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River Flood Warning 117, NWS Topeka, KS

May 29, 2019Riley County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at May 29, 2019, 10:58 PM CDT for Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 29, 2019, 10:58 PM CDT (03:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2019, 4:31 PM CDT
In force: 10 days
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Flood severity: Minor

County Riley County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Blue River near Manhattan (MNTK1). The gauge peaked at 22.41 ft at Jun 1, 2019, 4:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06887000, 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 29, 6:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 6:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 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 29, 9:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Jefferson	8 hr
May 29, 11:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	68 hr
May 30, 5:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Jefferson	8 hr
May 30, 9:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	4 days
May 30, 10:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Jefferson	8 hr
May 30, 2:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Nemaha	8 hr
May 30, 6:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Jefferson	8 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.