River Flood Warning 52, NWS Kansas City, MO

Issued

May 25, 2012, 11:12 AM CDT (16:12 UTC)

In effect from

May 26, 2012, 6:32 PM CDT

Expired

May 25, 2012, 8:35 PM CDT

In force

Issued by

NWS Kansas City, MO

Flood severity

Minor

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

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:12 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.

Written for the forecast point Big Creek near Blairstown (BLRM7). The gauge peaked at 18.76 ft at May 26, 2012, 9:00 AM 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.

857 
WGUS43 KEAX 251612
FLWEAX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED          
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 
1112 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL MO HAS ISSUED A 
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSOURI... 

  BIG CREEK AT BLAIRSTOWN AFFECTING CASS...HENRY AND JOHNSON 
  COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD 
FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY 
CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF WATER WILL 
CARRY MOST VEHICLES AWAY.  THIS PRODUCT ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER
AND STREAM INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KC/.

&&

MOC037-083-101-261612-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FL.W.0052.120526T2332Z-120528T0040Z/
/BLRM7.1.ER.120526T2332Z.120527T0000Z.120527T0040Z.UU/
1112 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL MO HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE BIG CREEK AT BLAIRSTOWN.
* FROM SATURDAY EVENING TO SUNDAY EVENING.
* AT 11:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE 
  TO RISE TO NEAR 20.2 FEET BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL 
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY EVENING.
* AT 20.0 FEET...THE WEST BANK OF THE CREEK BEGINS TO FLOOD.

&& 
                       LATEST                   
LOCATION          FS   STAGE  DAY/TIME    FORECAST

BIG CREEK
  BLAIRSTOWN      20    7.4   FRI 11 AM   20.2 SATURDAY EVENING

$$

SAW

547 
WGUS83 KEAX 260135
FLSEAX
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 
835 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012
   

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
MISSOURI...
 
  BIG CREEK AT BLAIRSTOWN AFFECTING CASS...HENRY AND JOHNSON 
  COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD 
FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY 
CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF WATER WILL 
CARRY MOST VEHICLES AWAY.  THIS PRODUCT ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER
AND STREAM INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KC/.

&&

MOC037-083-101-260205-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FL.W.0052.000000T0000Z-120528T0040Z/
/BLRM7.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
835 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE BIG CREEK AT BLAIRSTOWN.
* AT  8:00 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST BELOW FLOOD STAGE WITH A VALUE OF 
  14.2 FEET SATURDAY EVENING. 


&& 
                       LATEST                   
LOCATION          FS   STAGE  DAY/TIME    FORECAST

BIG CREEK
  BLAIRSTOWN      20    7.3   FRI 08 PM   14.2 SATURDAY EVENING

$$

MJM

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2012Every river flood warning in 2012

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.