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River Flood Warning 144, NWS Kansas City, MO

October 2, 2014Johnson County, Pettis County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Oct 2, 2014, 4:44 AM CDT for Johnson County, Pettis County, Missouri. It took effect at Oct 2, 2014, 9:44 AM CDT. It was in force for 52 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 2, 2014, 4:44 AM CDT (09:44 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 2, 2014, 9:44 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 4, 2014, 1:15 PM CDT
In force: 52 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Johnson County, MO, Pettis County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 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 Blackwater River near Valley City (VLYM7).

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06907700, 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 Oct 2, 3:58 AM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 3:58 AM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 2, 4:28 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
428 AM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-030930-
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-
428 AM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A FEW STORMS
 COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST
 OF A LINE FROM BURLINGTON KS TO LAMONI IA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
 WINDS ARE BOTH POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONG STORMS THAT DEVELOP...AND AN
 ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

 STORMS WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING AS A COLD
 FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 2, 12:12 AM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1212 AM CDT THU OCT 02 2014

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

1204 AM     HAIL             SPRING HILL             38.74N 94.82W
10/02/2014  E0.88 INCH       JOHNSON            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            215TH AND HIGHWAY 50

&&

JWELSH

Special weather statement, Oct 2, 12:22 AM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1222 AM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

MOZ043-020600-
CASS MO-
1222 AM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CASS COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM
CDT...

AT 1219 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLEVELAND...OR 8 MILES
NORTH OF LOUISBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BELTON...RAYMORE...PECULIAR...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
  CLEVELAND AND LAKE WINNEBAGO.

LAT...LON 3865 9461 3884 9461 3884 9441 3884 9440
      3884 9429 3883 9423 3863 9423
TIME...MOT...LOC 0521Z 275DEG 23KT 3874 9464

BLAIR

Local storm report, Oct 2, 12:27 AM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1227 AM CDT THU OCT 02 2014

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

1209 AM     HAIL             7 SSE OLATHE            38.79N 94.76W
10/02/2014  E0.88 INCH       JOHNSON            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JWELSH

Local storm report, Oct 2, 2:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
253 AM CDT THU OCT 02 2014

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

0957 PM     FLASH FLOOD      TONGANOXIE              39.11N 95.09W
10/01/2014                   LEAVENWORTH        KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            STREET FLOODING...6 TO 8 INCHES DEEP

1130 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 N MISSOURI CITY       39.28N 94.29W
10/01/2014                   CLAY               MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1215 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MOBERLY                 39.42N 92.44W
10/02/2014                   RANDOLPH           MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

            MINOR STREET FLOODING

1244 AM     FLASH FLOOD      RICHMOND                39.28N 93.97W
10/02/2014                   RAY                MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MANHOLE COVERS LIFTED BY FLOODING

&&

LAFLIN

Local storm report, Oct 2, 2:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
254 AM CDT THU OCT 02 2014

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

0310 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OTTERVILLE              38.70N 93.00W
10/01/2014                   COOPER             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CITY OF OTTERVILLE HAS NO POWER.

0310 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NE SEDALIA            38.75N 93.16W
10/01/2014                   PETTIS             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN ACROSS ROADWAYS IN
            NORTH...NORTHEAST AND EASTERN PETTIS CO

0359 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N SEDALIA             38.73N 93.23W
10/01/2014                   PETTIS             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            UPROOTED TREE 4 FT. IN DIAMETER

0416 PM     HAIL             9 N BLUE MOUND          38.22N 95.01W
10/01/2014  E1.00 INCH       LINN               KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            1/2 MILE NORTH OF CENTERVILLE

0433 PM     HAIL             PAOLA                   38.58N 94.87W
10/01/2014  M1.00 INCH       MIAMI              KS   PUBLIC

0449 PM     HAIL             HARRISONVILLE           38.65N 94.35W
10/01/2014  M2.00 INCH       CASS               MO   PUBLIC

            FACEBOOK PHOTO

0501 PM     HAIL             4 S PLEASANT HILL       38.73N 94.27W
10/01/2014  M1.00 INCH       CASS               MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MEASURED BY SPOTTER

0513 PM     HAIL             1 N STILLWELL           38.78N 94.66W
10/01/2014  M1.00 INCH       JOHNSON            KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0522 PM     HAIL             1 NW GRANDVIEW          38.90N 94.55W
10/01/2014  M1.00 INCH       JACKSON            MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0540 PM     HAIL             3 SE LEAWOOD            38.94N 94.58W
10/01/2014  M1.50 INCH       JACKSON            MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0545 PM     HAIL             10 S KANSAS CITY        38.96N 94.58W
10/01/2014  E1.00 INCH       JACKSON            MO   NWS EMPLOYEE

0853 PM     HAIL             3 S POTTER              39.38N 95.14W
10/01/2014  E1.25 INCH       LEAVENWORTH        KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0858 PM     HAIL             5 NW LEAVENWORTH        39.36N 94.99W
10/01/2014  E0.75 INCH       LEAVENWORTH        KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0905 PM     HAIL             4 ENE EASTON            39.37N 95.05W
10/01/2014  E1.75 INCH       LEAVENWORTH        KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            INTERSECTION OF 207TH AND TURNER AT PLEASANT RIDGE HIGH
            SCHOOL

