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River Flood Warning 121, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 16, 2009Cooper County, Howard County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2009, 9:59 AM CDT for Cooper County, Howard County, Missouri. It took effect at May 16, 2009, 4:52 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2009, 9:59 AM CDT (14:59 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2009, 4:52 PM CDT
Expired: May 20, 2009, 11:06 AM CDT
In force: 4 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 15:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 25.34 ft at May 18, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT.

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 May 16, 2:50 AM CDT, 7 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 2:50 AM CDT, 7 hours 9 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
May 15, 7:03 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Howard	22 hr
May 15, 7:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Henry	37 min
May 15, 8:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	4 days
May 15, 8:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	25 hr
May 15, 8:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	43 hr
May 15, 8:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	54 hr
May 15, 8:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	4 days
May 15, 8:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline	4 hr
May 15, 9:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Howard, Lafayette, Livingston, Macon and 2 more	48 hr
May 15, 9:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Platte, Ray	40 hr
May 15, 11:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline	19 hr
May 16, 1:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	31 hr
May 16, 2:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	11 hr
May 16, 9:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	3 days
May 16, 12:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison	12 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2009 Every river flood warning in 2009

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.