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River Flood Warning 122, NWS Kansas City, MO

September 10, 2014Buchanan County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Sep 10, 2014, 1:49 AM CDT for Buchanan County, Missouri. It took effect at Sep 10, 2014, 7:24 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 10, 2014, 1:49 AM CDT (06:49 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 10, 2014, 7:24 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 14, 2014, 2:07 PM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Buchanan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Platte River near Agency (AGYM7). The gauge peaked at 27.65 ft at Sep 12, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 20 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 06820500, 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 Sep 10, 12:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 12:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 9, 7:35 PM CDT, 6 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
735 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-110045-
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-
735 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

 STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS
 NORTHERN MISSOURI THIS EVENING...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
 LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A TORNADO OR TWO. STORMS WILL
 GRADUALLY SPREAD SOUTHWARD LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...AND WILL
 EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO MORE OF A STRAIGHT LINE WIND THREAT.

 AREAS OF FLOODING ARE LIKELY ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI TONIGHT AS
 MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STORMS CONTINUE TO CROSS INTO THE AREA. A
 WIDESPREAD 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED
 HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

 MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT...
 HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IMAGES/FXC/EAX/EM1/EAX-EMBRIEFING1.PDF

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

 THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY EXIT THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
 NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY.

 MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT...
 HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IMAGES/FXC/EAX/EM1/EAX-EMBRIEFING1.PDF

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 9, 11:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 10, 12:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1212 AM CDT WED SEP 10 2014

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

1200 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NW MOUND CITY         40.16N 95.26W
09/10/2014                   HOLT               MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 86 AMD 88 HAS WATER
            FLOWING OVER IT FROM THE SQUAW CREEK.

&&

CDB

Local storm report, Sep 10, 12:50 AM CDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1250 AM CDT WED SEP 10 2014

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

1230 AM     FLASH FLOOD      TRENTON                 40.08N 93.60W
09/10/2014                   GRUNDY             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            4.35 INCHES OF RAIN IN LAST THREE HOURS. MUDDY CREEK IS
            IN FLOOD.

&&

ADOLPHSON

Local storm report, Sep 10, 12:53 AM CDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1253 AM CDT WED SEP 10 2014

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

0517 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 N WATSON              40.51N 95.62W
09/09/2014  E60.00 MPH       ATCHISON           MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

0517 PM     HAIL             2 N WATSON              40.51N 95.62W
09/09/2014  E1.25 INCH       ATCHISON           MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

0540 PM     HAIL             2 NE ROCKPORT           40.43N 95.49W
09/09/2014  E1.00 INCH       ATCHISON           MO   911 CALL CENTER

0543 PM     HAIL             3 WNW ROCKPORT          40.43N 95.57W
09/09/2014  E1.00 INCH       ATCHISON           MO   911 CALL CENTER

0544 PM     HAIL             2 W TARKIO              40.44N 95.42W
09/09/2014  M1.75 INCH       ATCHISON           MO   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL/70MPH WINDS 2MILES WEST OF TARKIO.
            PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED NOW IN TARKIO.

0550 PM     HAIL             2 N TARKIO              40.47N 95.38W
09/09/2014  E1.25 INCH       ATCHISON           MO   911 CALL CENTER

0550 PM     TORNADO          N TARKIO                40.44N 95.38W
09/09/2014                   ATCHISON           MO   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            POSSIBLE TORNADO...FLYING DEBRIS AT LEAST 70 MPH WINDS

0557 PM     TSTM WND GST     TARKIO                  40.44N 95.38W
09/09/2014  E70.00 MPH       ATCHISON           MO   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            70 MPH WINDS SUSTAINED FOR 5 TO 7 MINUTES IN THE CITY OF
            TARKIO. CITY WITHOUT POWER. NICKEL SIZE HAIL UP TO GOLF
            BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT 552PM. NICKEL SIZE HAIL
            FALLING NOW.

0615 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 W FAIRFAX             40.34N 95.41W
09/09/2014  E75.00 MPH       ATCHISON           MO   911 CALL CENTER

0621 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TARKIO                  40.44N 95.38W
09/09/2014                   ATCHISON           MO   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN ACROSS TOWN. POWER OUT ACROSS
            TOWN.

0650 PM     FLASH FLOOD      TARKIO                  40.44N 95.38W
09/09/2014                   ATCHISON           MO   911 CALL CENTER

            MANY STREETS HAVE A FOOT OF WATER OVER THEM IN TARKIO AND
            ON AA HIGHWAY NORTH OF TARKIO.

0710 PM     TORNADO          MAITLAND                40.20N 95.07W
09/09/2014                   HOLT               MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TORNADO REPORTED ON GROUND NEAR MAITLAND

0720 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MAITLAND                40.20N 95.07W
09/09/2014                   HOLT               MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

0725 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     GRAHAM                  40.20N 95.04W
09/09/2014                   NODAWAY            MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED SEEING A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR
            GRAHAM, MO AT HWYS A AND H.

0735 PM     TORNADO          EAGLEVILLE              40.47N 93.99W
09/09/2014                   HARRISON           MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POSSIBLE TORNADO...POWER LINES DOWN ON ROAD NEAR
            EAGLEVILLE

0740 PM     TORNADO          2 SW MAITLAND           40.18N 95.11W
09/09/2014                   HOLT               MO   NWS EMPLOYEE

            DELAYED EYE WITNESS REPORT FROM OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE OF
            TWO TORNADOES TOUCHING DOWN.

