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River Flood Warning 213, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 3, 2008Johnson County, Pettis County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Jul 3, 2008, 5:32 AM CDT for Johnson County, Pettis County, Missouri. It took effect at Jul 3, 2008, 6:30 AM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2008, 5:32 AM CDT (10:32 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 3, 2008, 6:30 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 4, 2008, 12:22 PM CDT
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Johnson County, MO, Pettis County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Blackwater River near Valley City (VLYM7).

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06907700, 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, 4:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 4:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 1:00 PM CDT, 16 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
100 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-031100-
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-
100 PM CDT WED JUL 2 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.

 SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING ALONG AND EAST OF A
 GALLATIN TO MARSHALL TO BOONVILLE LINE WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE
 LIMITS AS THEY MOVE EAST THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

 ELSEWHERE...AT LEAST PARTIAL SUNSHINE WILL HELP DESTABILIZE THE
 AIRMASS IN THE WAKE OF MORNING RAINFALL...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
 THAT WILL PUSH INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS
 AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME QUITE NUMEROUS ALONG THIS
 FRONT AS IT MOVES SOUTH OVER THE COURSE OF THE LATE AFTERNOON
 AND EVENING HOURS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL DEPEND ON
 HOW QUICKLY TEMPERATURES RECOVER...BUT THERE REMAINS A
 SLIGHT RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAINFALL
 ASSOCIATED WITH ANY STORMS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING...
 AS WELL AS RENEWED RIVER FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

 ON THURSDAY...WITH THE COLD FRONT STILL EXPECTED TO BE IN SOUTHERN
 MISSOURI...THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN AREAS
 TO THE SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
 SEVERE WEATHER FROM THESE STORMS WITH ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS AND
 LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREATS.  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO
 BE A CONCERN.

 FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY...THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE
 SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH. STILL THUNDERSTORMS CAN NOT BE TOTALLY RULED
 OUT...MAINLY IN AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

 SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
 AND NORTHERN MISSOURI..AND TONIGHT IN AREAS FROM EAST CENTRAL
 KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. REPORTS OF FLOODING ARE ALSO
 REQUESTED.

BOOKBINDER/PC

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 11:32 PM CDT, 6 hours 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, 5 hours 54 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, 5 hours 24 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, 5 hours 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1227 AM CDT THU JUL 3 2008

MOZ054-030600-
HENRY-
1227 AM CDT THU JUL 3 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY UNTIL 100
AM CDT...

AT 1224 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF
CALHOUN TO 9 MILES EAST OF CLINTON TO DEEPWATER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN HENRY
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF COAL...DEEPWATER...TIGHTWAD AND
BROWNINGTON.

PC

Local storm report, Jul 3, 1:46 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 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, 2:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	40 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	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

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.