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River Flood Warning 55, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 25, 20094 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Apr 25, 2009, 8:54 AM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Apr 26, 2009, 6:16 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 25, 2009, 8:54 AM CDT (13:54 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 26, 2009, 6:16 PM CDT
Expired: May 4, 2009, 2:48 AM CDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Grand River near Sumner (SNZM7). The gauge peaked at 35.78 ft at May 1, 2009, 12:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06902000, 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 Apr 25, 5:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 5:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 54 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
Apr 24, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	45 min
Apr 25, 8:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn, Livingston	6 days
Apr 25, 8:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan	6 days
Apr 25, 8:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	8 days
Apr 25, 8:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	8 days
Apr 25, 4:04 PM CDT	Flood Watch	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 31 more	43 hr
Apr 25, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	30 min
Apr 25, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess, DeKalb	23 min
Apr 25, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Caldwell	50 min
Apr 25, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clinton	42 min
Apr 25, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Daviess	40 min
Apr 25, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clinton, DeKalb	32 min
Apr 25, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy	33 min
Apr 25, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clinton	30 min
Apr 25, 6:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb and 6 more	6 hr
Apr 25, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy	32 min
Apr 25, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Caldwell	35 min
Apr 25, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Leavenworth	23 min
Apr 25, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Leavenworth	32 min
Apr 25, 6:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Leavenworth	27 min
Apr 25, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Leavenworth, Wyandotte	33 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.