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River Flood Warning 174, NWS Topeka, KS

July 11, 2019Clay County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Jul 11, 2019, 8:56 AM CDT for Clay County, Kansas. It took effect at Jul 11, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 38 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 11, 2019, 8:56 AM CDT (13:56 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 11, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 13, 2019, 9:18 AM CDT
In force: 38 hr
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 13:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Republican River at Concordia (CNKK1). The gauge peaked at 15.05 ft at Jul 11, 2019, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06856000, 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 Jul 10, 6:04 PM CDT, 14 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 6:04 PM CDT, 14 hours 52 minutes before

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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.