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River Flood Warning 36, NWS Topeka, KS

September 3, 2021Marshall County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Sep 3, 2021, 12:09 AM CDT for Marshall County, Kansas. It took effect at Sep 3, 2021, 9:43 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 3, 2021, 12:09 AM CDT (05:09 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 3, 2021, 9:43 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 3, 2021, 9:50 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Marshall County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Black Vermillion River at Frankfort (FKFK1). The gauge peaked at 3.18 ft at Sep 3, 2021, 6:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
19 ft
Moderate stage
27.5 ft
Major stage
40.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06885500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The text

As transmitted.

763 
WGUS43 KTOP 030509
FLWTOP

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
1209 AM CDT Fri Sep 3 2021

...The National Weather Service in Topeka KS has issued a Flood 
Warning for the following rivers in Kansas...

  Black Vermillion River at Frankfort affecting Marshall County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive 
cars through flooded areas.

This product along with additional weather and stream information is 
available at www.weather.gov/top/.


KSC117-032015-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FL.W.0036.210904T0243Z-210904T1943Z/
/FKFK1.1.ER.210904T0243Z.210904T0600Z.210904T0742Z.NO/
1209 AM CDT Fri Sep 3 2021

The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a

* Flood Warning for
  the Black Vermillion River at Frankfort.
* From this evening to early tomorrow afternoon.
* At 11:15 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 3.0 feet.
* Flood stage is 19.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late 
  this evening to a crest of 19.6 feet just after midnight tonight. 
  It will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight.
* Impact...At 19.0 feet, Minor flooding of lowland areas occurs 
  along the river from Vermillion to the mouth of the Black 
  Vermillion River.


&&

LAT...LON 3972 9643 3967 9639 3957 9656 3963 9657

$$

Laflin
1 follow-up statement
868 
WGUS83 KTOP 031450
FLSTOP

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
950 AM CDT Fri Sep 3 2021

...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in 
Kansas...

  Black Vermillion River at Frankfort affecting Marshall County.

KSC117-031600-
/O.CAN.KTOP.FL.W.0036.210904T0243Z-210903T1450Z/
/FKFK1.1.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
950 AM CDT Fri Sep 3 2021

...The Flood Warning for the Black Vermillion River at Frankfort has 
been cancelled...

The Flood Warning is cancelled for
  the Black Vermillion River at Frankfort.
* At 9:30 AM CDT Friday the stage was 3.1 feet.
* Flood stage is 19.0 feet.
* Forecast...The river is expected to remain around 3.1 feet this 
  afternoon.


&&

LAT...LON 3972 9643 3967 9639 3957 9656 3963 9657

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Wabaunsee27 min
Sep 2, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee31 min
Sep 2, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPLyon29 min
Sep 2, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMarshall34 min
Sep 2, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon34 min
Sep 2, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon34 min
Sep 2, 9:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPGeary26 min
Sep 2, 9:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMorris32 min
Sep 3, 12:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPLyon29 min
Sep 3, 12:17 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPLyon, Osage7 hr
Sep 3, 12:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOsage29 min
Sep 3, 12:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOsage33 min
Sep 3, 1:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee46 min
Sep 3, 1:41 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPLyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee6 hr
Sep 3, 3:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchTOPAnderson, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin, Geary and 5 more33 hr
Sep 3, 4:34 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPGeary, Riley3 hr
Sep 3, 5:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDouglas3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.