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River Flood Warning 188, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Aug 17, 2009, 5:48 AM CDT for Chariton County, Macon County, Missouri. It took effect at Aug 17, 2009, 11:09 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 2009, 5:48 AM CDT (10:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 17, 2009, 11:09 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2009, 3:31 AM CDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Chariton County, MO, Macon County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:48 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 Chariton River near Prairie Hill (PRIM7). The gauge peaked at 16.08 ft at Aug 17, 2009, 3:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 19 ft
- Major stage
- 21 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06905500, 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 Aug 17, 4:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 4:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 12:58 PM CDT, 16 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1258 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 2009 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-171800- 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- 1258 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 2009 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 THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH AFFECTED MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS MORNING HAS LEFT A RELATIVELY COOL AND STABLE AIR MASS IN ITS WAKE. ALTHOUGH A COLD FRONT IN EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI WILL SHIFT SLOWLY SE THIS AFTERNOON...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT LIKELY ALONG THE FRONT. OTHERWISE...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...BUT NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANOTHER COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN COLORADO THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST ALONG AND NORTH OF A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR. THE COMPLEX OF STORMS WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST DURING THE NIGHT...POSSIBLY REACHING EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI BY DAYBREAK. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE TONIGHT...BUT THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A RATHER ACTIVE PERIOD WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THE ORGANIZED AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN KANSAS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI MONDAY MORNING...AND PROGRESS SOUTHEAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE PRIMARY THREATS DURING THE MORNING HOURS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI...ESPECIALLY FROM THE ST JOSEPH AREA EAST TO CHILLICOTHE. THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 BY AFTERNOON. THE SEVERITY OF THE COMPLEX WILL DEPEND ON HOW FAST THE COMPLEX MOVES SOUTHEAST. IF SUFFICIENT HEATING CAN BE REALIZED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF I-35 BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INTENSIFY WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL SHIFT TO AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PAOLA TO SEDALIA MONDAY NIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT SLIDES SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHERN MISSOURI. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES ALONG WITH A STATIONARY FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PAOLA TO SEDALIA ON TUESDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE FRONT WILL BEING TO LIFT NORTH ON WEDNESDAY AS THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES. THESE FEATURES WILL PROVIDE FOR A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT BUT MAY BE NEED ON TUESDAY. DB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 12:07 AM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1207 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009 MOZ021-022-170530- CALDWELL-CLINTON- 1207 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR EASTERN CLINTON AND WESTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT... AT 1205 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LATHROP...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HOWEVER...BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS SHOULD THIS STORM INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN CLINTON AND WESTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF LATHROP AND TURNEY. LAT...LON 3976 9413 3954 9406 3952 9435 3967 9440 CDB
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 12:34 AM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1234 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009
KSZ103-170600-
LEAVENWORTH-
1234 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CENTRAL LEAVENWORTH COUNTY UNTIL 100
AM CDT...
AT 1233 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINCHESTER...OR 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF NORTONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
EASTON AROUND 1245 AM CDT.
LEAVENWORTH AROUND 100 AM CDT.
THE TOWN OF JARBALO IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3937 9517 3938 9490 3936 9490 3934 9491
3932 9490 3915 9490 3917 9517
CDBLocal storm report, Aug 17, 1:10 AM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
110 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 AM HAIL FILLMORE 40.03N 94.97W
08/17/2009 E1.75 INCH ANDREW MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY POLICE CHIEF
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MJSpecial weather statement, Aug 17, 1:42 AM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 142 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009 MOZ001-002-011-170715- ATCHISON-HOLT-NODAWAY- 142 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHERN HOLT...SOUTHEASTERN ATCHISON AND WESTERN NODAWAY COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CDT... AT 141 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF MOUND CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... MAITLAND AROUND 150 AM CDT. SKIDMORE AROUND 205 AM CDT. THE TOWN OF QUITMAN IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. LAT...LON 4045 9534 4040 9495 4012 9510 4019 9541 CDB
Local storm report, Aug 17, 3:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Aug 17, 3:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
336 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1225 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 N GOWER 39.64N 94.59W
08/17/2009 CLINTON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
A WATER RESCUE WAS PERFORMED BY THE GOWER FIRE DEPARTMENT
ON COUNTYLINE ROAD APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES NORTH OF HIGHWAY
169.
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CDBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 10:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston | 5 days |
| Aug 16, 10:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, Livingston, Ray | 15 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Livingston | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 10:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Adair | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 11:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb | 12 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Clinton | 23 min |
| Aug 17, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell | 22 min |
| Aug 17, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Holt | 24 min |
| Aug 17, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Nodaway | 32 min |
| Aug 17, 1:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Linn, Macon, Randolph | 12 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Holt | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Livingston, Ray | 11 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Linn, Livingston | 50 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 3 days |
| Aug 17, 2:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 3 days |
| Aug 17, 4:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Ray | 53 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Platte | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 8:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 8:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton | 4 days |
| Aug 17, 9:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Andrew, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Holt and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 9:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Lafayette, Saline | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 9:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Cooper, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis and 1 more | 67 hr |
| Aug 17, 9:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Saline | 49 hr |
| Aug 17, 9:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 49 hr |
| Aug 17, 10:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 10:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Ray | 24 hr |
| Aug 17, 10:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cass | 25 min |
| Aug 17, 10:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 11:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Johnson | 29 min |
| Aug 17, 12:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb | 33 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll | 56 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Saline | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 12:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clinton, Daviess, Linn and 4 more | 33 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Leavenworth | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 12:18 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Leavenworth | 30 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 6 hr |
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River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2009Every 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.