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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Topeka, KS

May 26, 2020Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at May 26, 2020, 3:10 PM CDT for Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas. It took effect at May 26, 2020, 5:36 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2020, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
In effect from: May 26, 2020, 5:36 PM CDT
Expired: May 27, 2020, 8:37 AM CDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Franklin County, KS, Osage County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Marais Des Cygnes River near Quenemo (QNMK1).

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 24.5 ft
Major stage: 40.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 26, 12:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 12:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 12:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 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 26, 1:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Franklin, Osage	45 hr
May 26, 1:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Osage	31 hr
May 26, 7:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Coffey, Lyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	3 hr
May 26, 9:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	10 hr
May 26, 9:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage	32 hr
May 26, 9:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	23 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2020 Every river flood warning in 2020

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.