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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 7, 2024Buchanan County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at May 7, 2024, 8:12 AM CDT for Buchanan County, Missouri. It took effect at May 7, 2024, 6:12 PM CDT. It was in force for 51 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2024, 8:12 AM CDT (13:12 UTC)
In effect from: May 7, 2024, 6:12 PM CDT
Expired: May 9, 2024, 9:10 PM CDT
In force: 51 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 13:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Platte River near Agency (AGYM7). The gauge peaked at 25.22 ft at May 8, 2024, 4:00 PM CDT.

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 May 7, 6:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 6:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 5:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 7, 5:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 5:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 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 6, 8:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	9 hr
May 6, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt	76 min
May 6, 9:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	24 min
May 6, 10:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Atchison	15 min
May 6, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	62 min
May 6, 10:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison	6 hr
May 6, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte	52 min
May 6, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Jackson and 1 more	53 min
May 6, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass	65 min
May 6, 10:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Clay, Clinton, Platte	31 min
May 6, 11:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Nodaway	6 hr
May 6, 11:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry, Platte	6 hr
May 6, 11:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	29 min
May 6, 11:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson	26 min
May 6, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson	69 min
May 6, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb and 4 more	53 min
May 6, 11:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson	31 min
May 6, 11:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Ray	28 min
May 7, 12:03 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson, Lafayette	27 min
May 7, 12:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson	36 min
May 7, 12:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Chariton, Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Linn and 4 more	54 min
May 7, 12:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Lafayette, Saline	36 min
May 7, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Henry, Howard, Johnson and 4 more	65 min
May 7, 12:33 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Pettis	27 min
May 7, 12:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt	20 hr
May 7, 12:55 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cooper, Pettis	35 min
May 7, 1:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Randolph, Saline	28 min
May 7, 1:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Chariton, Linn, Macon, Mercer, Putnam and 2 more	68 min
May 7, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Macon, Randolph, Saline	80 min
May 7, 1:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Chariton, Randolph	31 min
May 7, 1:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cooper	29 min
May 7, 1:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Randolph	31 min
May 7, 2:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Macon, Schuyler	36 min
May 7, 4:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison	6 hr
May 7, 7:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	13 hr
May 7, 9:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	4 days
May 7, 9:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	60 hr
May 7, 9:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	3 days
May 7, 9:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	46 hr
May 7, 9:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Nodaway	23 hr
May 7, 3:37 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	22 hr
May 6, 9:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Leavenworth	27 min
May 6, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn, Miami	61 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2024 Every river flood warning in 2024

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.