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River Flood Warning 325, NWS Kansas City, MO

December 27, 20084 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Dec 27, 2008, 1:42 PM CST for 4 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Dec 27, 2008, 3:10 PM CST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 27, 2008, 1:42 PM CST (19:42 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 27, 2008, 3:10 PM CST
Expired
Jan 1, 2009, 3:50 PM CST
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Grand River near Sumner (SNZM7).

Action stage
21 ft
Minor stage
26 ft
Moderate stage
28 ft
Major stage
40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06902000, 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 Dec 27, 11:40 AM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 11:40 AM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 1:01 PM CST, 41 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 27, 7:59 AM CST, 5 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
759 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

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

0459 AM     TSTM WND GST     4 N LEES SUMMIT         38.97N 94.38W
12/27/2008  M63.00 MPH       JACKSON            MO   ASOS

            CORRECTED LAT AND LON OF REPORT

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Local storm report, Dec 27, 9:02 AM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
902 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

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

0700 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 S CONCORDIA           38.91N 93.56W
12/27/2008                   JOHNSON            MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HWY 23 CLOSED AT BLACKWATER FROM FLOODING.

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Local storm report, Dec 27, 10:30 AM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 10:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Daviess, Grundy, Linn, Livingston46 min
Dec 26, 10:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson, Lafayette, Ray33 min
Dec 27, 1:17 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEAXChariton, Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis and 2 more6 hr
Dec 27, 4:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte24 min
Dec 27, 4:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette40 min
Dec 27, 4:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray32 min
Dec 27, 5:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Clay, Jackson, Ray47 min
Dec 27, 5:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Cass, Johnson, Lafayette, Ray, Saline30 min
Dec 27, 5:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass39 min
Dec 27, 5:36 AM CSTFreezing Rain AdvisoryEAXAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton and 10 more6 hr
Dec 27, 5:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Daviess, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Mercer and 2 more40 min
Dec 27, 6:11 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis44 hr
Dec 27, 6:11 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Saline7 days
Dec 27, 7:16 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningEAXChariton, Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis and 2 more9 hr
Dec 27, 8:09 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry and 5 more3 hr
Dec 27, 9:40 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson36 hr
Dec 27, 9:58 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningEAXChariton, Macon35 hr
Dec 27, 10:44 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningEAXHoward20 hr
Dec 27, 10:44 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry46 hr
Dec 27, 1:34 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningEAXLinn, Livingston63 hr
Dec 27, 2:13 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningEAXAdair, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler6 hr
Dec 27, 2:48 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll25 hr
Dec 27, 4:10 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningEAXAdair, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Daviess and 16 more47 hr

Nearby

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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.