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River Flood Warning 68, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at May 8, 2024, 8:21 PM CDT for Platte County, Missouri. It took effect at May 9, 2024, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2024, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 9, 2024, 5:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 9, 2024, 9:09 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Platte County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Platte River at Sharps Station (SSTM7). The gauge peaked at 26.29 ft at May 9, 2024, 2:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 21 ft
- Minor stage
- 26 ft
- Moderate stage
- 29 ft
- Major stage
- 33 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06821190, 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 8, 6:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 6:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 630 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-091130- 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- 630 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest...north central and west central Missouri...as well as extreme eastern Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Strong to severe storms are possible this morning and afternoon. Large hail will be the main hazard, but damaging winds gusts and a tornado will also be possible. More detailed information can be accessed at... https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. More detailed information can be accessed at... https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 8, 5:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 37 hr |
| May 8, 8:58 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 44 hr |
| May 8, 9:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Saline | 54 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2024Every 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.