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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Topeka, KS

May 5, 2019Riley County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at May 5, 2019, 10:49 PM CDT for Riley County, Kansas. It took effect at May 6, 2019, 12:40 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 5, 2019, 10:49 PM CDT (03:49 UTC)
In effect from: May 6, 2019, 12:40 AM CDT
Expired: May 6, 2019, 8:10 AM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Riley County, KS

The radar

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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 5, 6:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 6:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 3:47 PM CDT, 7 hours 2 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 5, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	56 min
May 5, 8:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Republic	38 min
May 5, 8:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	37 min
May 5, 8:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Cloud	49 min
May 5, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic, Washington	57 min
May 5, 8:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Nemaha	25 min
May 5, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud	53 min
May 5, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	31 min
May 5, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud	29 min
May 5, 9:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Washington	64 min
May 5, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud	23 min
May 5, 9:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Marshall	56 min
May 5, 10:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley	56 min
May 6, 3:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TOP	Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more	68 hr
May 6, 1:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Republic	52 min
May 6, 1:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	31 min
May 6, 1:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Cloud	26 min
May 6, 2:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Republic	60 min
May 6, 2:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Washington	35 min
May 6, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic, Washington	27 min
May 6, 3:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Republic	43 min
May 6, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic	33 min
May 6, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley, Washington	30 min
May 6, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Marshall	36 min
May 6, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Republic, Washington	48 min
May 6, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Marshall, Riley, Washington	55 min
May 6, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Nemaha	42 min
May 6, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa	42 min
May 6, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	46 min
May 6, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley	37 min
May 6, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary	51 min
May 6, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris, Riley, Wabaunsee	47 min
May 6, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Pottawatomie	30 min
May 6, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	54 min
May 6, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris	29 min
May 6, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Lyon, Morris, Riley, Wabaunsee	40 min
May 6, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Shawnee, Wabaunsee	36 min
May 6, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Morris	63 min
May 6, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee	41 min
May 6, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	50 min
May 6, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee	32 min
May 6, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	57 min
May 6, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Morris	37 min
May 6, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Lyon, Osage	52 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.