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River Flood Warning 44, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 27, 2020Cooper County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Mar 27, 2020, 6:27 AM CDT for Cooper County, Missouri. It took effect at Mar 27, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2020, 6:27 AM CDT (11:27 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 27, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 28, 2020, 10:28 PM CDT
In force
39 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Cooper County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Petite Saline Creek near Boonville (BONM7). The gauge peaked at 17.75 ft at Mar 27, 2020, 8:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
19.5 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06909950, 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 27, 6:17 AM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 6:17 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 5:32 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
532 AM CDT Fri Mar 27 2020

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043>046-053-054-281045-
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-
532 AM CDT Fri Mar 27 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

 Severe storms are possible again tonight after 9-10PM. Large hail
will be the main threat, but damaging winds and a brief tornado are
possible south of HWY 50.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Strong to severe storms are possible Saturday afternoon over
northern and eastern Missouri. The main threats would be large hail
and damaging winds, but an isolated tornado can not be ruled out at
this point. No hazardous weather is expected Sunday through Monday
with light to moderate rain pushing back into the region Tuesday
morning.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 27, 2:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 27, 3:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 27, 3:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 27, 3:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 27, 3:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Johnson33 min
Mar 26, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis, Saline24 min
Mar 26, 11:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson51 min
Mar 26, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis33 min
Mar 27, 12:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson44 min
Mar 27, 12:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson25 min
Mar 27, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Pettis39 min
Mar 27, 12:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCooper60 min
Mar 27, 12:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson56 min
Mar 27, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette37 min
Mar 27, 12:55 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXCass, Jackson3 hr
Mar 27, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson28 min
Mar 27, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette34 min
Mar 27, 2:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Johnson28 min
Mar 27, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis38 min
Mar 27, 2:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson44 min
Mar 27, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Pettis31 min
Mar 27, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson, Lafayette, Ray38 min
Mar 27, 3:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXClay, Platte41 min
Mar 27, 3:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXSaline44 min
Mar 27, 6:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis48 hr
Mar 27, 6:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Saline5 days
Mar 27, 3:29 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson45 hr
Mar 27, 3:29 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan43 hr
Mar 26, 10:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson35 min
Mar 27, 1:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson40 min

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.