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River Flood Warning 54, NWS Kansas City, MO

October 6, 2018Buchanan County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Oct 6, 2018, 8:52 PM CDT for Buchanan County, Missouri. It took effect at Oct 7, 2018, 12:41 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 6, 2018, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 7, 2018, 12:41 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 13, 2018, 6:27 AM CDT
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Buchanan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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 Platte River near Agency (AGYM7). The gauge peaked at 28.64 ft at Oct 10, 2018, 4:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 20 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 06820500, 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 Oct 6, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 6, 5:32 AM CDT, 15 hours 20 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
532 AM CDT Sat Oct 6 2018

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-071045-
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-
532 AM CDT Sat Oct 6 2018

This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest...north central and
west central Missouri...as well as extreme eastern Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

 Showers and thunderstorms will remain possible this morning and
 again this evening and through the overnight hours.

 More detailed information can be accessed at...
 https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

 On and off storm chances continue through mid-week next week.
 Localized flash flooding and river flooding are the main concerns
 right now. No severe weather is expected at this time.

 More detailed information can be accessed at...
 https://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
Oct 7, 8:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Cass	3 hr
Oct 7, 8:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Ray	4 days
Oct 7, 8:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Ray	16 hr
Oct 7, 8:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	7 days
Oct 7, 8:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	8 days
Oct 7, 8:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	7 days
Oct 7, 8:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	9 days
Oct 7, 8:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt	4 days
Oct 7, 9:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	9 days
Oct 7, 9:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	8 days
Oct 7, 9:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	10 days
Oct 7, 1:53 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	10 days
Oct 7, 3:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	EAX	Buchanan, Caldwell, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Daviess and 6 more	19 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2018 Every river flood warning in 2018

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.