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River Flood Warning 114, NWS Topeka, KS

May 26, 2019Washington County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at May 26, 2019, 9:08 AM CDT for Washington County, Kansas. It took effect at May 27, 2019, 6:35 AM CDT. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2019, 9:08 AM CDT (14:08 UTC)
In effect from: May 27, 2019, 6:35 AM CDT
Expired: May 27, 2019, 8:11 AM CDT
In force: 96 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Washington County, KS

The river

Written for the forecast point Mill Creek (WSHK1) at Washington (WSHK1). The gauge peaked at 22.29 ft at May 25, 2019, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06884200, 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 26, 6:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 6:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 4:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 6:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 7:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 8:43 AM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 8:44 AM CDT, 24 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, 8:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Dickinson	55 min
May 25, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Geary	58 min
May 25, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	65 min
May 25, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Geary	61 min
May 25, 9:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage	37 hr
May 25, 9:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	3 days
May 25, 9:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Morris	65 min
May 25, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley	33 min
May 25, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Morris	54 min
May 25, 9:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Wabaunsee	60 min
May 25, 9:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	4 hr
May 25, 9:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Osage	43 min
May 25, 9:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Lyon	25 min
May 25, 9:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Lyon	62 min
May 25, 10:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jackson	44 min
May 25, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Douglas	46 min
May 25, 10:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Coffey, Lyon, Morris, Osage, Wabaunsee	4 hr
May 25, 10:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Douglas	67 min
May 25, 10:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	4 hr
May 25, 10:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Coffey, Osage	63 min
May 25, 11:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Republic	4 hr
May 25, 11:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	14 hr
May 25, 11:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	4 hr
May 26, 1:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	6 hr
May 26, 1:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Coffey, Lyon, Morris, Osage, Wabaunsee	5 hr
May 26, 2:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	5 hr
May 26, 9:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Jefferson	8 hr
May 26, 5:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Jefferson	14 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.