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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Topeka, KS

June 27, 2020Dickinson County, Ottawa County, Saline County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Jun 27, 2020, 9:15 AM CDT for Dickinson County, Ottawa County, Saline County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 28, 2020, 7:12 PM CDT. It was in force for 64 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 27, 2020, 9:15 AM CDT (14:15 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 28, 2020, 7:12 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 1, 2020, 11:07 AM CDT
In force: 64 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Dickinson County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Saline County, KS

The river

Written for the forecast point Solomon River at Niles (NLSK1).

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06876900, 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 Jun 27, 6:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 6:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 9:00 AM CDT, 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 27, 8:19 AM CDT, 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 8:21 AM CDT, 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 8:26 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 8:37 AM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 8:39 AM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 8:41 AM CDT, 34 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
Jun 26, 8:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Republic	35 min
Jun 26, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	38 min
Jun 26, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic, Washington	48 min
Jun 26, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	39 min
Jun 26, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Republic, Washington	41 min
Jun 26, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Washington	48 min
Jun 26, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Ottawa	42 min
Jun 26, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa	37 min
Jun 27, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa	51 min
Jun 27, 12:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown	29 min
Jun 27, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	35 min
Jun 27, 12:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud	8 hr
Jun 27, 12:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Clay, Ottawa	65 min
Jun 27, 12:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown	62 min
Jun 27, 1:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Nemaha	36 min
Jun 27, 1:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Atchison	35 min
Jun 27, 1:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Ottawa	7 hr
Jun 27, 1:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jackson	31 min
Jun 27, 2:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jefferson	28 min
Jun 27, 2:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Nemaha	52 min
Jun 27, 2:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Douglas	26 min
Jun 27, 2:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas	42 min
Jun 27, 2:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Jefferson	3 hr
Jun 27, 4:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee	3 hr
Jun 27, 5:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas	3 hr
Jun 27, 6:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Cloud	61 hr
Jun 27, 9:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Ottawa	44 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.