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River Flood Warning 169, NWS Kansas City, MO

October 13, 2014Cooper County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Oct 13, 2014, 11:35 AM CDT for Cooper County, Missouri. It took effect at Oct 13, 2014, 1:32 PM CDT. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 13, 2014, 11:35 AM CDT (16:35 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 13, 2014, 1:32 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 15, 2014, 8:50 PM CDT
In force: 55 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Cooper County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:37 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 Petite Saline Creek near Boonville (BONM7).

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 19.5 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06909950, 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 13, 6:03 AM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 6:03 AM CDT, 5 hours 32 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
Oct 13, 3:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Ray	51 hr
Oct 13, 4:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	50 hr
Oct 13, 4:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	4 days
Oct 13, 4:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	47 hr
Oct 13, 6:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	46 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.