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River Flood Warning 68, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 27, 2009Leavenworth County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Apr 27, 2009, 4:05 AM CDT for Leavenworth County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 27, 2009, 6:09 AM CDT. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 2009, 4:05 AM CDT (09:05 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 27, 2009, 6:09 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 28, 2009, 7:19 PM CDT
In force
37 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity
Minor

County Leavenworth County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Stranger Creek near Tonganoxie (TNGK1). The gauge peaked at 23.75 ft at Apr 27, 2009, 11:00 AM CDT.

actionminormoderate10203004/2704/2804/2904/30
Action stage
18 ft
Minor stage
23 ft
Moderate stage
30 ft
Major stage
35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06892000, 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 27, 3:58 AM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 3:58 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
358 AM CDT MON APR 27 2009

.DISCUSSION...
MAIN FORECAST CONCERN FOR THIS PACKAGE DEALS WITH TIMING OF COLD
FRONT FOR TODAY AND IT ASSOCIATED IMPACTS.

TODAY AND TONIGHT:
FRONTAL POSITION EARLY THIS MORNING WAS ROUGHLY FROM CENTRAL IOWA
THROUGH THE NORTHWEST TIP MISSOURI THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS FRONT
IS EXPECTED TO FINALLY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY
THIS EVENING. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS SHOW THE FRONT ALONG OUR SOUTHEASTERN
ZONES BY 00Z. 1000-2000 J/KG CAPE AND DECENT SHEAR WOULD SUPPORT A
FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AND WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT.
SURFACE WINDS ARE VEERED SOUTHWESTERLY WHICH IS NOT CONDUCIVE FOR
TORNADOES ALTHOUGH ITS POSSIBLE FOR A SPIN UP SHOULD A STORM ANCHOR
ITSELF TO THE FRONT OR WITH ANY KIND OF QLCS TYPE STRUCTURE SINCE THE
BULK OF THE SHEAR IS CONFINED TO THE LOWEST LEVELS. WITH THE COLD
FRONT THROUGH MOST OF THE AREA...MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE COOLER
READINGS TODAY THAN IN RECENT DAYS. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE
ACROSS OUR EASTERN FORECAST AREA AHEAD OF THE FRONT. PRECIPITATION
SHOULD COME TO AN END BY TUESDAY MORNING AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND
THE FRONT AND THE UPPER SUPPORT SHIFTS EASTWARD.

TUESDAY:
RELATIVELY QUIET WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH THE AREA IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS. HIGHS
SHOULD TOP OUT IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 60S ACROSS THE AREA.

WEDNESDAY:
BY TUESDAY NIGHT THE LOW LEVEL JET KICKS IN ACROSS KANSAS BUT BEGINS
TO SHIFT EAST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. DURING
WEDNESDAY THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL EJECT INTO OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS AND
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THE LOW LEVEL JET INTENSIFIES. THIS SHOULD
RESULT IN ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. OUR WESTERN
ZONES WOULD BE AFFECTED FIRST WITH THE ENTIRE AREA SEEING A CHANCE OF
PRECIPTATION OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.

CDB

&&

.AVIATION...
FOR THE 06 TAFS:
LINE OF STRONG STORMS HAS MOVED THROUGH KSTJ...KMCI AND KMKC LEAVING
THE SITES ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM WILL
CONTINUE TO WEAKEN BUT THROUGH ROUGHLY 10Z EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED WITH CIGS FLUCTUATING BETWEEN VFR AND MVFR.
WITH THE WORST OF THE CONVECTION OVER WITH VSBYS SHOULD STAY AROUND
THE HIGH END OF MVFR TO THE LOW END OF VFR. COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE SOUTH OF THE SITES LATER THIS MORNING WITH -SHRA ACTIVITY
AND MVFR CIGS BEHIND IT. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY 00Z
WITH PRECIPITATION WINDING DOWN AND CIGS MOVING BACK INTO THE VFR
RANGE.

CDB

&&

.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM MONDAY FOR MOZ001-MOZ002-MOZ003-MOZ004-
     MOZ005-MOZ006-MOZ007-MOZ008-MOZ011-MOZ012-MOZ013-MOZ014-
     MOZ015-MOZ016-MOZ017-MOZ020-MOZ021-MOZ022-MOZ023-MOZ024-
     MOZ025-MOZ028-MOZ029-MOZ030-MOZ031-MOZ032-MOZ037-MOZ038-
     MOZ043-MOZ044.

KS...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM MONDAY FOR KSZ025-KSZ057-KSZ060-KSZ102-
     KSZ103-KSZ104-KSZ105.
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 12:57 PM CDT, 15 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1257 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-271800-
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-
1257 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY CURRENTLY STALLED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA WILL BE THE
FOCUS POINT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. AMPLE BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS SOUTHEAST OF
THIS FRONT HAVE ALLOWED INSTABILITY TO GROW...WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF
CAPPING PREVENTING STORMS FROM DEVELOPING. ALTHOUGH WHILE THE MAIN
FOCUS FOR STORMS WILL BE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS
AFTERNOON...GIVEN THE WEAK INHIBITION THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA HAS A
CHANCE TO SEE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS...WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING HIGH WINDS THE MAIN HAZARDS. GIVEN AN INCREASING WIND
PROFILE ALOFT...A TORNADO OR TWO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
IN AREAS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT IF A STORM CAN ANCHOR ITSELF TO
THAT BOUNDARY.

