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River Flood Warning 260, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 19, 2015Jackson County, Lafayette County, Ray County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Jul 19, 2015, 2:47 PM CDT for Jackson County, Lafayette County, Ray County, Missouri. It took effect at Jul 20, 2015, 8:53 PM CDT. It was in force for 54 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 19, 2015, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 20, 2015, 8:53 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 23, 2015, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 54 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Jackson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Missouri River at Napoleon (NAPM7). The gauge peaked at 18.01 ft at Jul 21, 2015, 3:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06894650, 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 19, 12:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 12:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 19, 10:04 AM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1004 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015

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

0900 AM     FLASH FLOOD      BROOKFIELD              39.79N 93.08W
07/19/2015                   LINN               MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROUT 11 AND HWY W

&&

CUTTER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 12:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Gentry	45 min
Jul 19, 1:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry, Harrison	6 hr
Jul 19, 1:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Grundy, Mercer, Sullivan	6 hr
Jul 19, 1:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Grundy	42 min
Jul 19, 2:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Linn, Macon, Sullivan	6 hr
Jul 19, 3:36 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	EAX	Bates, Henry	17 hr
Jul 19, 3:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 29 more	33 hr
Jul 19, 6:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Howard, Linn, Livingston, Macon and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 19, 6:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Andrew, Holt	3 hr
Jul 19, 7:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Nodaway, Worth	25 min
Jul 19, 8:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Macon	40 min
Jul 19, 8:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Worth	44 min
Jul 19, 8:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Linn	3 hr
Jul 19, 9:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison	3 hr
Jul 19, 11:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Ray	72 hr
Jul 19, 11:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Ray	53 hr
Jul 19, 11:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Howard	59 hr
Jul 19, 11:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry	56 hr
Jul 19, 11:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Livingston	60 hr
Jul 19, 11:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Randolph	9 hr
Jul 19, 12:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Macon	61 hr
Jul 19, 11:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Leavenworth	57 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.