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River Flood Warning 197, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 19, 2009Atchison County, Holt County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Aug 19, 2009, 10:42 PM CDT for Atchison County, Holt County, Missouri. It took effect at Aug 20, 2009, 12:40 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 19, 2009, 10:42 PM CDT (03:42 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 20, 2009, 12:40 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 20, 2009, 4:19 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Atchison County, MO, Holt County, MO

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tarkio River near Fairfax (FFXM7). The gauge peaked at 14.41 ft at Aug 20, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06813000, 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 19, 8:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
822 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0655 PM     HAIL             PARNELL                 40.44N 94.62W
08/19/2009  E1.50 INCH       NODAWAY            MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ALSO REPORTED BRANCHES AND POWERLINES DOWN.

&&

ACH

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 8:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 9:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 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
Aug 19, 8:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	23 min
Aug 19, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Andrew	37 min
Aug 19, 11:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cass	38 min
Aug 20, 12:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Henry, Johnson	32 min
Aug 20, 1:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Macon, Randolph	7 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.