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River Flood Warning 220, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 7, 2015Atchison County, Leavenworth County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Jul 7, 2015, 4:02 AM CDT for Atchison County, Leavenworth County, Kansas. It took effect at Jul 7, 2015, 5:09 AM CDT. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 7, 2015, 4:02 AM CDT (09:02 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 7, 2015, 5:09 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 8, 2015, 3:06 PM CDT
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Atchison County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Stranger Creek at Easton (ESTK1). The gauge peaked at 17.91 ft at Jul 7, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06891850, 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 Jul 7, 3:34 AM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 3:34 AM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 7:30 PM CDT, 8 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
730 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-080030-
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-
730 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

 THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THIS
EVENING. PRIMARY CONCERNS WILL BE DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS... AND HEAVY RAINFALL... POTENTIALLY LEADING
TO FLOODING.

 MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT...
 HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EAX/HWO

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

 THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE
PRIMARY CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM ATCHISON KANSAS... THROUGH SAINT JOSEPH... AND THROUGH
KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI.

 MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT...
 HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EAX/HWO

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 6, 11:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1143 PM CDT MON JUL 06 2015

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

0538 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NW OLATHE             38.92N 94.85W
07/06/2015                   JOHNSON            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DELAYED REPORT...POSSIBLE TORNADO...TREES DAMAGED AT HWY
            7 AND COLLEGE BLVD

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LAFLIN

Local storm report, Jul 7, 2:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 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
Jul 6, 7:41 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Bates	4 days
Jul 6, 7:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan	37 hr
Jul 6, 7:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	3 days
Jul 6, 7:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	3 days
Jul 6, 8:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	70 hr
Jul 6, 8:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	3 days
Jul 6, 8:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte, Ray	6 hr
Jul 6, 8:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Ray	35 hr
Jul 7, 12:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	3 days
Jul 7, 12:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	4 days
Jul 7, 12:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	4 days
Jul 7, 12:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	5 days
Jul 7, 12:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	4 days
Jul 7, 2:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Ray	42 hr

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.