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River Flood Warning 135, NWS Kansas City, MO

September 11, 2014Platte County, Missouri; Leavenworth County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Sep 11, 2014, 12:10 AM CDT for Platte County, Missouri; Leavenworth County, Kansas. It took effect at Sep 12, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 2014, 12:10 AM CDT (05:10 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 12, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 13, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Leavenworth County, KS, Platte County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:13 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 Leavenworth (LEVK1). The gauge peaked at 19.25 ft at Sep 12, 2014, 3:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
17 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
24 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06820475, 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, 6:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 6:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 10, 3:48 PM CDT, 8 hours 22 minutes before
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      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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        Please try again in a few minutes.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 5:41 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 15 more24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2014River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 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.