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River Flood Warning 339, NWS Kansas City, MO

September 22, 2010Cooper County, Saline County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Sep 22, 2010, 3:53 AM CDT for Cooper County, Saline County, Missouri. It took effect at Sep 22, 2010, 4:37 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 2010, 3:53 AM CDT (08:53 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 22, 2010, 4:37 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 28, 2010, 3:01 AM CDT
In force
6 days
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Cooper County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Blackwater River near Blue Lick (BLVM7).

Action stage
19 ft
Minor stage
24 ft
Moderate stage
29 ft
Major stage
37 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06908000, 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 22, 1:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 1:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 21, 6:56 PM CDT, 8 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
656 PM CDT TUE SEP 21 2010

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-230000-
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-
656 PM CDT TUE SEP 21 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE REMAINS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS
EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING BUT STORMS WILL
EVENTUALLY BECOME A HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING THREAT DURING THE LATE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. WITH AMPLE MOISTURE FEEDING INTO THE
WESTERN EDGE OF THE STORMS AND MUCH OF THE AREA ALREADY NEARLY
SATURATED...RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF AND LEAD TO POSSIBLE FLASH
FLOODING...PARTICULARLY IF STORMS CAN TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS. THE
MOST LIKELY AREAS TO SEE SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING WILL BE
GENERALLY NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
36 IN NORTHERN MISSOURI.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ANOTHER COLD FRONT AND STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE
AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WITH A BETTER CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY CONTINUE TO BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING AND
RAINFALL REPORTS WOULD ALWAYS BE APPRECIATED THROUGH THE NIGHT.

CDB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 21, 10:08 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1008 PM CDT TUE SEP 21 2010

MOZ028-029-220345-
CLAY MO-PLATTE MO-
1008 PM CDT TUE SEP 21 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN PLATTE AND CLAY COUNTIES
UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...

AT 1003 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PLATTE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HOOVER...KANSAS CITY INTL ARPT AND RIDGELY AROUND 1015 PM CDT.
FERRELVIEW AROUND 1020 PM CDT.
SMITHVILLE AROUND 1030 PM CDT.

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 3950 9483 3947 9461 3945 9461 3946 9453
      3942 9428 3918 9437 3932 9489
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 286DEG 19KT 3938 9473

PC
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 10:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1039 PM CDT TUE SEP 21 2010

MOZ029-030-037-220415-
CLAY MO-JACKSON MO-RAY MO-
1039 PM CDT TUE SEP 21 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN RAY...CLAY AND
NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

AT 1035 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KEARNEY TO LIBERTY
TO CLAYCOMO...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
PRATHERSVILLE AND MOSBY AROUND 1045 PM CDT.
CRYSTAL LAKES...HOMESTEAD...EXCELSIOR ESTATES...MISSOURI CITY AND
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS AROUND 1050 PM CDT.
WOODS HEIGHTS AROUND 1055 PM CDT.
ORRICK AND SIBLEY AROUND 1100 PM CDT.
RAYVILLE AND LEVASY AROUND 1105 PM CDT.

VERY HEAVY 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 3932 9459 3942 9451 3942 9402 3921 9405
      3913 9412 3917 9460
TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 288DEG 31KT 3938 9433 3928 9437
          3917 9443

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Local storm report, Sep 21, 11:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 21, 8:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXGrundy, Harrison, Mercer6 hr
Sep 21, 8:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAdair, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler10 hr
Sep 21, 8:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXChariton, Macon4 days
Sep 21, 8:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXLinn, Livingston4 days
Sep 21, 8:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXGrundy, Livingston24 hr
Sep 21, 8:48 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXAdair, Sullivan4 hr
Sep 21, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXClinton31 min
Sep 21, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPlatte28 min
Sep 21, 10:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXClay, Platte37 min
Sep 21, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXClay36 min
Sep 21, 10:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clay, Clinton, Howard and 6 more6 hr
Sep 22, 1:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Ray45 hr
Sep 22, 2:30 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXDaviess, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Mercer, Putnam and 1 more14 hr
Sep 22, 3:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXPlatte61 hr
Sep 22, 4:42 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXBuchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte11 hr
Sep 22, 4:46 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Lafayette, Livingston, Ray and 1 more12 hr
Sep 22, 5:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXRay58 hr
Sep 22, 5:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis65 hr
Sep 22, 5:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Saline6 days
Sep 22, 5:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard7 days
Sep 22, 6:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJackson, Lafayette, Ray42 hr
Sep 22, 6:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Saline55 hr
Sep 22, 6:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Saline6 days
Sep 22, 8:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll58 hr
Sep 22, 10:46 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXAdair, Linn, Livingston, Macon6 hr
Sep 22, 10:55 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Pettis, Randolph5 hr
Sep 22, 4:05 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXAdair, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Grundy and 10 more23 hr
Sep 22, 4:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper38 hr
Sep 22, 5:49 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper41 hr
Sep 21, 9:32 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAtchison15 hr
Sep 21, 10:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAtchison6 hr
Sep 22, 12:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAtchison, Leavenworth3 days

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.