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River Flood Warning 198, NWS Topeka, KS

August 17, 2019Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Aug 17, 2019, 9:25 AM CDT for Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas. It took effect at Aug 17, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 17, 2019, 9:25 AM CDT (14:25 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 17, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 18, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Douglas County, KS, Jefferson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kansas River at Lawrence (LWRK1). The gauge peaked at 2.99 ft at Aug 17, 2019, 3:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06891080, 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 17, 6:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 6:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 7:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 17, 8:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 8:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 8:31 AM CDT, 54 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
Aug 16, 11:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Anderson	31 min
Aug 16, 11:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Shawnee	37 min
Aug 16, 11:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Franklin	35 min
Aug 16, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee	55 min
Aug 16, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Franklin, Osage	52 min
Aug 16, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic, Washington	50 min
Aug 17, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Osage	44 min
Aug 17, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley	49 min
Aug 17, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	46 min
Aug 17, 12:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Geary, Ottawa, Riley, Washington	54 min
Aug 17, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson	52 min
Aug 17, 12:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	53 min
Aug 17, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee	47 min
Aug 17, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Geary, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley	50 min
Aug 17, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	59 min
Aug 17, 1:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	40 min
Aug 17, 1:08 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	22 min
Aug 17, 1:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson	41 min
Aug 17, 1:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Jackson, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	40 min
Aug 17, 1:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Marshall, Ottawa, Pottawatomie, Riley and 1 more	4 hr
Aug 17, 1:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	61 min
Aug 17, 1:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Jefferson	65 min
Aug 17, 1:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Pottawatomie and 2 more	62 min
Aug 17, 2:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Cloud, Marshall, Republic, Washington	3 hr
Aug 17, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee	48 min
Aug 17, 2:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee	4 hr
Aug 17, 2:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin, Osage	47 min
Aug 17, 3:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin	49 min
Aug 17, 3:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Franklin	39 min
Aug 17, 3:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas	17 hr
Aug 17, 4:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Riley	25 hr
Aug 17, 4:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Washington	21 hr
Aug 17, 5:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Clay	24 hr
Aug 17, 5:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Franklin	38 min
Aug 17, 3:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TOP	Anderson, Brown, Clay, Douglas, Franklin, Geary and 10 more	13 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.