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River Flood Warning 212, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 3, 2008Carroll County, Chariton County, Saline County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Jul 3, 2008, 2:16 AM CDT for Carroll County, Chariton County, Saline County, Missouri. It took effect at Jul 3, 2008, 3:39 PM CDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2008, 2:16 AM CDT (07:16 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 3, 2008, 3:39 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 4, 2008, 6:21 PM CDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Missouri River at Miami (MIAM7).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 29 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 Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jul 3, 12:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 12:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 1:00 PM CDT, 13 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:16 PM CDT, 3 hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1116 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008

KSZ057-105-MOZ043-030445-
CASS-JOHNSON-MIAMI-
1116 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHEASTERN MIAMI...NORTHWESTERN
CASS AND SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1112 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BELTON TO SPRING
HILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  RAYMORE BY 1130 PM CDT.
  CLEVELAND BY 1135 PM CDT.
  PECULIAR BY 1140 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF STILLWELL...BUCYRUS AND WEST LINE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH
OF THESE STORMS.

PC

Local storm report, Jul 2, 11:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1132 PM CDT WED JUL 02 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0945 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 NW PARKVILLE          39.22N 94.70W
07/02/2008  M4.90 INCH       PLATTE             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            RAIN FELL FROM 830PM TO 945PM CDT...SOUTH OF WEATHERBY
            LAKE AND EAST OF NATIONALS GOLF COURSE.

&&

ADOLPHSON

Local storm report, Jul 2, 11:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1138 PM CDT WED JUL 02 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1030 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 N PARKVILLE           39.22N 94.67W
07/02/2008                   PLATTE             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL FLOODED STREETS...WATER RESCUES FROM
            VEHICLES...LOW LYING AREAS ON 45 AND 9 HIGHWAYS FLOODED.
            ALSO...WALNUT CREEK BRIDGE OVERTOPPED. AT LEAST 20 HOMES
            HAVE 18 INCHES OF WATER IN BASEMENTS.

&&

ADOLPHSON

Local storm report, Jul 3, 12:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1208 AM CDT THU JUL 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1030 PM     FLASH FLOOD      RIVERSIDE               39.17N 94.63W
07/02/2008                   PLATTE             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            2.05 INCHES OF RAIN CAUSED MAJOR STREET FLOODING...ALL
            CREEKS BANK FULL...ONE STRANDED VEHICLE OFF 9 HWY AND
            HORIZONS PARKWAY. NORTHBOUND WEST PLATTE ROAD CLOSED FROM
            CITY LIMITS TO 69 HIGHWAY DUE TO MUD FLOW FROM BLUFFS AND
            CONSTRUCTION SITES. VANDEPOPULIER ROAD AND MATTOX ROADS
            CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

&&

ADOLPHSON

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 12:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 3, 1:46 AM CDT, 30 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
Jul 2, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	37 min
Jul 2, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	42 min
Jul 2, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn, Livingston	40 min
Jul 2, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	45 min
Jul 2, 7:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	6 hr
Jul 2, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	27 min
Jul 2, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Saline	39 min
Jul 2, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	38 min
Jul 2, 8:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston, Ray	6 hr
Jul 2, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	18 min
Jul 2, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette	36 min
Jul 2, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Holt	46 min
Jul 2, 8:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Carroll, Johnson, Lafayette, Ray	8 hr
Jul 2, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Lafayette	24 min
Jul 2, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb	36 min
Jul 2, 9:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb and 2 more	8 hr
Jul 2, 9:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Macon, Randolph and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 2, 9:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Randolph	6 hr
Jul 2, 11:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Lafayette, Saline	6 hr
Jul 2, 11:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Cooper, Johnson, Pettis	8 hr
Jul 3, 12:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Ray	14 hr
Jul 3, 12:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Howard	20 hr
Jul 3, 12:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	5 hr
Jul 3, 1:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	12 hr
Jul 3, 2:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston, Ray	12 hr
Jul 3, 3:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Randolph	11 hr
Jul 3, 4:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Henry	6 hr
Jul 3, 4:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	10 hr
Jul 3, 5:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Lafayette, Saline	9 hr
Jul 3, 5:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	31 hr
Jul 3, 5:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	29 hr
Jul 3, 5:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	29 hr
Jul 3, 7:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Cooper, Johnson, Pettis	8 hr
Jul 3, 9:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	5 hr
Jul 3, 9:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	19 hr
Jul 3, 2:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Howard, Livingston, Randolph, Ray	22 hr
Jul 3, 3:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	3 days
Jul 2, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Leavenworth	31 min
Jul 2, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Wyandotte	38 min

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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.