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River Flood Warning 76, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 7, 2010Cooper County, Saline County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Apr 7, 2010, 4:03 AM CDT for Cooper County, Saline County, Missouri. It took effect at Apr 7, 2010, 11:28 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2010, 4:03 AM CDT (09:03 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 7, 2010, 11:28 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 10, 2010, 7:21 PM CDT
In force
3 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 09:04 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). The gauge peaked at 26.79 ft at Apr 8, 2010, 5:00 AM CDT.

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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 Apr 7, 3:54 AM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 3:54 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 6:08 PM CDT, 9 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
608 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-072315-
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-
608 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 10PM FOR AREAS ALONG
AND SOUTH OF A GRANT CITY MISSOURI TO ATCHISON KANSAS LINE AND ALONG
AND NORTH OF A MACON MISSOURI TO BLUE MOUND KANSAS LINE. STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG A STRONG COLD FRONT
CURRENTLY STRETCHED FROM GRANT CITY MISSOURI TO JUST WEST OF TOPEKA
KANSAS. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO BE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS. SEVERAL WIND GUSTS OF 60-70 MPH HAVE
BEEN REPORTED ALREADY WITH THE ACTIVITY ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METRO.
WHILE CHANCES REMAIN LOW...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT
WITH THIS ACTIVITY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY MOVE EAST
WITH A CONTINUED THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING FOR AREAS WITHIN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

DEROCHE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 6, 10:07 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1007 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

MOZ025-032-033-039-070345-
CHARITON-MACON-RANDOLPH-SALINE-
1007 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHARITON...NORTHERN SALINE...
NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH AND SOUTHERN MACON COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM
CDT...

AT 1002 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BRUNSWICK...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF SLATER...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN CHARITON...MACON...RANDOLPH AND SALINE COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE CITIES OF BRUNSWICK...KEYTESVILLE AND SALISBURY...SHOULD MONITOR
THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 3930 9317 3940 9320 3941 9317 3938 9315
      3938 9312 3942 9313 3944 9321 3950 9323
      3973 9259 3943 9243

CDB
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 11:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1125 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

KSZ057-060-070500-
LINN-MIAMI-
1125 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN LINN AND SOUTHEASTERN
MIAMI COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...

AT 1121 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARKER...OR 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MOUND CITY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3836 9507 3851 9464 3839 9462 3820 9462
      3812 9507

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 11:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1133 PM CDT TUE APR 06 2010

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

1125 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 S WARRENSBURG         38.69N 93.73W
04/06/2010  E60 MPH          JOHNSON            MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

GAMIS
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 12:06 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 7:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCaldwell, Livingston40 min
Apr 6, 8:15 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Ray15 hr
Apr 6, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLinn24 min
Apr 6, 8:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCarroll37 min
Apr 6, 9:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLafayette25 min
Apr 6, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Saline34 min
Apr 6, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston32 min
Apr 6, 10:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXMacon44 min
Apr 6, 10:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXChariton, Randolph38 min
Apr 6, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson23 min
Apr 6, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis18 min
Apr 6, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis32 min
Apr 7, 12:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCooper24 min
Apr 7, 3:28 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson25 hr
Apr 7, 4:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry35 hr
Apr 7, 5:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis25 hr
Apr 7, 10:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Saline24 hr
Apr 7, 10:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Saline33 hr
Apr 7, 12:15 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJackson, Lafayette, Ray9 hr
Apr 7, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte45 min
Apr 7, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson35 min
Apr 7, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXRay23 min
Apr 7, 4:53 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXRay11 hr
Apr 7, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCarroll27 min
Apr 6, 7:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXMiami52 min
Apr 6, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn29 min
Apr 6, 11:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLinn35 min
Apr 7, 3:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXWyandotte24 min
Apr 7, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXWyandotte35 min

Nearby

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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.