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Service Change Notice 
National Weather Service Topeka KS
1039 AM CST Wed Mar 6 2019

To:          Subscribers:
             -NOAA Weather Wire Service
             -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
             -NOAAPORT
             Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees

From:        John Woynick 
             Hydrologic Program Manager
             NWS Topeka, KS          

Subject:     Change in forecast service for two locations along the 
             Little Blue River in Kansas.

Beginning 1 April 2019, The National Weather Service (NWS) in Topeka 
Kansas will change river forecast and warning services for Barnes 5 
miles northeast and Barnes 4 miles northeast on the Little Blue 
River in Washington and Marshall Counties in north central Kansas. 

The changes will be as follows:

The new forecast point location will be near Barnes 4 NE. The NWS 
location identifier for this location is BANK1. The NWS in Topeka 
will start forecast and warning service on the Little Blue River 
near Barnes 4 NE beginning April 1st, 2019. The flood stage for this 
location is 16.0 feet. Forecasts and warnings will be issued for 
times of high water, specifically for stages that will approach or 
exceed flood stage. The forecasts and warnings will also include 
impacts due to flooding upstream at Barnes 5 NE (BARK1).

Specific Products for this location include the following:

Product Type				WMO Header		  Product Identifier

Flood Warning-FLW			WGUS43 KTOP				TOPFLWTOP
Flood Statement-FLS			WGUS83 KTOP				TOPFLSTOP
River Statement_RVS			FGUS83 KTOP				TOPRVSTOP
Flash Flood Watch-FFA		WGUS63 KTOP				TOPFFATOP
Hydrologic Outlook-ESF		FGUS73 KTOP				TOPESFTOP

Stage and forecast data for the Big Blue River near Manhattan can be 
found on the NWS Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service web page at
https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=top&gage=bank1

The second change will be ending flood warnings and statements for 
the NWS Forecast Point on Little Blue River near Barnes 5 NE on 
April 1st 2019. The NWS identifier for the Little Blue River near 
Barnes 5 NE is BARK1. Although this location will no longer receive 
river forecasts and warnings, the flood impacts for this location 
will be now incorporated with the forecasts and warnings issued at 
the downstream location, Barnes 4 NE (BANK1). Until April 1st, stage 
and forecast data for the Little Blue River near Barnes 5 NE can be 
found on the NWS Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service web page at 
https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=top&gage=bark1

If you have any questions or comments on this change, please contact

John Woynick
NWS Forecast Office
1116 NE Strait Ave.
Topeka, KS 66616

Phone: 785-232-1493
email: john.woynick@noaa.gov

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