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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Topeka, KS

May 6, 2019Osage County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at May 6, 2019, 8:33 PM CDT for Osage County, Kansas. It took effect at May 7, 2019, 10:55 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2019, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
In effect from
May 7, 2019, 10:55 AM CDT
Expired
May 7, 2019, 1:49 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Osage County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Salt Creek (LNDK1) at Lyndon (LNDK1).

Action stage
5 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06911490, 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 8:07 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 6, 8:08 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
808 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0805 PM     HAIL             3 NNW LANE              38.48N 95.10W
05/06/2019  E1.00 INCH       FRANKLIN           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

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ACH
Local storm report, May 6, 8:09 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
809 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0751 PM     HAIL             3 N PRINCETON           38.54N 95.27W
05/06/2019  E1.75 INCH       FRANKLIN           KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

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Local storm report, May 6, 8:17 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
817 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0753 PM     HAIL             1 WNW EMPORIA           38.41N 96.20W
05/06/2019  E0.88 INCH       LYON               KS   PUBLIC

&&
Local storm report, May 6, 8:23 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 6, 8:25 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage29 min
May 6, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon45 min
May 6, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin, Osage44 min
May 6, 7:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPLyon4 hr
May 6, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon, Osage45 min
May 6, 8:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPCoffey, Osage3 hr
May 6, 8:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPCoffey4 hr
May 6, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey47 min
May 6, 8:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon6 days
May 6, 8:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPFranklin, Osage61 hr
May 6, 8:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon, Osage53 hr
May 6, 8:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon3 days
May 6, 8:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon9 days
May 6, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon32 min
May 6, 9:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPCoffey4 hr
May 6, 9:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCloud62 min
May 6, 10:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPCloud3 hr
May 6, 10:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRepublic27 min
May 6, 10:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCloud24 min
May 6, 11:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRiley24 min
May 6, 11:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCloud35 min
May 6, 11:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRiley32 min
May 6, 11:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCloud15 min
May 6, 11:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPPottawatomie47 min
May 6, 11:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa4 hr
May 6, 11:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPPottawatomie68 min
May 6, 11:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJefferson66 min
May 7, 12:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPClay, Pottawatomie, Riley, Washington3 hr
May 7, 12:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMorris38 min
May 7, 12:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson, Morris52 min
May 7, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris26 min
May 7, 1:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson46 min
May 7, 1:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPWabaunsee22 hr
May 7, 1:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee6 hr
May 7, 2:43 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPCoffey, Lyon3 hr
May 7, 5:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPMarshall60 hr
May 7, 5:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPRiley80 days
May 7, 5:46 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPMorris6 hr
May 7, 7:39 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee6 hr
May 7, 9:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPClay59 hr
May 7, 10:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPDickinson64 hr
May 7, 10:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPCoffey21 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.