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River Flood Warning 104, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 30, 2013Bates County, Cass County, Henry County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at May 30, 2013, 5:41 AM CDT for Bates County, Cass County, Henry County, Missouri. It took effect at May 30, 2013, 6:46 PM CDT. It was in force for 67 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2013, 5:41 AM CDT (10:41 UTC)
In effect from
May 30, 2013, 6:46 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 2, 2013, 1:58 PM CDT
In force
67 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Henry County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 South Grand River near Urich (URHM7).

Action stage
21 ft
Minor stage
24 ft
Moderate stage
26 ft
Major stage
33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06921600, 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 May 30, 3:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 6:37 PM CDT, 11 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
637 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-301200-
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-
637 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

TONIGHT...A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL KANSAS AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMS
WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI TONIGHT...LIKELY
AS EARLY AS 8PM ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEASTERN
KANSAS...AND MOVE INTO THE METRO BY 11PM. IF THESE STORMS MAINTAIN
THEIR INTENSITY INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI... ANY
SEVERE WEATHER WOULD PRIMARILY BE IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING
WINDS...WITH A SECONDARY CONCERN OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED
FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO BE ONGOING EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS
MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING COULD
ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS...BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL LIKELY
BE LOW.

THERE IS CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY WITH HOW STORMS MAY EVOLVE
THURSDAY DUE TO THE REMNANT CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER IN THE
DAY. IF THE ATMOSPHERE CAN DESTABILIZE BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS... IT
IS LIKELY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD DEVELOP WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MOST LIKELY HAZARD. A FEW TORNADOES WOULD
ALSO BE POSSIBLE IF STORMS CAN DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON.

YET ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY.
AGAIN...HEAVY RAINFALL AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING ARE THE PRIMARY
HAZARDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND
NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 35.

MELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 8:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan13 hr
May 29, 8:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Holt, Nodaway13 hr
May 29, 8:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Nodaway13 hr
May 29, 9:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXDaviess, Gentry12 hr
May 29, 9:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXDaviess, Livingston23 hr
May 29, 10:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBates46 min
May 29, 11:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHenry, Johnson41 min
May 30, 6:58 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXCaldwell, Chariton, Daviess, Linn, Livingston32 hr
May 30, 8:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis3 days
May 30, 8:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXRay46 hr
May 30, 8:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper3 days
May 30, 9:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson4 days
May 30, 12:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBates, Cass, Henry42 min
May 30, 1:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHenry, Pettis38 min
May 30, 1:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCarroll, Chariton, Howard, Linn, Macon, Saline46 min
May 30, 1:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXBates, Cass, Henry, Johnson4 hr
May 30, 2:10 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Ray21 hr
May 30, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCooper, Pettis31 min
May 30, 2:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXChariton, Howard, Macon, Randolph, Saline54 min
May 30, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Macon, Schuyler43 min
May 30, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCooper23 min
May 30, 3:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXCooper, Howard, Pettis, Randolph4 hr
May 30, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard32 min
May 30, 3:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard4 hr
May 30, 4:47 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper57 hr
May 30, 4:47 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXHoward37 hr
May 29, 9:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLinn43 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.