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River Flood Warning 199, NWS Topeka, KS

August 22, 2019Anderson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Aug 22, 2019, 4:00 AM CDT for Anderson County, Kansas. It took effect at Aug 22, 2019, 10:50 AM CDT. It was in force for 46 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 22, 2019, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 22, 2019, 10:50 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 24, 2019, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 46 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Anderson County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pottawatomie Creek near Garnett (GRTK1). The gauge peaked at 25.16 ft at Aug 22, 2019, 11:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 32 ft
Major stage: 34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06914000, 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 21, 2:45 PM CDT, 13 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 2:45 PM CDT, 13 hours 15 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 21, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Franklin	25 min
Aug 21, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson	47 min
Aug 21, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Coffey	30 min
Aug 21, 11:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Franklin	52 min
Aug 22, 12:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Anderson	42 min
Aug 22, 12:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Anderson	45 min
Aug 22, 1:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Anderson, Franklin	3 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.