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River Flood Warning 144, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Jul 29, 2020, 5:16 PM CDT for Ray County, Missouri. It took effect at Jul 29, 2020, 9:45 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 2020, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 29, 2020, 9:45 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2020, 3:44 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Moderate
County Ray County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Crooked River near Richmond (RICM7).
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 20 ft
- Moderate stage
- 21 ft
- Major stage
- 29 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06895000, 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 29, 3:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 3:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 518 AM CDT Wed Jul 29 2020 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-301030- 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- 518 AM CDT Wed Jul 29 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 Thunderstorms will move into the area later this morning. Some areas may see another couple inches of rain, but those amounts likely will not be widely represented. Minor stream flooding will be possible, especially the flashier streams. Widespread severe weather is not expected. More detailed information can be accessed at... https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Off and on thunderstorms will continue through Friday. Some areas may see an accumulation of a couple inches, with some isolated locations seeing higher amounts. Local streams may see some flooding with the 2 to 3 days of moderate to heavy showers. Widespread severe weather is not expected. More detailed information can be accessed at... https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 29, 2:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 1:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay | 35 min |
| Jul 29, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Ray | 47 min |
| Jul 29, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Buchanan | 38 min |
| Jul 29, 5:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Buchanan | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 9 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2020Every 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.