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River Flood Warning 224, NWS Kansas City, MO

October 29, 2009Bates County, Cass County, Henry County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Oct 29, 2009, 8:42 AM CDT for Bates County, Cass County, Henry County, Missouri. It took effect at Oct 29, 2009, 4:13 PM CDT. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 29, 2009, 8:42 AM CDT (13:42 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 29, 2009, 4:13 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 31, 2009, 8:28 AM CDT
In force: 40 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Henry County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Grand River near Urich (URHM7).

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06921600, 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 Oct 29, 6:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 29, 6:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 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
Oct 29, 8:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	37 hr
Oct 29, 10:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	EAX	Adair, Bates, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton and 20 more	16 hr
Oct 29, 1:25 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	34 hr
Oct 29, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	33 hr
Oct 29, 3:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Carroll, Chariton, Johnson, Lafayette, Linn and 7 more	51 hr
Oct 29, 3:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Macon	38 hr
Oct 29, 3:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	3 days
Oct 29, 5:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Cass, Clay, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Platte	4 hr
Oct 29, 5:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	3 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.