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River Flood Warning 230, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 25, 2008Howard County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Jul 25, 2008, 7:36 AM CDT for Howard County, Missouri. It took effect at Jul 25, 2008, 10:29 AM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 25, 2008, 7:36 AM CDT (12:36 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 25, 2008, 10:29 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 26, 2008, 3:23 AM CDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: Minor

County Howard County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Moniteau Creek near Fayette (FYTM7). The gauge peaked at 18.76 ft at Jul 25, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06909500, 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 25, 6:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 6:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 6:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 25, 2:17 AM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
217 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008

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

0200 AM     FLASH FLOOD      4 ENE UNIONVILLE        40.50N 92.93W
07/25/2008                   PUTNAM             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            STATE ROUTE Y CLOSED AT BLACKBIRD CREEK

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 2:33 AM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
233 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008

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

0215 AM     FLASH FLOOD      KIRKSVILLE              40.20N 92.58W
07/25/2008                   ADAIR              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            2-3 FEET OF WATER COVER APPROXIMETELY 30 ROADS THROUGHOUT
            THE CITY. MANY ROADS LEADING INTO THE CITY REMAIN
            IMPASSIBLE. 10-15 WATER RESCUES PERFORMED ALREADY.

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 2:51 AM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
251 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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0230 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 ENE MACON             39.75N 92.44W
07/25/2008                   MACON              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BUSINESS 36 CLOSED NEAR SEWER AND BRUSH CREEK ON EAST
            SIDE OF MACON.

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 7:09 AM CDT, 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
Jul 24, 9:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Putnam	6 hr
Jul 24, 10:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Macon	11 hr
Jul 24, 10:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler	59 hr
Jul 24, 10:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Adair, Putnam, Sullivan	6 hr
Jul 24, 11:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Macon, Randolph	6 hr
Jul 24, 11:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Sullivan	10 hr
Jul 25, 12:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Macon, Randolph	6 hr
Jul 25, 2:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Nodaway	9 hr
Jul 25, 3:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Putnam, Schuyler	6 hr
Jul 25, 5:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Macon, Randolph	4 hr
Jul 25, 9:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Macon, Putnam, Randolph, Schuyler, Sullivan	6 hr
Jul 25, 2:53 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	8 days
Jul 25, 2:53 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan	67 hr
Jul 25, 3:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Chariton, Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison and 8 more	24 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.