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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS

April 26, 2024Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Apr 26, 2024, 7:45 AM CDT for Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 26, 2024, 7:45 AM CDT (12:45 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2024, 2:19 PM CDT
In force: 7 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 12:48 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 Apr 26, 6:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 6:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 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
Apr 25, 7:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage	7 hr
Apr 25, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Marshall	31 min
Apr 25, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Washington	20 min
Apr 26, 1:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Anderson	8 hr
Apr 26, 4:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Anderson	15 hr
Apr 26, 8:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon	7 hr
Apr 26, 1:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	12 min
Apr 26, 1:14 PM CDT	Flood Watch	TOP	Anderson, Brown, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Geary and 11 more	45 hr
Apr 26, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Washington	45 min
Apr 26, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	46 min
Apr 26, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Nemaha	17 min
Apr 26, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	25 min
Apr 26, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	44 min
Apr 26, 5:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Brown	18 min

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.