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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Topeka, KS

May 17, 2015Lyon County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at May 17, 2015, 7:13 AM CDT for Lyon County, Kansas. It took effect at May 17, 2015, 2:16 PM CDT. It was in force for 43 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 17, 2015, 7:13 AM CDT (12:13 UTC)
In effect from: May 17, 2015, 2:16 PM CDT
Expired: May 19, 2015, 9:34 AM CDT
In force: 43 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Lyon County, KS

The river

Written for the forecast point Neosho River at Emporia (EPRK1).

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 19.5 ft
Major stage: 30.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at May 17, 6:35 AM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 6:35 AM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 5:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
501 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015

KSZ037>040-054>056-058-059-181015-
MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-
ANDERSON-
501 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

MINOR RIVER FLOODING IS ONGOING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. CHECK
THE LATEST STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT...
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TOP/SITREP

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>036-181015-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-
501 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT...
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TOP/SITREP

WOLTERS

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 17, 5:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
519 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 W EMPORIA             38.41N 96.21W
05/16/2015  E60.00 MPH       LYON               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0531 PM     TORNADO          5 WNW HARTFORD          38.34N 96.04W
05/16/2015                   LYON               KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO REPORTED NEAR 1632 RD 110. POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL
            DAMAGE.

0536 PM     HAIL             2 E DOVER               38.96N 95.90W
05/16/2015  E0.75 INCH       SHAWNEE            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0536 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SSE NEOSHO RAPIDS       38.36N 95.99W
05/16/2015                   LYON               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN INCLUDING A 100 YEAR OLD HEALTHY
            ELM TREE SNAPPED AT THE BASE OF THE TREE TRUNK. DAMAGE
            POSSIBLY THE RESULT OF A TORNADO.

0604 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 WSW OSAGE CITY        38.63N 95.83W
05/16/2015  M73.00 MPH       OSAGE              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0630 PM     TSTM WND GST     6 S TOPEKA              38.96N 95.68W
05/16/2015  E60.00 MPH       SHAWNEE            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            60MPH WINDS REPORTED BY SPOTTER. THIS WAS RIGHT ALONG HWY
            75 6 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA.

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SW OVERBROOK          38.75N 95.60W
05/16/2015                   OSAGE              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DELAYED REPORT. ROOF BLOWN OFF OF A BARN ON S. PAULEN RD
            IN OVERBROOK.

1040 PM     FLOOD            SCRANTON                38.78N 95.74W
05/16/2015                   OSAGE              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            US 56 HIGHWAY SOUTH OF SCRANTON IMPASSIBLE DUE TO WATER
            OVER THE ROADWAY.

1040 PM     FLOOD            CARBONDALE              38.82N 95.69W
05/16/2015                   OSAGE              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER REPORTED ACROSS OLD US 75 HIGHWAY SOUTH OF
            CARBONDALE

1133 PM     FLOOD            POMONA                  38.61N 95.45W
05/16/2015                   FRANKLIN           KS   PUBLIC

            REPORT OF FLOODING IN POMONA.

&&

WOLTERS

Local storm report, May 17, 6:53 AM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
653 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0651 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 WNW OLPE              38.28N 96.24W
05/17/2015  M2.00 INCH       LYON               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TOTAL RAINFALL ON SATURDAY.

&&

GARGAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 7:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	60 min
May 16, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Franklin	35 min
May 16, 10:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Coffey, Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee	117 min
May 16, 10:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee	2 hr
May 16, 11:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage	24 hr
May 16, 11:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Osage	114 min
May 16, 11:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Osage	21 hr
May 17, 12:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Franklin, Osage	49 hr
May 17, 6:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Franklin	55 hr
May 17, 6:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Coffey, Lyon	3 days
May 17, 8:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon	3 days
May 17, 5:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Anderson, Franklin	18 hr

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.