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River Flood Warning 188, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 17, 2009Chariton County, Macon County, Missouri

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 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.

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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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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

CDB
Local 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

&&

MJ
Special 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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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.

&&

CDB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 10:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston5 days
Aug 16, 10:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCaldwell, Clinton, Daviess, Livingston, Ray15 hr
Aug 16, 10:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLivingston26 min
Aug 16, 10:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXAdair6 hr
Aug 16, 11:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCaldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb12 hr
Aug 17, 12:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXClinton23 min
Aug 17, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell22 min
Aug 17, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt24 min
Aug 17, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Nodaway32 min
Aug 17, 1:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXChariton, Linn, Macon, Randolph12 hr
Aug 17, 1:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHolt33 min
Aug 17, 2:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Livingston, Ray11 hr
Aug 17, 2:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXLinn, Livingston50 hr
Aug 17, 2:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXPlatte3 days
Aug 17, 2:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXPlatte3 days
Aug 17, 4:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXRay53 hr
Aug 17, 4:53 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXPlatte6 hr
Aug 17, 6:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXBuchanan, Platte6 hr
Aug 17, 8:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXPlatte6 hr
Aug 17, 8:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton4 days
Aug 17, 9:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXAndrew, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Holt and 1 more5 hr
Aug 17, 9:26 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXCarroll, Chariton, Lafayette, Saline5 hr
Aug 17, 9:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXClay, Clinton, Cooper, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis and 1 more67 hr
Aug 17, 9:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Saline49 hr
Aug 17, 9:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard49 hr
Aug 17, 10:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson5 hr
Aug 17, 10:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Ray24 hr
Aug 17, 10:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCass25 min
Aug 17, 10:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass34 min
Aug 17, 11:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson29 min
Aug 17, 12:00 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXCaldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb33 hr
Aug 17, 12:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll56 hr
Aug 17, 12:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXSaline26 min
Aug 17, 12:57 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clinton, Daviess, Linn and 4 more33 hr
Aug 17, 12:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLeavenworth26 min
Aug 17, 12:18 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAtchison, Leavenworth30 hr
Aug 17, 3:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXLeavenworth6 hr

Nearby

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.