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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Topeka, KS

April 30, 2019Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Apr 30, 2019, 3:08 PM CDT for Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 30, 2019, 6:04 PM CDT. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 30, 2019, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 30, 2019, 6:04 PM CDT
Expired: May 2, 2019, 9:33 AM CDT
In force: 39 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Franklin County, KS, Osage County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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 Quenemo (QNMK1).

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 24.5 ft
Major stage: 40.5 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 Apr 30, 12:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 12:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 3:57 AM CDT, 11 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 30, 9:27 AM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 10:19 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1019 AM CDT TUE APR 30 2019

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

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       OSKALOOSA               39.21N 95.31W
04/30/2019  M1.18 INCH       JEFFERSON          KS   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION KS-JF-7 OSKALOOSA 0.5 S.

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       MCLOUTH                 39.19N 95.21W
04/30/2019  M1.61 INCH       JEFFERSON          KS   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION KS-JF-8 MCLOUTH 0.2 SE.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 30, 10:20 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1020 AM CDT TUE APR 30 2019

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

1000 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 SE EUDORA             38.94N 95.09W
04/30/2019  M1.14 INCH       DOUGLAS            KS   MESONET

            MESONET STATION EW5352 SHARON TOWNSHIP.

&&

JW

Local storm report, Apr 30, 10:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1044 AM CDT TUE APR 30 2019

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

1043 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 S OZAWKIE             39.18N 95.48W
04/30/2019  M1.48 INCH       JEFFERSON          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ST

Local storm report, Apr 30, 12:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1203 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2019

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

1202 PM     HEAVY RAIN       1 NW EMPORIA            38.41N 96.20W
04/30/2019  M2.10 INCH       LYON               KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT.

&&

ST

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 2:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Dickinson, Geary	23 min
Apr 30, 8:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin	3 hr
Apr 30, 11:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin	8 hr
Apr 30, 1:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Osage	23 hr
Apr 30, 3:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Anderson	29 hr
Apr 30, 4:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Lyon, Osage	6 hr
Apr 30, 4:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Lyon, Osage	6 hr
Apr 30, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Anderson, Coffey	62 min
Apr 30, 6:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage	21 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.