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River Flood Warning 247, NWS Kansas City, MO

December 23, 2009Bates County, Cass County, Henry County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Dec 23, 2009, 10:36 AM CST for Bates County, Cass County, Henry County, Missouri. It took effect at Dec 23, 2009, 4:36 PM CST. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 23, 2009, 10:36 AM CST (16:36 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 23, 2009, 4:36 PM CST
Expired: Dec 25, 2009, 10:52 AM CST
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: Minor

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 16:38 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 Dec 23, 5:48 AM CST, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 5:48 AM CST, 4 hours 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
Dec 23, 3:37 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 31 more	25 hr
Dec 23, 10:36 AM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	32 hr
Dec 23, 11:17 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Platte	28 min
Dec 23, 2:00 PM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	52 hr
Dec 23, 2:00 PM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	5 days
Dec 23, 3:58 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 31 more	42 hr
Dec 23, 3:26 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Linn, Miami	49 min
Dec 23, 4:20 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Miami	40 min

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.