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River Flood Warning 121, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 5, 2015Wyandotte County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Jun 5, 2015, 3:42 PM CDT for Wyandotte County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 6, 2015, 3:35 AM CDT. It was in force for 64 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2015, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 6, 2015, 3:35 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 8, 2015, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 64 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Wyandotte County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kansas River at 23rd Street - Kansas City - KS (KCKK1). The gauge peaked at 35.67 ft at Jun 6, 2015, 5:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 29 ft
Minor stage: 33 ft
Moderate stage: 54 ft
Major stage: 55 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06892950, 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 Jun 5, 12:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 12:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 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
Jun 4, 7:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt	6 hr
Jun 4, 11:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Lafayette and 4 more	12 hr
Jun 4, 11:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cooper, Pettis	42 min
Jun 5, 10:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	50 hr
Jun 4, 11:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Linn	50 min
Jun 5, 3:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson, Miami	40 min
Jun 5, 10:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Miami	3 days
Jun 5, 10:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn	5 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2015 Every river flood warning in 2015

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.