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River Flood Warning 225, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 8, 2015Howard County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Jul 8, 2015, 10:06 AM CDT for Howard County, Missouri. It took effect at Jul 8, 2015, 6:36 PM CDT. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 2015, 10:06 AM CDT (15:06 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 8, 2015, 6:36 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 10, 2015, 2:45 AM CDT
In force: 32 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Howard County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Moniteau Creek near Fayette (FYTM7). The gauge peaked at 19.32 ft at Jul 9, 2015, 3:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06909500, 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 8, 6:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 6:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 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 7, 9:48 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	68 hr
Jul 7, 9:48 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	65 hr
Jul 8, 10:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	40 hr
Jul 8, 10:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	3 days
Jul 8, 12:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	56 hr
Jul 8, 12:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	6 days
Jul 8, 1:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	43 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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.