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Flood Watch 3, NWS Topeka, KS

August 3, 20139 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flood watch at Aug 3, 2013, 4:03 PM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Aug 3, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 3, 2013, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 3, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 4, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Flood severity: None

Counties Anderson County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Ottawa County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Aug 3, 12:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 12:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 5:44 AM CDT, 10 hours 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 3, 11:13 AM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 3, 11:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Morris	51 min
Aug 2, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon	49 min
Aug 3, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Coffey, Osage	40 min
Aug 3, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage	61 min
Aug 3, 9:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Coffey, Lyon	5 days

Nearby

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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.