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River Flood Warning 93, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 8, 2009Bates County, Cass County, Henry County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at May 8, 2009, 3:42 PM CDT for Bates County, Cass County, Henry County, Missouri. It took effect at May 8, 2009, 4:55 PM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2009, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
In effect from: May 8, 2009, 4:55 PM CDT
Expired: May 9, 2009, 9:21 AM CDT
In force: 16 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 20:44 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 May 8, 12:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 12:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 12:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 11:52 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 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
May 7, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Sullivan	28 min
May 7, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	DeKalb	30 min
May 7, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Daviess	28 min
May 7, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess	34 min
May 7, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	DeKalb	30 min
May 7, 7:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Daviess, Livingston	23 min
May 7, 8:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Caldwell	33 min
May 7, 8:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Livingston	31 min
May 7, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell	37 min
May 7, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	30 min
May 7, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Ray	36 min
May 7, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	30 min
May 7, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	31 min
May 7, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	25 min
May 7, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	31 min
May 7, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	29 min
May 7, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Pettis, Saline	37 min
May 7, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	31 min
May 7, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Pettis	6 min
May 7, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper	30 min
May 8, 4:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Bates	28 min
May 8, 6:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	6 hr
May 8, 9:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Henry	10 hr
May 8, 11:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	27 hr
May 8, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Macon	89 min
May 8, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Adair	32 min
May 8, 3:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Linn	23 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.