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River Flood Warning 235, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 26, 2008Daviess County, Gentry County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Jul 26, 2008, 9:10 PM CDT for Daviess County, Gentry County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 26, 2008, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2008, 9:48 AM CDT
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Daviess County, MO, Gentry County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Grand River near Pattonsburg (PATM7).

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06896900, 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 26, 8:50 PM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 8:50 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 1:05 PM CDT, 8 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
105 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-271100-
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-
105 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 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 WARM AND VERY HUMID AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE THIS AFTERNOON...
 BUT IN THE ABSENCE OF A STRONG FOCUSING MECHANISM...WIDESPREAD
 THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED. INSTABILITY REMAINS
 STRONGEST ALONG THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER...AND THIS REGION
 IS MOST FAVORED FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
 THE AFTERNOON HOURS INTO TONIGHT. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM
 CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

 DESPITE THE VERY HIGH HUMIDITY...AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S
 TO NEAR 90 WILL KEEP HEAT INDICES BELOW CRITICAL VALUES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

 THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION
 SUNDAY AS A SERIES OF MID LEVEL DISTURBANCES ARRIVE FROM THE
 NORTHWEST. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING IN THE MORNING...BUT
 THE AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS APPEAR TO HAVE THE GREATEST
 CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF
 A ST JOSEPH TO CARROLLTON TO MOBERLY LINE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

 SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT
 ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

BOOKBINDER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
655 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008

KSZ104-105-270030-
JOHNSON-WYANDOTTE-
655 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON AND SOUTHERN
WYANDOTTE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 654 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE QUIVIRA...MOVING EAST
AT 10 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF EDWARDSVILLE AND 6 MILES NORTH OF OLATHE BY 700 PM
  CDT.
  LAKE QUIVIRA BY 720 PM CDT.
  LENEXA...OVERLAND PARK...MERRIAM AND SHAWNEE BY 730 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF MONTICELLO...LAKE OF THE FOREST...ZARAH...HOLLIDAY AND
LACKMANS ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

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Local storm report, Jul 26, 7:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
720 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008

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

0719 PM     HAIL             SHAWNEE                 39.02N 94.80W
07/26/2008  E1.00 INCH       JOHNSON            KS   PUBLIC

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Local storm report, Jul 26, 7:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
742 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008

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

0741 PM     HAIL             KANSAS CITY             39.12N 94.55W
07/26/2008  E1.00 INCH       JACKSON            MO   NWS EMPLOYEE

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GAMIS

Local storm report, Jul 26, 7:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 26, 7:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 26, 7:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 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 26, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	25 min
Jul 26, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	21 min
Jul 27, 6:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	45 hr
Jul 27, 6:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	50 hr
Jul 27, 3:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Daviess, Gentry, Harrison, Linn, Livingston and 2 more	24 hr
Jul 27, 3:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	EAX	Adair, Grundy, Linn, Macon, Mercer, Putnam and 2 more	18 hr
Jul 27, 3:55 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay and 8 more	18 hr
Jul 27, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Putnam, Schuyler	45 min
Jul 27, 6:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Putnam	37 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.