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River Flood Warning 218, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 3, 2008Cooper County, Saline County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Jul 3, 2008, 3:15 PM CDT for Cooper County, Saline County, Missouri. It took effect at Jul 4, 2008, 5:46 AM CDT. It was in force for 59 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2008, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 4, 2008, 5:46 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 6, 2008, 4:31 PM CDT
In force: 59 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Cooper County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Blackwater River near Blue Lick (BLVM7).

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 29 ft
Major stage: 37 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06908000, 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, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 1:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 11:12 AM CDT, 4 hours 3 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	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 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.