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River Flood Warning 46, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 17, 2025Johnson County, Pettis County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Jul 17, 2025, 9:52 AM CDT for Johnson County, Pettis County, Missouri. It took effect at Jul 17, 2025, 12:39 PM CDT. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 17, 2025, 9:52 AM CDT (14:52 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 17, 2025, 12:39 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 18, 2025, 1:52 PM CDT
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Johnson County, MO, Pettis County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Blackwater River near Valley City (VLYM7). The gauge peaked at 23.05 ft at Jul 17, 2025, 2:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06907700, 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 Jul 17, 6:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 6:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 5:06 AM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 17, 9:34 AM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 9:42 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 9:45 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 9:47 AM CDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 9:49 AM CDT, 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 9:51 AM CDT, 1 minute 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
Jul 16, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	40 min
Jul 16, 7:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	3 hr
Jul 16, 7:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Howard	27 min
Jul 16, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Randolph, Saline	52 min
Jul 16, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	43 min
Jul 16, 7:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Randolph, Saline	3 hr
Jul 16, 8:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	35 min
Jul 16, 8:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	32 min
Jul 16, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clay	24 min
Jul 16, 8:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Saline	5 min
Jul 16, 8:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Saline	8 hr
Jul 16, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	30 min
Jul 16, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clay	27 min
Jul 16, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clinton	33 min
Jul 16, 9:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Platte	32 min
Jul 16, 10:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Pettis	30 min
Jul 16, 10:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson	27 min
Jul 16, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, Livingston	52 min
Jul 16, 10:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	30 min
Jul 16, 10:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Saline	26 min
Jul 16, 10:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	10 hr
Jul 16, 10:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Howard, Lafayette, Saline	6 hr
Jul 16, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	27 min
Jul 16, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Cass, Jackson	43 min
Jul 16, 11:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	38 min
Jul 16, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline	44 min
Jul 16, 11:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Henry, Johnson, Pettis, Saline	105 min
Jul 16, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Pettis	64 min
Jul 17, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Chariton, Linn, Macon, Sullivan	66 min
Jul 17, 1:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson, Pettis, Saline	4 hr
Jul 17, 1:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Platte	33 min
Jul 17, 2:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	52 min
Jul 17, 2:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	6 hr
Jul 17, 2:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	51 min
Jul 17, 3:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	10 hr
Jul 17, 3:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	7 hr
Jul 17, 3:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	51 min
Jul 17, 3:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	5 hr
Jul 17, 3:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson, Lafayette	42 min
Jul 17, 4:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cass, Jackson	33 min
Jul 17, 4:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	77 min
Jul 17, 4:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Henry, Howard, Johnson and 4 more	6 hr
Jul 17, 8:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	5 hr
Jul 17, 9:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	21 hr
Jul 17, 9:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	21 hr
Jul 17, 9:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	28 hr
Jul 17, 9:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	41 hr
Jul 16, 7:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Wyandotte	33 min
Jul 16, 9:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson, Wyandotte	35 min
Jul 16, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson	30 min
Jul 16, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Miami	47 min
Jul 17, 4:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn, Miami	43 min
Jul 17, 4:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson	5 hr
Jul 17, 4:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Linn	33 min
Jul 17, 5:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Leavenworth	25 hr
Jul 17, 6:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Leavenworth	17 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2025 Every river flood warning in 2025

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.