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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 17, 2008Clay County, Ray County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Mar 17, 2008, 6:25 PM CDT for Clay County, Ray County, Missouri. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 17, 2008, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2008, 8:55 AM CDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clay County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Fishing River near Mosby (MBYM7).

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Mar 17, 3:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 3:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 12:59 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1259 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-181800-
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-
1259 PM CDT MON MAR 17 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 FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS AREAS FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH TONIGHT.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS SHOULD CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. VERY HEAVY
RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY LEADING TO FLOODING ON AREA
CREEKS AND RIVERS... ESPECIALLY FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS INTO WEST
CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI...WHERE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY
OCCUR.

IN ADDITION...THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...
MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY TO MOBERLY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WHILE WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...REPORTS OF
HAIL...FLOODING PROBLEMS AND ADDITIONAL RIVER LEVEL READINGS MAY BE
NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS INTO
CENTRAL MISSOURI

DEROCHE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 17, 3:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 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
Mar 17, 9:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette	6 hr
Mar 17, 10:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Randolph, Saline	6 hr
Mar 17, 11:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Bates, Cass, Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Pettis	6 hr
Mar 17, 12:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette	6 hr
Mar 17, 12:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	54 hr
Mar 17, 12:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	55 hr
Mar 17, 12:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	45 hr
Mar 17, 12:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	5 days
Mar 17, 12:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	24 hr
Mar 17, 12:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Howard	24 hr
Mar 17, 12:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	51 hr
Mar 17, 12:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	45 hr
Mar 17, 1:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Randolph, Saline	6 hr
Mar 17, 10:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Linn, Miami	6 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.