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River Flood Warning 108, NWS Topeka, KS

May 25, 2019Lyon County, Osage County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at May 25, 2019, 5:16 AM CDT for Lyon County, Osage County, Kansas. It took effect at May 25, 2019, 8:23 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2019, 5:16 AM CDT (10:16 UTC)
In effect from: May 25, 2019, 8:23 AM CDT
Expired: May 25, 2019, 10:53 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lyon County, KS, Osage County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Marais Des Cygnes River near Reading (RDNK1). The gauge peaked at 17.92 ft at May 25, 2019, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 45 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06910800, 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 25, 4:33 AM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 4:33 AM CDT, 43 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 24, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Anderson	50 min
May 24, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin	42 min
May 24, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin	30 min
May 24, 7:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Anderson, Douglas, Franklin	31 min
May 24, 8:45 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Washington	25 hr
May 24, 8:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon	66 hr
May 24, 8:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Anderson	46 hr
May 24, 8:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Franklin	48 hr
May 24, 9:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon	6 hr
May 24, 9:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Franklin	71 hr
May 24, 9:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Franklin, Osage	36 hr
May 24, 10:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage	5 hr
May 25, 1:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	5 hr
May 25, 3:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage	4 hr
May 25, 3:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon	4 hr
May 25, 4:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	3 hr
May 25, 10:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	65 hr
May 25, 10:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	4 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.