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River Flood Warning 222, NWS Topeka, KS

October 2, 2019Marshall County, Washington County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Oct 2, 2019, 6:28 PM CDT for Marshall County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 2, 2019, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 2019, 8:06 PM CDT
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Marshall County, KS, Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Little Blue River near Barnes (BANK1). The gauge peaked at 18.18 ft at Oct 3, 2019, 2:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
23 ft
Major stage
39 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06884400, 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 Oct 1, 6:41 PM CDT, 23 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 1, 6:41 PM CDT, 23 hours 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 1, 7:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJackson51 min
Oct 1, 7:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWabaunsee32 min
Oct 2, 6:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCoffey32 min
Oct 2, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPFranklin28 min
Oct 2, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson29 min

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.