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River Flood Warning 51, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Aug 16, 2026, 9:18 PM CDT for Marshall County, Kansas. It took effect at Aug 16, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2026, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 16, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2026, 5:04 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Marshall County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:22 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 Big Blue River at Blue Rapids (BLRK1). The gauge peaked at 26.73 ft at Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 21 ft
- Minor stage
- 26 ft
- Moderate stage
- 52 ft
- Major stage
- 68 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06884700, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
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.