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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Topeka, KS

May 24, 2015Lyon County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at May 24, 2015, 8:15 PM CDT for Lyon County, Kansas. It took effect at May 25, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2015, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
In effect from: May 25, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 25, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Lyon County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Neosho River near Americus (AMCK1). The gauge peaked at 26.13 ft at May 24, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07179730, 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 24, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 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
May 25, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Pottawatomie	30 min
May 25, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Nemaha, Pottawatomie	28 min
May 25, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	15 min
May 25, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	38 min
May 25, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Nemaha	30 min
May 25, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa	45 min
May 25, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Nemaha	44 min
May 25, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	42 min
May 25, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	53 min
May 25, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Nemaha	35 min
May 25, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	31 min
May 25, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Ottawa	30 min
May 25, 5:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Ottawa, Riley	4 hr
May 25, 6:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Nemaha	119 min
May 25, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Nemaha	23 min
May 25, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	31 min
May 25, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Cloud	28 min
May 25, 6:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2015 Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.