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River Flood Warning 106, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 30, 2014Jackson County, Lafayette County, Ray County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Aug 30, 2014, 9:58 AM CDT for Jackson County, Lafayette County, Ray County, Missouri. It took effect at Aug 31, 2014, 4:59 AM CDT. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 30, 2014, 9:58 AM CDT (14:58 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 31, 2014, 4:59 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 1, 2014, 8:12 PM CDT
In force
39 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Jackson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:59 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Missouri River at Napoleon (NAPM7). The gauge peaked at 16.78 ft at Aug 31, 2014, 4:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06894650, 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 Aug 29, 6:41 PM CDT, 15 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 6:41 PM CDT, 15 hours 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 8:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXClay23 min
Aug 29, 8:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXRay27 min
Aug 29, 9:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte61 hr
Aug 30, 9:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Saline71 hr
Aug 30, 9:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Saline3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2014Every river flood warning in 2014

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.