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River Flood Warning 157, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 20, 2010Bates County, Cass County, Henry County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at May 20, 2010, 3:27 AM CDT for Bates County, Cass County, Henry County, Missouri. It took effect at May 20, 2010, 10:23 AM CDT. It was in force for 47 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2010, 3:27 AM CDT (08:27 UTC)
In effect from: May 20, 2010, 10:23 AM CDT
Expired: May 22, 2010, 9:26 AM CDT
In force: 47 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 08:27 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 19, 7:16 PM CDT, 8 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 7:16 PM CDT, 8 hours 11 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 20, 2:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline	6 hr
May 20, 3:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	51 hr
May 20, 5:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	49 hr
May 20, 5:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	5 days
May 20, 5:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	49 hr
May 20, 8:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	26 hr
May 20, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	69 hr
May 20, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	3 days
May 20, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	3 days
May 20, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson	25 min
May 20, 5:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson	17 min
May 20, 5:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	18 min
May 20, 6:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Pettis	28 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.