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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 31, 2023Miami County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at May 31, 2023, 9:12 AM CDT for Miami County, Kansas. It took effect at May 31, 2023, 8:26 PM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2023, 9:12 AM CDT (14:12 UTC)
In effect from: May 31, 2023, 8:26 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 2, 2023, 5:46 AM CDT
In force: 33 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Miami County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Marais Des Cygnes River at Osawatomie (OSMK1).

Action stage: 23 ft
Minor stage: 28 ft
Moderate stage: 45 ft
Major stage: 48 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 May 31, 6:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 6:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 4:43 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
443 AM CDT Wed May 31 2023

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-010945-
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-
443 AM CDT Wed May 31 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

 Areas near the Kansas and Missouri border will see ongoing
thunderstorms this morning, which may persist into the afternoon.
Minor flooding is possible with these storms.

Another round of thunderstorms will be possible later this afternoon.
Severe weather is not anticipated with this activity, but again there
could be some minor flooding.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

 Daily chances for thunderstorms will persist each afternoon from
 Thursday through Saturday. At this time, severe weather is not
expected with this activity.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 6:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 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
May 30, 7:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	37 min
May 30, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	27 min
May 30, 8:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	32 min
May 31, 2:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	3 hr
May 31, 4:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Buchanan	3 hr
May 30, 7:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Wyandotte	29 min
May 30, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Linn	33 min
May 31, 2:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Linn	3 hr
May 31, 4:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Johnson, Miami	3 hr
May 31, 8:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Linn	3 hr
May 31, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Leavenworth	33 min
May 31, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Leavenworth	24 min

Nearby

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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.