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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Topeka, KS

May 7, 2019Lyon County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at May 7, 2019, 11:57 PM CDT for Lyon County, Kansas. It took effect at May 8, 2019, 5:17 AM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2019, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC)
In effect from: May 8, 2019, 5:17 AM CDT
Expired: May 9, 2019, 2:27 PM CDT
In force: 33 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Lyon County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Neosho River near Americus (AMCK1). The gauge peaked at 27.18 ft at May 8, 2019, 4:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07179730, 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 May 7, 11:13 PM CDT, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 11:13 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 3:53 PM CDT, 8 hours 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 7, 10:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 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
May 7, 10:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Coffey	33 min
May 8, 4:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Riley	25 hr
May 8, 5:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Osage	21 hr
May 8, 5:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Geary	44 hr
May 8, 6:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Riley	8 hr
May 8, 6:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Shawnee	20 hr
May 8, 7:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Shawnee	26 hr
May 8, 7:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon	6 hr
May 8, 7:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	22 hr
May 8, 7:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Morris	6 hr
May 8, 8:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Geary	6 hr
May 8, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Ottawa	5 days
May 8, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson	5 days
May 8, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Ottawa, Saline	70 hr
May 8, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	51 hr
May 8, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	43 hr
May 8, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	47 hr
May 8, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Nemaha	19 hr
May 8, 11:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	6 hr
May 8, 5:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Osage	6 hr
May 8, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Morris	38 min
May 8, 6:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Morris	50 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2019 Every 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.