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River Flood Warning 55, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 18, 2013Clay County, Ray County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2013, 3:53 AM CDT for Clay County, Ray County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 2013, 3:53 AM CDT (08:53 UTC)
Expired: Apr 18, 2013, 10:05 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clay County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Fishing River near Mosby (MBYM7).

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 18, 12:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 12:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 1:02 PM CDT, 14 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
102 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-181130-
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-
102 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A WARM FRONT IS FORECAST TO LIFT
NORTHWARD TOWARDS NORTHERN MISSOURI BRINGING A CHANCE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF THE WARM
FRONT. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT WITH A LINE OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS FORMING
ALONG THIS BOUNDARY AND SWEEPING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS THE STORMS EVOLVE INTO A LINEAR SYSTEM...THE
THREAT OF LARGE HAIL WILL DECREASE...WITH AN INCREASING RISK OF
DAMAGING WINDS. A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITHIN THIS LINE OF
STORMS DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.

THE REPEATED ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY...AND
POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH STORMS THAT TRAIN OVER THE
SAME AREA. THESE RAINS COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AS WELL AS
FLOODING ON AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE
EXITING THE REGION. STORM SEVERITY WILL QUICKLY DECREASE BY THURSDAY
MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH TONIGHT.

PMM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 18, 12:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 18, 12:22 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 17, 7:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Macon, Randolph, Saline	8 hr
Apr 17, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Howard, Randolph	28 min
Apr 17, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Randolph	26 min
Apr 17, 8:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Saline	35 min
Apr 17, 9:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan	24 hr
Apr 17, 9:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt	8 hr
Apr 17, 9:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Chariton	29 min
Apr 17, 10:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Linn, Macon, Sullivan	6 hr
Apr 17, 11:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Bates, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Clay and 11 more	6 hr
Apr 18, 3:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Carroll, Chariton, Howard, Linn, Livingston and 4 more	12 hr
Apr 18, 4:02 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison and 3 more	28 hr
Apr 18, 7:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry	49 hr
Apr 18, 8:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Livingston	60 hr
Apr 18, 3:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Carroll, Chariton, Daviess and 16 more	21 hr

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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.