THE FRONT WILL THEN BEGIN TO SLOWLY SLIDE SOUTHWARD DURING THE
EVENING HOURS AND WITH THE ORIENTATION OF THE SHEAR PARALLEL TO THE
BOUNDARY TRAINING STORMS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL RESULT IN HEAVY RAIN
AND POSSIBLY FLOODING INTO MONDAY MORNING...ALONG WITH AN ADDITIONAL
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

BY MONDAY AFTERNOON THE FRONT WILL BE DRAPED FROM NORTHEAST MISSOURI
THROUGH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE AND INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
THE FRONT WILL ONCE AGAIN BE THE FOCUS FOR STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN
HAZARDS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CLEAR THE AREA BY MONDAY EVENING...ENDING THE
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM LIFTS INTO THE AREA. AT THIS
TIME IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA.

DUX/NRR

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 26, 10:24 PM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1024 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1015 PM     FLOOD            TONGANOXIE              39.11N 95.08W
04/26/2009                   LEAVENWORTH        KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            2 TO 4 INCHES COVERING 2ND ST.

&&

ACH
Local storm report, Apr 26, 10:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1030 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1015 PM     FLOOD            4 SSW TONGANOXIE        39.06N 95.11W
04/26/2009                   LEAVENWORTH        KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER OVER ROAD 1 MILE NE OF RENO AT US24-40 AND HEMPHILL
            RD.

&&

ACH
Local storm report, Apr 26, 10:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1031 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1024 PM     FLOOD            TONGANOXIE              39.11N 95.08W
04/26/2009                   LEAVENWORTH        KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            7TH AND CHURCH ROAD CLOSURE DUE TO HIGH WATER.

&&

ACH
Local storm report, Apr 26, 10:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 27, 12:02 AM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1202 AM CDT MON APR 27 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1119 PM     FLASH FLOOD      LANSING                 39.25N 94.89W
04/26/2009                   LEAVENWORTH        KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER ON ROAD K5 IN LANSING

1150 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 SW TONGANOXIE         39.06N 95.15W
04/26/2009                   LEAVENWORTH        KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROAD CLOSURE DUE TO FLOODING AT US24-40 JUST SOUTH OF
            RENO.

&&

ACH
Local storm report, Apr 27, 2:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
202 AM CDT MON APR 27 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1020 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHILLICOTHE             39.79N 93.55W
04/26/2009                   LIVINGSTON         MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROOF BLOWN OFF 50X80 FOOT BUILDING INTO ROAD. NO OTHER
            DAMAGE OBSERVED IN THE AREA. AIRPORT MEASURED GUST OF 46
            MPH. DELAYED REPORT.

&&

EB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt28 min
Apr 26, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Holt, Nodaway34 min
Apr 26, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAndrew28 min
Apr 26, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan22 min
Apr 26, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXGentry34 min
Apr 26, 8:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Nodaway28 hr
Apr 26, 8:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAtchison, Holt14 hr
Apr 26, 8:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBuchanan33 min
Apr 26, 9:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXDaviess, Gentry3 days
Apr 26, 9:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXDaviess, Livingston3 days
Apr 26, 9:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXPlatte6 hr
Apr 26, 10:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXGrundy28 min
Apr 26, 10:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXPlatte6 hr
Apr 26, 10:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXClay, Jackson6 hr
Apr 27, 12:34 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXAndrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway and 1 more6 hr
Apr 27, 1:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Platte10 hr
Apr 27, 2:32 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Ray20 hr
Apr 27, 3:00 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan57 hr
Apr 27, 3:22 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXDaviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison6 hr
Apr 27, 4:02 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Holt36 hr
Apr 27, 4:32 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXPlatte35 hr
Apr 27, 4:40 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXClay, Jackson8 hr
Apr 27, 5:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry5 days
Apr 27, 7:36 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson4 days
Apr 27, 8:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis4 days
Apr 27, 8:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Saline8 days
Apr 27, 8:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXRay36 hr
Apr 27, 8:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll27 hr
Apr 27, 8:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBates8 days
Apr 27, 9:20 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXGentry, Harrison, Mercer, Nodaway, Putnam, Worth24 hr
Apr 27, 9:38 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXCaldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison and 2 more23 hr
Apr 27, 10:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton7 days
Apr 27, 10:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Ray56 hr
Apr 27, 10:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJackson, Lafayette, Ray5 days
Apr 27, 10:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Saline5 days
Apr 27, 10:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Saline7 days
Apr 27, 1:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry, Johnson6 hr
Apr 27, 2:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXChariton, Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Randolph, Saline3 hr
Apr 27, 2:58 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXGrundy, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Sullivan24 hr
Apr 27, 3:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXChariton, Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Randolph, Saline4 hr
Apr 27, 3:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates, Henry4 hr
Apr 27, 4:34 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper27 hr
Apr 27, 4:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Pettis, Randolph3 hr
Apr 27, 6:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry, Johnson58 min
Apr 27, 6:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper36 hr
Apr 26, 7:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXAtchison, Doniphan5 hr
Apr 26, 9:57 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAtchison16 hr
Apr 26, 9:57 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAtchison, Leavenworth44 hr
Apr 27, 8:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXMiami5 days
Apr 27, 8:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXLinn7 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2009Every 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.