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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Kansas City, MO

February 23, 2019Cooper County, Saline County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Feb 23, 2019, 4:05 PM CST for Cooper County, Saline County, Missouri. It took effect at Feb 23, 2019, 10:36 PM CST. It was in force for 50 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 23, 2019, 4:05 PM CST (22:05 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 23, 2019, 10:36 PM CST
Expired: Feb 26, 2019, 12:59 AM CST
In force: 50 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Cooper County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Blackwater River near Blue Lick (BLVM7). The gauge peaked at 25.20 ft at Feb 24, 2019, 4:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 29 ft
Major stage: 37 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06908000, 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 Feb 23, 3:47 PM CST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 3:47 PM CST, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 4:17 AM CST, 11 hours 48 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
417 AM CST Sat Feb 23 2019

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-241030-
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-
417 AM CST Sat Feb 23 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

 Dense fog will continue through the mid-morning hours, particularly
 for areas south of I-70. Strong wind gusts up to 45 mph are
 possible this evening into the overnight hours. Additionally,
 blizzard conditions remain possible across far northwest Missouri
 this evening, where blowing snow will reduce visibilities to less
 than 1/4 mile at times.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

 No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 23, 10:15 AM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1015 AM CST SAT FEB 23 2019

KSZ057-105-MOZ037-043-231645-
Johnson KS-Miami KS-Cass MO-Jackson MO-
1015 AM CST SAT FEB 23 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN MIAMI...SOUTHEASTERN
JOHNSON...NORTHWESTERN CASS AND SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL
1045 AM CST...

At 1015 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Drexel, or 8 miles south of Louisburg, moving northeast at 55 mph.

Nickel size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Lee's Summit, Grandview, Belton, Raymore, Harrisonville, Pleasant
Hill, Greenwood, Peculiar, Louisburg, Lake Winnebago, Drexel,
Cleveland, Freeman, Lake Annette, West Line and New Lancaster.

LAT...LON 3848 9478 3887 9460 3885 9435 3875 9421
      3848 9459 3848 9461 3846 9461 3843 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 1615Z 215DEG 47KT 3851 9466

Leighton

Local storm report, Feb 23, 11:47 AM CST, 4 hours 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 23, 4:02 PM CST, 3 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
Feb 23, 2:17 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	EAX	Bates, Cass, Cooper, Henry, Howard, Jackson and 4 more	10 hr
Feb 23, 3:41 AM CST	Wind Advisory	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 31 more	32 hr
Feb 23, 10:15 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cass	30 min
Feb 23, 10:55 AM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn, Livingston	4 days
Feb 23, 10:55 AM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	4 days
Feb 23, 2:17 PM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry	54 hr
Feb 23, 2:17 PM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Livingston	58 hr
Feb 23, 2:17 PM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	46 hr
Feb 23, 3:28 PM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	25 hr
Feb 23, 4:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	28 min
Feb 23, 4:05 PM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	38 hr
Feb 23, 4:10 PM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	39 hr
Feb 23, 4:36 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	24 min
Feb 23, 4:44 PM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Macon	52 hr
Feb 23, 4:56 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Caldwell, Ray	34 min
Feb 23, 9:49 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Linn	26 min

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.