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River Flood Warning 161, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 19, 2019Cass County, Henry County, Johnson County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at May 19, 2019, 9:36 AM CDT for Cass County, Henry County, Johnson County, Missouri. It took effect at May 19, 2019, 4:36 PM CDT. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2019, 9:36 AM CDT (14:36 UTC)
In effect from: May 19, 2019, 4:36 PM CDT
Expired: May 21, 2019, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Cass County, MO, Henry County, MO, Johnson County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Creek near Blairstown (BLRM7).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 36 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06921720, 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 19, 6:23 AM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 6:23 AM CDT, 3 hours 13 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, 8:00 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Howard	40 hr
May 18, 8:00 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	67 hr
May 19, 1:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Buchanan	35 min
May 19, 4:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 31 more	63 hr
May 18, 8:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn	12 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.