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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Topeka, KS

July 1, 2024Pottawatomie County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Jul 1, 2024, 12:10 PM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Kansas. It took effect at Jul 1, 2024, 12:57 PM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2024, 12:10 PM CDT (17:10 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 1, 2024, 12:57 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 2, 2024, 2:26 AM CDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Pottawatomie County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Vermillion Creek near Wamego (VCWK1). The gauge peaked at 18.25 ft at Jul 1, 2024, 10:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
18 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
24 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06888000, 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 Jul 1, 6:36 AM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 6:36 AM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 3:58 AM CDT, 8 hours 12 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Topeka KS
358 AM CDT Mon Jul 1 2024

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-020900-
Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley-
Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris-
Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson-
358 AM CDT Mon Jul 1 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Kansas,
east central Kansas, north central Kansas, and northeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

A few embedded non severe thunderstorms work across the area early
this morning.

This afternoon, a heat advisory is in effect for portions of north
central Kansas where heat index values could reach as high as 105
degrees.

Tonight, isolated thunderstorms may be possible along the highway
36 corridor. A couple storms could become severe producing mostly
a wind threat and may also produce small hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

A heat advisory is in effect along and south of a line from Holton
to Manhattan to Minneapolis. Heat index values could reach as high
as 108 degrees.

A cold front will work into the area around midday. Severe storms
are possible by mid to late afternoon across the area. All hazards
will be possible which include large hail, damaging wind and a
couple of tornadoes may also be possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to relay reports of hail, damaging
wind, and flooding.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 10:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 3:18 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryTOPAnderson, Clay, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin and 11 more41 hr
Jul 1, 6:06 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPLyon74 min
Jul 1, 6:40 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPGeary2 hr
Jul 1, 7:19 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPLyon, Osage, Wabaunsee6 hr
Jul 1, 7:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon, Osage21 hr
Jul 1, 7:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPOsage6 hr
Jul 1, 8:12 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPOsage5 hr
Jul 1, 8:43 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Shawnee2 hr
Jul 1, 9:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPShawnee6 hr
Jul 1, 9:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPWabaunsee9 hr
Jul 1, 9:55 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Shawnee3 hr
Jul 1, 10:18 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPDouglas3 hr
Jul 1, 10:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPDouglas7 hr

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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.