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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 14, 2023Buchanan County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Aug 14, 2023, 1:49 AM CDT for Buchanan County, Missouri. It took effect at Aug 14, 2023, 4:07 AM CDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 2023, 1:49 AM CDT (06:49 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 14, 2023, 4:07 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 15, 2023, 3:11 PM CDT
In force
35 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Buchanan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:50 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 Platte River near Agency (AGYM7). The gauge peaked at 20.25 ft at Aug 14, 2023, 6:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
15 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06820500, 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 13, 6:19 PM CDT, 7 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 6:19 PM CDT, 7 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 4:58 AM CDT, 20 hours 51 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
458 AM CDT Sun Aug 13 2023

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Atchison MO-Nodaway-Worth-Gentry-Harrison-Mercer-Putnam-Schuyler-
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458 AM CDT Sun Aug 13 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

 Two rounds of storms are expected today. the first round of storms
 this morning may produce a few strong storms capable of small hail,
 gusty winds and heavy rain. The second round of storms expected this
 afternoon into this evening will have the potential to be severe
 with large hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding all possible.
 An isolated tornado cannot be ruled out as well.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

 Dangerous heat is expected to return next weekend.

 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte40 min
Aug 13, 7:47 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXLafayette, Saline12 hr
Aug 13, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLafayette43 min
Aug 13, 8:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Saline12 hr
Aug 13, 8:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBates36 min
Aug 13, 9:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXCass4 hr
Aug 13, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBates46 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2023Every 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.