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River Flood Warning 149, NWS Topeka, KS

June 23, 2019Geary County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Jun 23, 2019, 11:57 AM CDT for Geary County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 23, 2019, 12:13 PM CDT. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 23, 2019, 11:57 AM CDT (16:57 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 23, 2019, 12:13 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 24, 2019, 10:01 AM CDT
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Geary County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Lyon Creek near Junction City (JNCK1). The gauge peaked at 23.25 ft at Jun 24, 2019, 2:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 35 ft
Major stage: 39 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06878600, 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 23, 6:13 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 6:13 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 4:35 AM CDT, 7 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 23, 8:19 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 23, 8:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 23, 11:19 AM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 23, 11:20 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 23, 11:22 AM CDT, 35 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 22, 7:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha	4 hr
Jun 22, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	41 min
Jun 22, 7:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Morris, Wabaunsee	23 min
Jun 22, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Jefferson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	51 min
Jun 22, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Shawnee	25 min
Jun 22, 7:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Dickinson, Morris	3 hr
Jun 22, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jefferson, Lyon, Shawnee	28 min
Jun 22, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee	19 min
Jun 22, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Lyon, Osage	28 min
Jun 22, 9:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Coffey, Franklin	54 min
Jun 22, 9:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	3 hr
Jun 22, 9:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Osage, Shawnee	3 hr
Jun 22, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Lyon, Osage	33 min
Jun 22, 9:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Coffey, Franklin, Osage	4 hr
Jun 22, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Anderson	23 min
Jun 22, 9:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	24 hr
Jun 22, 11:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	6 hr
Jun 22, 11:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Marshall, Washington	59 min
Jun 23, 12:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Lyon	46 min
Jun 23, 1:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Nemaha	17 hr
Jun 23, 1:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Ottawa, Pottawatomie, Riley	3 hr
Jun 23, 2:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Dickinson	53 min
Jun 23, 3:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Geary, Morris	45 min
Jun 23, 3:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Lyon	62 min
Jun 23, 3:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Lyon, Morris, Riley, Wabaunsee	57 min
Jun 23, 4:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Shawnee	62 min
Jun 23, 4:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Geary, Jackson, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee and 1 more	3 hr
Jun 23, 4:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Lyon	53 min
Jun 23, 4:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Jefferson	12 hr
Jun 23, 4:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Douglas, Osage	61 min
Jun 23, 5:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Coffey	64 min
Jun 23, 5:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson	42 hr
Jun 23, 5:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Riley	12 hr
Jun 23, 5:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson	5 days
Jun 23, 6:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Shawnee	22 hr
Jun 23, 6:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	14 hr
Jun 23, 6:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Anderson	42 hr
Jun 23, 6:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Coffey	40 min
Jun 23, 6:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon	5 days
Jun 23, 6:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Shawnee	22 hr
Jun 23, 6:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Osage	23 hr
Jun 23, 7:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Anderson	39 min
Jun 23, 7:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Franklin	55 hr
Jun 23, 7:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Franklin, Osage	46 hr
Jun 23, 7:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Shawnee	14 hr
Jun 23, 9:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon	46 hr
Jun 23, 9:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon	4 days
Jun 23, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	36 hr
Jun 23, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	44 hr
Jun 23, 9:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	5 hr
Jun 23, 9:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Cloud	30 hr
Jun 23, 10:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Franklin	70 hr
Jun 23, 10:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Clay	10 hr
Jun 23, 11:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage	11 hr
Jun 23, 12:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	18 hr
Jun 23, 12:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee	31 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.