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River Flood Warning 321, NWS Kansas City, MO

September 16, 2010Cass County, Henry County, Johnson County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Sep 16, 2010, 3:41 AM CDT for Cass County, Henry County, Johnson County, Missouri. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 16, 2010, 3:41 AM CDT (08:41 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 2010, 8:12 PM CDT
In force
17 hr
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 08:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Big Creek near Blairstown (BLRM7). The gauge peaked at 21.87 ft at Sep 16, 2010, 9:00 AM CDT.

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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 Sep 16, 12:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 12:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 15, 7:05 PM CDT, 8 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
705 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-170015-
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-
705 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE OVER PARTS
OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING. THE LAST
BAND OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST
THROUGH EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL...WHERE STORMS MAY TRACK REPEATEDLY OVER THE
SAME AREAS...WILL BE SOUTH OF AN OLATHE KANSAS TO SEDALIA LINE.
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FROM LATE LAST NIGHT THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON HAS LEFT THE GROUND NEARLY SATURATED OVER THESE AREAS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES MAY RESULT IN
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS.

THE EXTENSIVE RAIN COOLED AIR AND CLOUD COVER FROM ONGOING STORMS HAS
EFFECTIVELY CUT OFF ANY STRONG DESTABILIZATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
THUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS
SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.

ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS
EVENING OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI AS A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH.
HOWEVER...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AS THE AIRMASS SHOULD
HAVE SUFFICIENTLY STABILIZED BY THE TIME ANY STORMS MOVE IN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT FOR AREAS MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36...IN ASSOCIATION WITH A
SURFACE COLD FRONT THAT IS FORECAST TO STALL ALONG THE IOWA-
MISSOURI STATE LINE. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY OF THE
STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS
ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY ANY RAINFALL TOTALS TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

MJ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 15, 9:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 7:04 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXBates, Cass4 hr
Sep 15, 7:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates4 hr
Sep 15, 7:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBates47 min
Sep 15, 8:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry35 hr
Sep 15, 8:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXMiami13 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2010Every 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.