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River Flood Warning 59, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 12, 2019Cooper County, Howard County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Mar 12, 2019, 11:11 AM CDT for Cooper County, Howard County, Missouri. It took effect at Mar 14, 2019, 1:45 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2019, 11:11 AM CDT (16:11 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 14, 2019, 1:45 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 7, 2019, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 24 days
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Cooper County, MO, Howard County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Missouri River at Boonville (BOZM7).

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06909000, 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 Mar 12, 6:27 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 6:27 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 4:00 AM CDT, 7 hours 11 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
400 AM CDT Tue Mar 12 2019

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-130900-
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-
400 AM CDT Tue Mar 12 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

 Moderate to heavy rainfall will develop over the area beginning
 today, with off and on chances persisting through Wednesday
 evening. Widespread river flooding is expected due to upstream
 melting snowpack and local rainfall amounts averaging near 1 to 1.5
 inches. Additionally, areal flooding is possible across northwest
 Missouri.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

 River flooding concerns will continue from the mid to late week.

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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 11, 10:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt, Nodaway	59 hr
Mar 11, 10:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	26 days
Mar 11, 10:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	273 days
Mar 11, 10:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	274 days
Mar 11, 10:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	274 days
Mar 12, 9:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Nodaway	48 hr
Mar 12, 9:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	71 hr
Mar 12, 11:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	26 days
Mar 12, 3:13 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 31 more	55 hr
Mar 12, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Caldwell	23 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.