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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 24, 2009Linn County, Livingston County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Mar 24, 2009, 9:27 AM CDT for Linn County, Livingston County, Missouri. It took effect at Mar 24, 2009, 5:40 PM CDT. It was in force for 61 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 24, 2009, 9:27 AM CDT (14:27 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 24, 2009, 5:40 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 27, 2009, 6:17 AM CDT
In force: 61 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Grand River near Chillicothe (CHZM7).

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06899680, 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 Mar 24, 9:10 AM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 9:10 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 24, 5:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
550 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-251100-
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-
550 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA DURING
THE MORNING HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WILL
CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BETHANY TO
BLUE SPRINGS AND BUTLER. BY MID-DAY...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT OUT OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TO THE EAST...WITH DRIER
AIR MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. WHILE PROBABILITIES REMAIN LOW...A
FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH MAY BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS
MORNING...ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM PRINCETON TO CHILLICOTHE AND
TRENTON. ANY THREATS WOULD REMAIN IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.

IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY AS
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS. URBAN...SMALL STREAM...AND
RIVER FLOODING MAY BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THESE STORMS MOVE OUT OF THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ANOTHER STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE REGION
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FRIDAY NIGHT...MAINLY IN AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND
EAST OF KANSAS CITY...INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL
IF SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR WITH THIS SYSTEM.

SOME POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR COLDER AIR TO BECOME WRAPPED INTO THIS
SYSTEM FROM THE NORTHWEST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING AS IT MOVES
INTO THE AREA. WHILE THERE REMAINS A HIGH DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY THAT
THIS COLD AIR WILL MAKE IT INTO THE SYSTEM...IF THIS HAPPENS RAIN MAY
MIX WITH OR TURN TO SNOW BEFORE THIS SYSTEM EXITS ON SATURDAY
ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHEASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER REPORTS OF FLOODING
OR HEAVY RAIN WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

DUX

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 24, 9:04 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 24, 9:12 AM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 24, 9:13 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 24, 9:13 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 24, 9:23 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 24, 9:25 AM CDT, 2 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
Mar 23, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt	41 min
Mar 23, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Holt	33 min
Mar 23, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Holt, Nodaway	33 min
Mar 24, 12:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	5 hr
Mar 24, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison	31 min
Mar 24, 7:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Nodaway	13 hr
Mar 24, 8:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Henry	27 min
Mar 24, 8:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson	36 min
Mar 24, 8:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Lafayette, Saline	27 min
Mar 24, 8:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan	53 hr
Mar 24, 9:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	5 days
Mar 24, 12:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison and 6 more	18 hr
Mar 24, 12:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	21 hr
Mar 24, 12:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	24 hr
Mar 24, 1:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	22 hr
Mar 24, 1:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	34 hr
Mar 24, 2:48 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Howard	18 hr
Mar 23, 11:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	5 hr
Mar 24, 9:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Leavenworth	20 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.