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River Flood Warning 217, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 12, 2010Cass County, Henry County, Johnson County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Jun 12, 2010, 2:34 PM CDT for Cass County, Henry County, Johnson County, Missouri. It took effect at Jun 12, 2010, 8:40 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 12, 2010, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 12, 2010, 8:40 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 17, 2010, 9:22 PM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Cass County, MO, Henry County, MO, Johnson County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Creek near Blairstown (BLRM7). The gauge peaked at 23.20 ft at Jun 14, 2010, 9:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 36 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06921720, 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 Jun 12, 12:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 12:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 1:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 12, 11:05 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1105 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2010

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

1044 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 NE SUGAR CREEK        39.16N 94.38W
06/12/2010  E60 MPH          JACKSON            MO   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            WINDS WERE REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 210
            AND 291.

&&

CBOWMAN

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 11:19 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1119 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2010

MOZ037-038-043-044-121700-
CASS MO-JACKSON MO-JOHNSON MO-LAFAYETTE MO-
1119 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAFAYETTE...SOUTHERN JACKSON...
NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON AND NORTHERN CASS COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL
MISSOURI UNTIL NOON CDT...

AT 1114 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LEXINGTON TO LONE
JACK TO CLEVELAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE
LIKELY IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE LINE OF STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  PLEASANT HILL...ODESSA...HARRISONVILLE...HIGGINSVILLE...HOLDEN...
  FREEMAN...MAYVIEW...EAST LYNNE...CORDER...KINGSVILLE...LAKE
  LAFAYETTE...DOVER...STRASBURG...PITTSVILLE...AULLVILLE AND GUNN
  CITY.

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 3860 9460 3883 9460 3907 9434 3914 9410
      3914 9407 3918 9399 3915 9401 3914 9398
      3921 9388 3921 9349 3876 9389 3857 9423
TIME...MOT...LOC 1618Z 284DEG 22KT 3912 9385 3884 9419
          3863 9454

CDB

Local storm report, Jun 12, 11:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 12, 11:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 12, 12:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 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
Jun 12, 7:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Buchanan	39 min
Jun 12, 7:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	DeKalb	40 min
Jun 12, 9:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	4 hr
Jun 12, 9:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer, Putnam and 1 more	4 hr
Jun 12, 10:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	3 hr
Jun 12, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	37 days
Jun 12, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	27 days
Jun 12, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	32 days
Jun 12, 10:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Ray	25 min
Jun 12, 11:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	3 hr
Jun 12, 11:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cass, Jackson, Lafayette	41 min
Jun 12, 11:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson	3 hr
Jun 12, 12:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Bates, Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Pettis	40 min
Jun 12, 12:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn, Livingston	6 days
Jun 12, 12:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Adair, Chariton, Howard, Linn, Macon, Randolph and 1 more	2 hr
Jun 12, 1:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	5 hr
Jun 12, 2:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	4 days
Jun 12, 3:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 31 more	42 hr

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.