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River Flood Warning 111, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 10, 2010Buchanan County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at May 10, 2010, 11:51 PM CDT for Buchanan County, Missouri. It took effect at May 11, 2010, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 10, 2010, 11:51 PM CDT (04:51 UTC)
In effect from: May 11, 2010, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 16, 2010, 5:18 AM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: Moderate

County Buchanan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Platte River near Agency (AGYM7).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06820500, 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 10, 8:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 8:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 6:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
644 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-111100-
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-
644 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

 AN UNSEASONABLY COOL AND STABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE
 OUTLOOK AREA EARLY THIS EVENING...AND PROSPECTS FOR AIRMASS
 DESTABILIZATION CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AS THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY
 APPROACH FROM THE WEST.

 SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
 TO WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS TOWARD 8 PM...AND THEN
 SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. FLASH FLOODING
 MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH REPEATED ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL.

 WHILE WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER WILL LIKELY
 REMAIN SOUTH OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT...A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE
 STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...MAINLY
 SOUTH OF A PAOLA TO WARRENSBURG LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

 THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AS A WARM
 FRONT RETURNS NORTHWARD. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A FEW SEVERE
 STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

 BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO LIFT TOWARD
 NORTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...AND MAY BE THE FOCUS FOR
 SEVERE WEATHER AS AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS DEVELOPS TO THE SOUTH OF THE
 FRONT. SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAPABLE OF
 PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. SLOW
 STORM MOVEMENT MAY RESULT HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING AND
 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

 LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A PAOLA
 TO WARRENSBURG LINE...MAINLY BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM.

BOOKBINDER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 10, 7:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 10, 7:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 10, 7:51 PM CDT, 4 hours before

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Special weather statement, May 10, 8:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 10, 9:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
934 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010

MOZ053-054-110300-
BATES MO-HENRY MO-
934 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HENRY AND
SOUTHEASTERN BATES COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 928 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RICH HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG
WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CLINTON...MONTROSE...DEEPWATER...ROCKVILLE...LA DUE...HARTWELL...
  BROWNINGTON AND COAL.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

LAT...LON 3805 9425 3805 9428 3814 9436 3847 9391
      3833 9352 3820 9379 3821 9404 3807 9406
      3804 9412 3805 9413 3805 9417 3804 9419
      3804 9422 3802 9424 3802 9426
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 237DEG 57KT 3812 9418

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Special weather statement, May 10, 10:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 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 10, 7:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	27 min
May 10, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Bates	33 min
May 10, 8:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Bates	23 min
May 10, 8:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	3 hr
May 10, 8:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	38 hr
May 10, 9:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Henry	26 min
May 10, 10:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Henry	27 min
May 10, 11:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Ray	6 hr
May 11, 12:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Lafayette	29 min
May 11, 12:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Saline	27 min
May 11, 12:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Saline	23 min
May 11, 1:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Howard	15 hr
May 11, 3:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	8 days
May 11, 3:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn, Livingston	6 days
May 11, 3:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	19 hr
May 11, 4:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Macon	5 days
May 11, 4:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	13 days
May 11, 4:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	13 hr
May 11, 6:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry	15 hr
May 11, 7:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clinton, Daviess and 15 more	56 hr
May 11, 7:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	11 hr
May 11, 8:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Livingston	4 days
May 11, 8:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	13 hr
May 11, 9:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	7 days
May 11, 9:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	7 days
May 11, 10:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	13 days
May 10, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Linn	23 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2010 Every river flood warning in 2010

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.