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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at May 26, 2025, 11:54 AM CDT for Lyon County, Kansas. It took effect at May 26, 2025, 1:56 PM CDT. It was in force for 49 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2025, 11:54 AM CDT (16:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 26, 2025, 1:56 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 28, 2025, 2:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Lyon County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Cottonwood River at Emporia (EMPK1). The gauge peaked at 22.83 ft at May 27, 2025, 4:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 15 ft
- Minor stage
- 20 ft
- Moderate stage
- 24 ft
- Major stage
- 32 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07182260, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
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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.