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River Flood Warning 305, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 17, 2019Leavenworth County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Aug 17, 2019, 8:51 AM CDT for Leavenworth County, Kansas. It took effect at Aug 18, 2019, 10:45 AM CDT. It was in force for 41 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 17, 2019, 8:51 AM CDT (13:51 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 18, 2019, 10:45 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 20, 2019, 3:46 AM CDT
In force: 41 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Leavenworth County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Stranger Creek near Tonganoxie (TNGK1).

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 23 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06892000, 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 Aug 17, 6:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 6:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 6:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
620 AM CDT Sat Aug 17 2019

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-181130-
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-
620 AM CDT Sat Aug 17 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

 Severe storms are expected tonight through the overnight hours for
 much of the region, with the focus near the Iowa border. All modes
 of severe weather are possible, including large hail, damaging
 winds, flash flooding, and the possibility of an isolated tornado.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

 Strong to severe storms are also possible Sunday morning with
 damaging winds the main threat. If skies can clear out Sunday
 afternoon, a second round of severe weather will be possible late
 Sunday afternoon/evening with strong to severe storms possible.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 17, 5:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 5:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 5:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 5:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 6:25 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 6:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 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
Aug 17, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	39 min
Aug 17, 12:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Buchanan	25 min
Aug 17, 1:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan	42 min
Aug 17, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	35 min
Aug 17, 1:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clinton	46 min
Aug 17, 2:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Carroll	23 min
Aug 17, 3:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass	56 min
Aug 17, 4:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Johnson	45 min
Aug 17, 5:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	45 min
Aug 17, 5:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Pettis	54 min
Aug 17, 2:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Linn	39 min
Aug 17, 2:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Leavenworth	14 min
Aug 17, 2:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Leavenworth	41 min
Aug 17, 3:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Leavenworth	6 hr
Aug 17, 3:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Miami	34 min
Aug 17, 5:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Miami	56 hr
Aug 17, 5:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn	3 days
Aug 17, 5:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Leavenworth	57 hr
Aug 17, 6:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson, Miami	35 min
Aug 17, 8:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison	5 hr

Nearby

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.