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River Flood Warning 193, NWS Topeka, KS

August 16, 2019Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Aug 16, 2019, 9:54 AM CDT for Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas. It took effect at Aug 17, 2019, 12:46 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 2019, 9:54 AM CDT (14:54 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 17, 2019, 12:46 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 18, 2019, 7:09 AM CDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Franklin County, KS, Osage County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Marais Des Cygnes River near Quenemo (QNMK1).

Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
24.5 ft
Major stage
40.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Aug 16, 6:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 6:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 4:48 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 16, 5:09 AM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 16, 7:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie51 min
Aug 15, 7:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPBrown48 min
Aug 15, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown52 min
Aug 15, 7:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee23 min
Aug 15, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Riley, Wabaunsee60 min
Aug 15, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPGeary, Wabaunsee37 min
Aug 15, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Shawnee65 min
Aug 15, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPPottawatomie32 min
Aug 15, 8:17 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPWabaunsee43 min
Aug 15, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson, Shawnee41 min
Aug 15, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee37 min
Aug 15, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWabaunsee18 min
Aug 15, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWabaunsee36 min
Aug 15, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee21 min
Aug 15, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPBrown30 min
Aug 15, 9:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPBrown4 hr
Aug 15, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee36 min
Aug 15, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee46 min
Aug 15, 9:23 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon, Osage, Wabaunsee22 min
Aug 15, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley48 min
Aug 15, 9:33 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee27 min
Aug 15, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee34 min
Aug 15, 9:46 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon, Osage, Wabaunsee29 min
Aug 15, 9:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee4 hr
Aug 15, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Osage, Wabaunsee48 min
Aug 15, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Lyon, Morris, Riley, Wabaunsee30 min
Aug 15, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Franklin, Lyon, Osage40 min
Aug 15, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Osage, Wabaunsee48 min
Aug 15, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee46 min
Aug 15, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage51 min
Aug 15, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee48 min
Aug 15, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon, Osage40 min
Aug 15, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris51 min
Aug 15, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon43 min
Aug 15, 11:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie4 hr
Aug 15, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Franklin49 min
Aug 15, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee27 min
Aug 16, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon47 min
Aug 16, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson50 min
Aug 16, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Shawnee26 min
Aug 16, 12:53 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPBrown3 hr
Aug 16, 1:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPFranklin, Osage37 min
Aug 16, 1:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee29 min
Aug 16, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee28 min
Aug 16, 1:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPWabaunsee11 hr
Aug 16, 1:34 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPAnderson, Coffey, Franklin4 hr
Aug 16, 1:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson, Franklin23 min
Aug 16, 1:43 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee3 hr
Aug 16, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Shawnee28 min
Aug 16, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson, Shawnee33 min
Aug 16, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin47 min
Aug 16, 2:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage, Shawnee51 min
Aug 16, 2:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDouglas32 min
Aug 16, 2:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDouglas40 min
Aug 16, 3:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson15 min
Aug 16, 3:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson32 min
Aug 16, 3:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJefferson30 min
Aug 16, 3:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin26 min
Aug 16, 3:27 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie3 hr
Aug 16, 3:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson17 min
Aug 16, 3:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin3 hr
Aug 16, 6:14 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin3 hr
Aug 16, 1:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchTOPBrown, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Marshall and 6 more18 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.