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River Flood Warning 287, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 21, 2019Buchanan County, Platte County, Missouri; Atchison County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Jul 21, 2019, 9:59 AM CDT for Buchanan County, Platte County, Missouri; Atchison County, Kansas. It took effect at Jul 21, 2019, 8:57 PM CDT. It was in force for 64 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 21, 2019, 9:59 AM CDT (14:59 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 21, 2019, 8:57 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 24, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 64 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Atchison County, KS, Buchanan County, MO, Platte County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Missouri River at Atchison (ATCK1). The gauge peaked at 22.18 ft at Jul 22, 2019, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06818300, 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 Jul 21, 6:24 AM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 6:24 AM CDT, 3 hours 35 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
Jul 20, 8:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Adair, Sullivan	40 min
Jul 20, 10:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clay, Clinton, Cooper, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette and 2 more	52 min
Jul 21, 1:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt and 1 more	6 hr
Jul 21, 3:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt, Nodaway	4 hr
Jul 21, 3:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte	7 hr
Jul 21, 4:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Cass, Jackson	5 hr
Jul 21, 5:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt	11 hr
Jul 21, 7:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 21, 10:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	45 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2019 River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 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.