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River Flood Warning 250, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 17, 2015Chariton County, Macon County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Jul 17, 2015, 8:30 AM CDT for Chariton County, Macon County, Missouri. It took effect at Jul 17, 2015, 12:35 PM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 17, 2015, 8:30 AM CDT (13:30 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 17, 2015, 12:35 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 18, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 31 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Chariton County, MO, Macon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:30 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 Chariton River near Prairie Hill (PRIM7). The gauge peaked at 15.11 ft at Jul 17, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06905500, 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 16, 6:28 PM CDT, 14 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 6:28 PM CDT, 14 hours 2 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 17, 9:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	6 days
Jul 17, 9:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	6 days

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.