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River Flood Warning 54, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 25, 2020Cooper County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Apr 25, 2020, 6:44 PM CDT for Cooper County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 25, 2020, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2020, 9:24 PM CDT
In force: 27 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 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Lamine River near Otterville (OTTM7).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06906800, 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 Apr 25, 6:29 PM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 6:29 PM CDT, 15 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
Apr 24, 8:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	26 hr
Apr 24, 8:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	28 hr
Apr 24, 8:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	62 hr
Apr 24, 8:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	52 hr
Apr 25, 2:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	16 hr
Apr 25, 8:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Leavenworth	14 hr

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.