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River Flood Warning 51, NWS Topeka, KS

May 9, 2019Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at May 9, 2019, 6:06 AM CDT for Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 2019, 6:06 AM CDT (11:06 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2019, 9:46 PM CDT
In force: 16 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 11:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kansas River at Lecompton (LCPK1). The gauge peaked at 18.01 ft at May 9, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 23.8 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06891000, 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 9, 4:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 4:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 4:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 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 8, 7:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Wabaunsee	33 min
May 8, 7:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson, Lyon, Morris and 4 more	3 hr
May 8, 8:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson	50 hr
May 8, 8:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	29 hr
May 8, 8:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Ottawa, Saline	43 hr
May 8, 8:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Ottawa	18 hr
May 8, 11:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	21 hr
May 9, 2:34 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	TOP	Cloud, Republic	17 hr

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.