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River Flood Warning 61, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 18, 2008Cooper County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Mar 18, 2008, 4:31 PM CDT for Cooper County, Missouri. It took effect at Mar 18, 2008, 5:57 PM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 18, 2008, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 18, 2008, 5:57 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 19, 2008, 10:07 AM CDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: Minor

County Cooper County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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 Lamine River near Otterville (OTTM7). The gauge peaked at 17.33 ft at Mar 19, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06906800, 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 18, 4:00 PM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 4:00 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 1:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
106 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-191815-
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-
106 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 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

DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...PERIODS OF RAIN WILL
CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BLUE MOUND
KANSAS TO BUTLER...CLINTON...SEDALIA AND BOONVILLE MISSOURI. THE RAIN
IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY...BUT WILL KEEP RIVERS AND CREEKS RUNNING
HIGH ACROSS THIS REGION.

NUMEROUS FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL
THAT OCCURRED ON MONDAY. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE MOVING ACROSS IOWA AND MISSOURI
SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY. IT APPEARS THIS SYSTEM MAY BE COLD
ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SNOW IN THE OUTLOOK AREA...ALTHOUGH IT IS TOO EARLY
TO PINPOINT ANY AMOUNTS THAT MAY OCCUR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

PC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 17, 9:17 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Daviess, DeKalb and 10 more	12 hr
Mar 18, 6:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	43 hr
Mar 18, 8:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Ray	15 hr
Mar 18, 6:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Miami	33 hr
Mar 18, 12:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn	48 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.