0910 PM     HAIL             LEAVENWORTH             39.32N 94.92W
10/01/2014  E1.00 INCH       LEAVENWORTH        KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0914 PM     HAIL             FT LEAVENWORTH          39.37N 94.92W
10/01/2014  E1.00 INCH       LEAVENWORTH        KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0915 PM     HAIL             FT LEAVENWORTH          39.37N 94.92W
10/01/2014  E1.75 INCH       LEAVENWORTH        KS   PUBLIC

            RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA

0915 PM     HAIL             LEAVENWORTH             39.32N 94.92W
10/01/2014  E2.00 INCH       LEAVENWORTH        KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ESTIMATED FROM PHOTO

0925 PM     HAIL             3 S PLATTE CITY         39.32N 94.78W
10/01/2014  E1.25 INCH       PLATTE             MO   PUBLIC

            RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA

0929 PM     TSTM WND GST     KCI AIRPORT             39.30N 94.72W
10/01/2014  M55.00 MPH       PLATTE             MO   ASOS

0930 PM     HAIL             PLATTE CITY             39.36N 94.78W
10/01/2014  E1.00 INCH       PLATTE             MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

            ACCOMPANIED BY WIND

0932 PM     HAIL             6 W LINWOOD             39.00N 95.15W
10/01/2014  E0.88 INCH       LEAVENWORTH        KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0936 PM     HAIL             2 S TONGANOXIE          39.08N 95.08W
10/01/2014  E0.75 INCH       LEAVENWORTH        KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0938 PM     HAIL             TONGANOXIE              39.11N 95.08W
10/01/2014  E1.75 INCH       LEAVENWORTH        KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

0941 PM     HAIL             TONGANOXIE              39.11N 95.08W
10/01/2014  E1.00 INCH       LEAVENWORTH        KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0943 PM     HAIL             LINWOOD                 39.00N 95.03W
10/01/2014  E1.75 INCH       LEAVENWORTH        KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0957 PM     FLASH FLOOD      TONGANOXIE              39.11N 95.09W
10/01/2014                   LEAVENWORTH        KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            STREET FLOODING...6 TO 8 INCHES DEEP

1041 PM     HAIL             3 S MOUND CITY          38.10N 94.82W
10/01/2014  E1.00 INCH       LINN               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

1130 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 N MISSOURI CITY       39.28N 94.29W
10/01/2014                   CLAY               MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1144 PM     HAIL             GARDNER                 38.81N 94.93W
10/01/2014  E1.00 INCH       JOHNSON            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            2 REPORTS OF QUARTER-SIZED HAIL

1204 AM     HAIL             SPRING HILL             38.74N 94.82W
10/02/2014  E0.88 INCH       JOHNSON            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            215TH AND HIGHWAY 50

1209 AM     HAIL             7 SSE OLATHE            38.79N 94.76W
10/02/2014  E0.88 INCH       JOHNSON            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

1215 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MOBERLY                 39.42N 92.44W
10/02/2014                   RANDOLPH           MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

            MINOR STREET FLOODING

1244 AM     FLASH FLOOD      RICHMOND                39.28N 93.97W
10/02/2014                   RAY                MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MANHOLE COVERS LIFTED BY FLOODING

&&

LAFLIN

Local storm report, Oct 2, 3:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
320 AM CDT THU OCT 02 2014

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

0100 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MOBERLY                 39.42N 92.44W
10/02/2014                   RANDOLPH           MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            STREET FLOODING ON FRANKLIN ST AND ROLLINS ST

&&

LAFLIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 1, 8:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	4 days
Oct 1, 8:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	59 hr
Oct 1, 8:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	68 hr
Oct 1, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	38 min
Oct 1, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	31 min
Oct 1, 9:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	6 hr
Oct 1, 10:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Ray	52 min
Oct 1, 10:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	9 hr
Oct 1, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Bates	45 min
Oct 1, 11:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	9 hr
Oct 2, 12:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Randolph	8 hr
Oct 2, 12:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cass	38 min
Oct 2, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass	36 min
Oct 2, 6:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	55 min
Oct 2, 7:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Cooper, Pettis	6 hr
Oct 2, 8:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Randolph	4 hr
Oct 2, 8:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	40 min
Oct 2, 8:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Ray	34 hr
Oct 2, 8:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	57 hr
Oct 2, 8:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	68 hr
Oct 2, 9:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	3 hr
Oct 2, 9:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Holt	41 min
Oct 2, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	67 hr
Oct 2, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	4 days
Oct 2, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	4 days
Oct 2, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	5 days
Oct 2, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	3 days
Oct 2, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	4 days
Oct 2, 11:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Ray	33 hr
Oct 2, 11:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	54 hr
Oct 2, 12:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess	28 min
Oct 2, 12:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte, Ray	3 hr
Oct 2, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry	36 min
Oct 2, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Saline	26 min
Oct 2, 4:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Pettis	22 min
Oct 2, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cooper	37 min
Oct 2, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Randolph	23 min
Oct 1, 7:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	39 min
Oct 1, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Leavenworth	48 min
Oct 1, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte	45 min
Oct 1, 9:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Wyandotte	33 min
Oct 1, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn	44 min
Oct 1, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Leavenworth	27 min
Oct 1, 11:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson	33 min
Oct 1, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Miami	51 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2014 Every 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.