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Flood Watch 2, NWS Topeka, KS

April 28, 201910 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flood watch at Apr 28, 2019, 3:28 AM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 28, 2019, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2019, 3:28 AM CDT (08:28 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 28, 2019, 10:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 29, 2019, 4:20 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Flood severity
None

Counties Clay County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Morris County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 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 Apr 27, 11:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 11:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 3:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJackson40 min
Apr 28, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee48 min
Apr 28, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJefferson49 min
Apr 28, 5:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJefferson21 min

Nearby

Flood Watches in Kansas, 2019Every flood watch in 2019

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.