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River Flood Warning 236, NWS Kansas City, MO

November 17, 2009Chariton County, Macon County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Nov 17, 2009, 3:27 AM CST for Chariton County, Macon County, Missouri. It took effect at Nov 17, 2009, 3:25 PM CST. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 17, 2009, 3:27 AM CST (09:27 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 17, 2009, 3:25 PM CST
Expired: Nov 18, 2009, 4:12 PM CST
In force: 25 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 09:31 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 16.43 ft at Nov 18, 2009, 1:00 AM CST.

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 Nov 17, 2:39 AM CST, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 17, 2:39 AM CST, 48 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
Nov 16, 9:14 PM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	68 hr
Nov 16, 9:14 PM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	13 hr
Nov 17, 3:38 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	EAX	Cass, Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte, Ray	4 hr
Nov 17, 6:11 AM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	4 days
Nov 17, 6:43 AM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	33 hr
Nov 17, 7:18 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Macon	36 hr
Nov 17, 7:25 AM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn, Livingston	55 hr
Nov 17, 8:33 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clinton, Daviess and 10 more	35 hr
Nov 17, 8:44 AM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Ray	31 hr
Nov 17, 11:07 AM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan	29 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.