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River Flood Warning 196, NWS Topeka, KS

August 17, 2019Washington County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Aug 17, 2019, 4:52 AM CDT for Washington County, Kansas. It took effect at Aug 17, 2019, 6:54 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 17, 2019, 4:52 AM CDT (09:52 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 17, 2019, 6:54 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 18, 2019, 1:40 AM CDT
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 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 Mill Creek (WSHK1) at Washington (WSHK1).

Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
18 ft
Moderate stage
19 ft
Major stage
35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06884200, 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 16, 11:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson31 min
Aug 16, 11:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee37 min
Aug 16, 11:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPFranklin35 min
Aug 16, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Shawnee55 min
Aug 16, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin, Osage52 min
Aug 16, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic, Washington50 min
Aug 17, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Osage44 min
Aug 17, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Pottawatomie, Riley49 min
Aug 17, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Washington46 min
Aug 17, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Geary, Ottawa, Riley, Washington54 min
Aug 17, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson52 min
Aug 17, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington53 min
Aug 17, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Shawnee47 min
Aug 17, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Geary, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley50 min
Aug 17, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie59 min
Aug 17, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Washington40 min
Aug 17, 1:08 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley22 min
Aug 17, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson41 min
Aug 17, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Jackson, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee40 min
Aug 17, 1:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Marshall, Ottawa, Pottawatomie, Riley and 1 more4 hr
Aug 17, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson61 min
Aug 17, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson, Jefferson65 min
Aug 17, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Pottawatomie and 2 more62 min
Aug 17, 2:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPCloud, Marshall, Republic, Washington3 hr
Aug 17, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Shawnee48 min
Aug 17, 2:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee4 hr
Aug 17, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage47 min
Aug 17, 3:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Franklin49 min
Aug 17, 3:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin39 min
Aug 17, 3:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPDouglas17 hr
Aug 17, 4:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPRiley25 hr
Aug 17, 5:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPClay24 hr
Aug 17, 5:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPFranklin38 min
Aug 17, 9:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson28 hr
Aug 17, 3:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchTOPAnderson, Brown, Clay, Douglas, Franklin, Geary and 10 more13 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.