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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 4, 2023Cooper County, Saline County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Aug 4, 2023, 4:16 AM CDT for Cooper County, Saline County, Missouri. It took effect at Aug 4, 2023, 7:33 AM CDT. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 4, 2023, 4:16 AM CDT (09:16 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 4, 2023, 7:33 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 4, 2023, 10:02 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Cooper County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Blackwater River near Blue Lick (BLVM7).

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 29 ft
Major stage: 37 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06908000, 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 Aug 4, 3:36 AM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 3:36 AM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 3:38 AM CDT, 38 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
338 AM CDT Fri Aug 4 2023

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-050845-
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-
338 AM CDT Fri Aug 4 2023

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

morning thunderstorms may bring some flooding to portions of central
Missouri.

Additional thunderstorms move into eastern Kansas and western
Missouri later this morning and afternoon.

Warm conditions, with heat indices around 100 to 105 expected across
west central Missouri and east central Kansas, into southern Kansas
and Missouri.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

 Several additional rounds of thunderstorms possible through Sunday.
 There is a chance for storms on Saturday into Saturday night to be
 severe. In addition, if some areas receive several round of heavy
 rain, flooding may be possible.

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 4, 3:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Carroll, Cooper, Lafayette, Pettis, Ray, Saline	6 hr
Aug 4, 2:08 PM CDT	Flood Watch	EAX	Adair, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Linn, Macon and 5 more	15 hr
Aug 4, 4:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb	3 hr
Aug 4, 5:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess	6 hr
Aug 4, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Ray	36 min
Aug 4, 6:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Ray	24 min
Aug 4, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Ray	23 min
Aug 4, 6:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Carroll, Livingston	17 min
Aug 4, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	32 min
Aug 4, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Lafayette, Saline	34 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2023 Every river flood warning in 2023

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.