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River Flood Warning 87, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 28, 2009Chariton County, Howard County, Saline County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Apr 28, 2009, 3:57 AM CDT for Chariton County, Howard County, Saline County, Missouri. It took effect at Apr 28, 2009, 10:29 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2009, 3:57 AM CDT (08:57 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 28, 2009, 10:29 AM CDT
Expired: May 4, 2009, 2:48 AM CDT
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Chariton County, MO, Howard County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 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 Missouri River at Glasgow (GLZM7). The gauge peaked at 29.53 ft at Apr 29, 2009, 2:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06906500, 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 28, 3:29 AM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 3:29 AM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 12:57 PM CDT, 15 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1257 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-281800-
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 MON APR 27 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

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER FAR WEST
CENTRAL MISSOURI...EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER
IS NOT ANTICIPATED IN THE OUTLOOK AREA...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR
TWO MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO ONE INCH AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH.

IN ADDITION...AREAL AND RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH
OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH TONIGHT...AS RUNOFF FROM THE RECENT HEAVY
RAIN PERSISTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY...AS SEVERAL STORM SYSTEMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. AT THIS
TIME...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

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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 27, 7:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Howard	19 hr
Apr 27, 7:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Chariton, Cooper, Henry, Howard and 4 more	24 hr
Apr 27, 8:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Macon	14 hr
Apr 28, 10:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	6 days

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.