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River Flood Warning 122, NWS Topeka, KS

June 21, 2019Clay County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Jun 21, 2019, 11:05 AM CDT for Clay County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 21, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 21, 2019, 11:05 AM CDT (16:05 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 21, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 1, 2019, 3:25 AM CDT
In force: 10 days
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Clay County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Republican River at Clay Center (CYCK1). The gauge peaked at 19.04 ft at Jun 23, 2019, 4:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 22.5 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06856600, 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 Jun 21, 3:42 AM CDT, 7 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 3:42 AM CDT, 7 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 5:20 AM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 21, 9:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 21, 9:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 21, 9:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 21, 9:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 10:13 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 21, 10:32 AM CDT, 33 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
Jun 20, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Nemaha	47 min
Jun 20, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Nemaha	24 min
Jun 20, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Nemaha	32 min
Jun 21, 1:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Republic	65 min
Jun 21, 1:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	58 min
Jun 21, 2:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Washington	66 min
Jun 21, 2:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Cloud	64 min
Jun 21, 3:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Marshall	59 min
Jun 21, 3:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Clay, Ottawa	55 min
Jun 21, 3:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Ottawa	56 min
Jun 21, 3:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Nemaha	55 min
Jun 21, 4:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	59 min
Jun 21, 4:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Clay	51 min
Jun 21, 4:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Riley	30 min
Jun 21, 4:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown, Jackson	66 min
Jun 21, 4:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Republic, Riley and 1 more	3 hr
Jun 21, 5:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jefferson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	65 min
Jun 21, 5:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic	60 min
Jun 21, 5:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie	40 min
Jun 21, 6:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Douglas, Shawnee	59 min
Jun 21, 6:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson	55 min
Jun 21, 6:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Republic, Washington	63 min
Jun 21, 6:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Ottawa	40 min
Jun 21, 7:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	43 min
Jun 21, 7:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Clay	41 min
Jun 21, 7:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Dickinson, Geary	57 min
Jun 21, 7:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley	61 min
Jun 21, 7:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	42 min
Jun 21, 8:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	63 min
Jun 21, 8:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Geary, Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley and 2 more	38 min
Jun 21, 8:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Morris	27 min
Jun 21, 8:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Lyon and 4 more	47 min
Jun 21, 9:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Lyon and 2 more	49 min
Jun 21, 9:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Coffey	36 min
Jun 21, 10:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin	47 min
Jun 21, 11:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Franklin	44 min
Jun 21, 11:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Anderson	36 min
Jun 21, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Nemaha	26 min
Jun 21, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	38 min
Jun 21, 6:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	31 min

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.