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River Flood Warning 388, NWS Kansas City, MO

December 26, 2015Carroll County, Lafayette County, Saline County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Dec 26, 2015, 7:44 PM CST for Carroll County, Lafayette County, Saline County, Missouri. It took effect at Dec 28, 2015, 8:00 PM CST. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 26, 2015, 7:44 PM CST (01:44 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 28, 2015, 8:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 30, 2015, 9:00 AM CST
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Carroll County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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 Missouri River near Waverly (WVYM7). The gauge peaked at 18.44 ft at Dec 26, 2015, 8:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 29 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06895500, 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 Dec 26, 6:11 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 6:11 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 12:32 PM CST, 7 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1232 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-271845-
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-
1232 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

 PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE OR RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHWESTERN
 MISSOURI TONIGHT. A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON
 ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL RESULT IN RIVER
FLOODING AND ISOLATED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE
I-70 CORRIDOR. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS LIKELY MONDAY...WITH THE
HEAVIEST SNOWS EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF I-35.

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 26, 7:07 PM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	5 days
Dec 26, 7:33 PM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Howard	3 days
Dec 26, 7:44 PM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	5 days
Dec 26, 7:59 PM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Bates	4 days
Dec 27, 4:45 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 24 more	40 hr
Dec 27, 10:00 AM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Macon	68 hr
Dec 27, 10:16 AM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Ray	3 days
Dec 27, 3:52 PM CST	Wind Advisory	EAX	Bates, Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Cooper, Henry and 8 more	20 hr
Dec 27, 8:56 AM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Miami	4 days
Dec 27, 8:56 AM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn	5 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.