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River Flood Warning 191, NWS Topeka, KS

August 12, 2019Clay County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Aug 12, 2019, 7:12 PM CDT for Clay County, Kansas. It took effect at Aug 12, 2019, 11:15 PM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2019, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 12, 2019, 11:15 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 14, 2019, 8:12 AM CDT
In force
33 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 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Republican River at Clay Center (CYCK1). The gauge peaked at 15.25 ft at Aug 13, 2019, 9:00 AM CDT.

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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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 9:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson, Coffey49 min
Aug 12, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Franklin44 min
Aug 12, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey67 min
Aug 12, 11:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson46 min
Aug 12, 11:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson49 min
Aug 13, 12:34 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPAnderson3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2019Every river flood warning in 2019

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.