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River Flood Warning 61, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 12, 2019Bates County, Cass County, Henry County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Mar 12, 2019, 9:13 PM CDT for Bates County, Cass County, Henry County, Missouri. It took effect at Mar 13, 2019, 3:46 AM CDT. It was in force for 43 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2019, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 13, 2019, 3:46 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 14, 2019, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
43 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Henry County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Grand River near Urich (URHM7). The gauge peaked at 25.21 ft at Mar 13, 2019, 8:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
21 ft
Minor stage
24 ft
Moderate stage
26 ft
Major stage
33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06921600, 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, 6:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 6:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 4:00 AM CDT, 17 hours 13 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
400 AM CDT Tue Mar 12 2019

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Atchison MO-Nodaway-Worth-Gentry-Harrison-Mercer-Putnam-Schuyler-
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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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 12, 5:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 8:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson59 hr
Mar 12, 9:59 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Saline4 days
Mar 13, 6:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis14 hr
Mar 13, 8:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper40 hr
Mar 13, 11:19 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningEAXBates, Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte9 hr
Mar 13, 11:19 AM CDTWind AdvisoryEAXBates, Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte35 hr
Mar 13, 4:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXDaviess, Gentry28 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2019Every 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.