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River Flood Warning 176, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 16, 2008Cooper County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Jun 16, 2008, 5:49 AM CDT for Cooper County, Missouri. It took effect at Jun 16, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 2008, 5:49 AM CDT (10:49 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 16, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 17, 2008, 2:45 AM CDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: Minor

County Cooper County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:52 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 Lamine River near Otterville (OTTM7). The gauge peaked at 17.81 ft at Jun 16, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06906800, 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 Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jun 16, 4:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 4:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 1:07 PM CDT, 16 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
107 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-161100-
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-
RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
107 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A VERY MOIST AIRMASS...THAT WAS SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS
MORNING...HAS HELPED FUEL A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAS PUSHED
SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THUS FAR TODAY. THIS LINE OF
STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. THERE WILL BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS WITH THE STORMS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE...BUT MOST OF
THE ACTIVITY WILL STAY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
INTERMITTENT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE BEHIND THE INITIAL
LINE OF STORMS...BUT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WITH OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS...ALL BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...ARE ALL THAT
ARE EXPECTED.

PERSONS WITH OUTDOOR PLANS ON FATHERS DAY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY MOVE
TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE OUTLOOK
AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER MAY BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.

CUTTER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 12:22 AM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess, Livingston	36 min
Jun 15, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Livingston, Ray	45 min
Jun 15, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	45 min
Jun 15, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	39 min
Jun 15, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay	38 min
Jun 15, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Lafayette, Ray	52 min
Jun 15, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	42 min
Jun 15, 11:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	17 hr
Jun 16, 2:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Henry	10 hr
Jun 16, 12:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Holt	7 min
Jun 16, 12:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Holt	72 hr
Jun 16, 12:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	21 hr
Jun 16, 4:48 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	20 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

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.