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River Flood Warning 240, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 28, 2008Cooper County, Howard County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Jul 28, 2008, 4:30 AM CDT for Cooper County, Howard County, Missouri. It took effect at Jul 28, 2008, 6:22 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2008, 4:30 AM CDT (09:30 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 28, 2008, 6:22 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 3, 2008, 2:54 AM CDT
In force
6 days
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Cooper County, MO, Howard County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Missouri River at Boonville (BOZM7). The gauge peaked at 25.75 ft at Jul 31, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
18 ft
Minor stage
21 ft
Moderate stage
30 ft
Major stage
34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06909000, 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 27, 6:30 PM CDT, 10 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 6:30 PM CDT, 10 hours before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Sullivan38 min
Jul 27, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPutnam15 min
Jul 27, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Linn, Macon, Sullivan47 min
Jul 27, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMacon33 min
Jul 27, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMacon46 min
Jul 27, 8:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAdair, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan12 hr
Jul 27, 8:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAdair, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler41 hr
Jul 27, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSchuyler38 min
Jul 27, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMacon, Randolph46 min
Jul 27, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMacon, Randolph33 min
Jul 27, 9:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMacon12 hr
Jul 27, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPutnam, Schuyler33 min
Jul 27, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRandolph46 min
Jul 27, 11:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXRandolph6 hr
Jul 28, 4:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Saline5 days
Jul 28, 6:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXHoward22 hr
Jul 28, 8:29 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXAdair, Mercer, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan7 hr
Jul 28, 3:19 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXAdair, Chariton, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Mercer and 4 more24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2008Every 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.