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River Flood Warning 123, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 4, 2020Cooper County, Howard County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Jun 4, 2020, 8:30 PM CDT for Cooper County, Howard County, Missouri. It took effect at Jun 5, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2020, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 5, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 6, 2020, 9:26 PM CDT
In force: 44 hr
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 01:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Missouri River at Boonville (BOZM7). The gauge peaked at 21.82 ft at Jun 5, 2020, 8:00 PM CDT.

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 Jun 4, 6:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 6:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 5:22 AM CDT, 15 hours 8 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
522 AM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-051030-
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-
522 AM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Storms will return to the area overnight tonight across northern
Missouri. These storms could be strong to severe with damaging wind
being the main threat.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

 Friday we are looking for temperatures to climb into the lower 90s
with heat indices near 100 across most of the area. Late Friday
afternoon into the event another round of isolated strong to severe
thunderstorms is possible over western and northern Missouri. Large
hail and damaging winds will be possible with these storms. The
pattern settles down until Monday night into Tuesday when the
remnants of a tropical system may move into the area creating a
flooding hazard for our region on Tuesday.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:53 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:01 PM CDT, 29 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
Jun 4, 8:30 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	29 hr
Jun 5, 12:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	48 min
Jun 5, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison	30 min
Jun 5, 1:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	25 hr
Jun 5, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt, Nodaway	49 min
Jun 5, 1:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Holt, Nodaway	48 min
Jun 5, 2:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway	60 min
Jun 5, 2:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte	48 min
Jun 5, 3:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb and 6 more	40 min
Jun 5, 3:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Jackson	52 min
Jun 5, 3:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette and 2 more	39 min
Jun 5, 3:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb and 4 more	50 min
Jun 5, 4:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Clay, Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette and 1 more	49 min
Jun 5, 4:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	48 min
Jun 5, 4:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Lafayette, Linn, Livingston, Ray and 1 more	40 min
Jun 5, 4:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline	36 min
Jun 5, 4:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Randolph, Saline	78 min
Jun 5, 5:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cooper	46 min
Jun 5, 2:41 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	EAX	Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte	28 hr
Jun 5, 2:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Doniphan	32 min
Jun 5, 2:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Leavenworth	46 min
Jun 5, 2:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte	39 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2020 Every river flood warning in 2020

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.