0740 PM     TORNADO          EAGLEVILLE              40.47N 93.99W
09/09/2014                   HARRISON           MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            US HIGHWAY 69 PARTIALLY BLOCKED...POWER POLES DOWN AND
            SNAPPED.

0754 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ROCKPORT                40.41N 95.52W
09/09/2014                   ATCHISON           MO   911 CALL CENTER

            US HIGHWAY 111 MAIN STREET INTO ROCKPORT IMPASSABLE.

0820 PM     HAIL             5 SW BOLCKOW            40.06N 94.89W
09/09/2014  M1.50 INCH       ANDREW             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER TO PING PONG SIZED HAIL, HEAVY RAIN, WINDS EST 40
            TO 45 MPH.

0822 PM     HAIL             ROSENDALE               40.04N 94.82W
09/09/2014  M2.50 INCH       ANDREW             MO   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.

0851 PM     HAIL             1 N SAVANNAH            39.96N 94.83W
09/09/2014  M1.25 INCH       ANDREW             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LIGHT RAIN, WITH HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLAR. EARLIER HAD PEA
            SIZE HAIL.

0919 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 S SKIDMORE            40.27N 95.08W
09/09/2014                   NODAWAY            MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0919 PM     FLASH FLOOD      6 W ARKOE               40.24N 94.93W
09/09/2014                   NODAWAY            MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0919 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 ESE ARKOE             40.25N 94.78W
09/09/2014                   NODAWAY            MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0919 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 WNW BARNARD           40.20N 94.87W
09/09/2014                   NODAWAY            MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FOOT OF WATER OVER SOUTHBOUND U.S. HIGHWAY 71

0919 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 SSW BURLINGTON JUNCTI 40.39N 95.12W
09/09/2014                   NODAWAY            MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0919 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 WNW SKIDMORE          40.29N 95.10W
09/09/2014                   NODAWAY            MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0919 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 WNW BARNARD           40.20N 94.90W
09/09/2014                   NODAWAY            MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1122 PM     FLASH FLOOD      TRENTON                 40.08N 93.62W
09/09/2014                   GRUNDY             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MANHOLE COVERS LIFTED INTO THE STREET...FLOODING IN AREAS
            THAT HAVE NEVER FLOODED BEFORE

1200 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NW MOUND CITY         40.16N 95.26W
09/10/2014                   HOLT               MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 86 AMD 88 HAS WATER
            FLOWING OVER IT FROM THE SQUAW CREEK.

1204 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 W GALLATIN            39.91N 94.02W
09/10/2014                   DAVIESS            MO   911 CALL CENTER

            HIGHWAY 6 2-3 MILES WEST OF GALLATIN HAS RAPID WATER
            FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAY.

1204 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 E ALTAMONT            39.89N 94.07W
09/10/2014                   DAVIESS            MO   911 CALL CENTER

            HIGHWAY 6 EAST OF ALTAMONT HAS RAPID FLOWING WATER OVER
            THE ROADWAY.

1230 AM     FLASH FLOOD      TRENTON                 40.08N 93.60W
09/10/2014                   GRUNDY             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            4.35 INCHES OF RAIN IN LAST THREE HOURS. MUDDY CREEK IS
            IN FLOOD.

&&

ADOLPHSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 9, 7:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt, Nodaway	25 min
Sep 9, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Harrison	30 min
Sep 9, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt, Nodaway	31 min
Sep 9, 7:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Harrison, Mercer	25 min
Sep 9, 7:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Holt, Nodaway	6 hr
Sep 9, 7:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt	59 hr
Sep 9, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt, Nodaway	43 min
Sep 9, 7:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt, Nodaway	55 hr
Sep 9, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Harrison, Mercer	49 min
Sep 9, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry	49 min
Sep 9, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, DeKalb	38 min
Sep 9, 9:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew	6 hr
Sep 9, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Grundy, Linn, Macon, Sullivan	45 min
Sep 9, 10:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Linn and 2 more	6 hr
Sep 9, 10:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Nodaway	56 hr
Sep 9, 10:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	67 hr
Sep 9, 10:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Sullivan	6 hr
Sep 9, 11:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Holt, Nodaway	19 hr
Sep 9, 11:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Macon	5 hr
Sep 10, 12:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison	8 hr
Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry	3 days
Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Livingston	4 days
Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn, Livingston	5 days
Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	7 days
Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	9 days
Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Grundy, Livingston	48 hr
Sep 10, 2:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	4 days
Sep 10, 4:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Macon and 1 more	6 hr
Sep 10, 5:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Macon	4 days
Sep 10, 6:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Nodaway, Worth	12 hr
Sep 10, 7:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler	35 hr
Sep 10, 9:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	5 days
Sep 10, 9:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	5 days
Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	51 hr
Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	71 hr
Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	4 days
Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	4 days
Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	6 days
Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	6 days
Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	6 days
Sep 10, 10:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Carroll, Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston and 4 more	8 hr
Sep 10, 5:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Caldwell, Chariton, Daviess and 15 more	24 hr

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.