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River Flood Warning 145, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 18, 20194 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at May 18, 2019, 9:21 AM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It took effect at May 19, 2019, 7:24 AM CDT. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 2019, 9:21 AM CDT (14:21 UTC)
In effect from: May 19, 2019, 7:24 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 8, 2019, 10:03 AM CDT
In force: 20 days
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Grand River near Sumner (SNZM7). The gauge peaked at 41.35 ft at May 30, 2019, 12:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06902000, 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 May 17, 6:37 PM CDT, 14 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 6:37 PM CDT, 14 hours 44 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
May 18, 9:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Macon	24 hr
May 18, 9:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn, Livingston	4 days
May 18, 9:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	48 days
May 18, 9:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan	4 days
May 18, 9:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	6 days
May 18, 9:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	21 days
May 18, 9:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt	3 days
May 18, 10:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Platte	42 min
May 18, 10:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	51 days
May 18, 10:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	7 days
May 18, 10:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	7 days
May 18, 10:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	76 days
May 18, 10:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	76 days
May 18, 11:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Howard, Randolph	3 hr
May 18, 12:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	38 min
May 18, 12:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Platte	45 min
May 18, 12:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte	36 min
May 18, 1:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Clinton, Platte	6 hr
May 18, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass	35 min
May 18, 2:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Grundy, Livingston	36 min
May 18, 2:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	34 min
May 18, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline	47 min
May 18, 4:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Daviess, Grundy, Johnson and 9 more	3 hr
May 18, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Chariton, Cooper, Saline	46 min
May 18, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Macon, Randolph	63 min
May 18, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Adair	27 min
May 18, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Leavenworth	64 hr
May 18, 3:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Miami	10 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2019 Every river flood warning in 2019

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.