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Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS

June 5, 2015Pottawatomie County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this areal flood warning at Jun 5, 2015, 5:52 PM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Kansas. It was in force for 16 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2015, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2015, 9:45 AM CDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Pottawatomie County, KS

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Jun 5, 4:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 4:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 11:44 AM CDT, 6 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 12:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 5, 1:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 5, 1:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 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
Jun 4, 7:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Washington	35 min
Jun 4, 7:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Brown, Marshall, Nemaha, Washington	2 hr
Jun 4, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	19 min
Jun 4, 8:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie, Riley	119 min
Jun 4, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Shawnee	29 min
Jun 4, 8:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jackson	29 min
Jun 4, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee	39 min
Jun 4, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Shawnee	33 min
Jun 4, 9:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Geary, Jackson, Jefferson, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee and 1 more	106 min
Jun 4, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee	33 min
Jun 4, 9:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	4 hr
Jun 4, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas	37 min
Jun 4, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Marshall	34 min
Jun 4, 10:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Shawnee	29 hr
Jun 4, 10:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Shawnee	34 hr
Jun 4, 11:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Marshall, Republic, Washington	27 min
Jun 4, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Franklin	51 min
Jun 4, 11:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Douglas, Franklin	58 min
Jun 4, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Cloud, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Republic, Washington	30 min
Jun 4, 11:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	4 hr
Jun 5, 12:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Clay	68 hr
Jun 5, 12:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Marshall, Republic, Riley, Washington	109 min
Jun 5, 12:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Shawnee	22 hr
Jun 5, 12:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	7 hr
Jun 5, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley	32 min
Jun 5, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa	24 min
Jun 5, 12:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	36 min
Jun 5, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee	29 min
Jun 5, 1:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Ottawa	41 min
Jun 5, 1:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Lyon, Morris, Riley, Shawnee and 1 more	36 min
Jun 5, 1:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	40 min
Jun 5, 1:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Republic, Riley and 2 more	3 hr
Jun 5, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee	46 min
Jun 5, 1:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	61 hr
Jun 5, 1:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Cloud	35 hr
Jun 5, 1:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Riley	31 hr
Jun 5, 1:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	33 min
Jun 5, 2:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee and 1 more	5 hr
Jun 5, 2:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee	47 min
Jun 5, 2:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin	40 min
Jun 5, 2:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	49 hr
Jun 5, 3:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	4 hr
Jun 5, 3:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Franklin	27 min
Jun 5, 4:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Osage	4 hr
Jun 5, 4:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Lyon	24 min
Jun 5, 4:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Republic, Riley and 2 more	3 hr
Jun 5, 4:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	22 hr
Jun 5, 5:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Coffey	37 min
Jun 5, 7:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley and 3 more	10 hr
Jun 5, 8:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	33 hr
Jun 5, 9:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin, Osage	16 hr
Jun 5, 9:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	49 hr
Jun 5, 9:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	50 hr
Jun 5, 9:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Franklin	33 hr
Jun 5, 5:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Marshall	8 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2015 Every areal flood warning in 2015

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.