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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2026, 5:42 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 2026, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2026, 10:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cooper County, MO, Howard County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Saline County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 5:42 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 N Houstonia, MO | Social media and mPING reports of flooding on Route K between Houstonia and Interstate 70. Time confirmed from radar. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 0 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 213 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1787 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
192
WGUS53 KEAX 102242
FFWEAX
MOC053-089-159-195-110445-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0050.260710T2242Z-260711T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
542 PM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Cooper County in central Missouri...
South Central Howard County in central Missouri...
Northern Pettis County in central Missouri...
South Central Saline County in central Missouri...
* Until 1145 PM CDT Friday.
* At 542 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Boonville, Pilot Grove, Houstonia, Hughesville, Blackwater and
Lamine.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3890 9349 3894 9349 3902 9277 3888 9264
3886 9285 3883 9350
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
731 follow-up statement
284
WGUS73 KEAX 110348
FFSEAX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1048 PM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026
MOC053-089-159-195-110358-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-260711T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Cooper MO-Howard MO-Pettis MO-Saline MO-
1048 PM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN COOPER, SOUTH
CENTRAL HOWARD, NORTHERN PETTIS AND SOUTH CENTRAL SALINE COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
A Flood Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT Saturday for
portions of central and west central Missouri.
&&
LAT...LON 3890 9349 3894 9349 3902 9277 3888 9264
3886 9285 3883 9350
$$
73What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Jul 10, 3:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- Continued severe storms during the afternoon/evening. Primary hazards include damaging winds, hail, and heavy rainfall.
- Flood Watch in effect tonight through tomorrow morning with heavy rainfall overnight. Some uncertainty remains owing to current activity influencing later potential.
- Drier, hotter weather through the weekend into early next week.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 3:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
302 PM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Continued severe storms during the afternoon/evening. Primary
hazards include damaging winds, hail, and heavy rainfall.
- Flood Watch in effect tonight through tomorrow morning with
heavy rainfall overnight. Some uncertainty remains owing to
current activity influencing later potential.
- Drier, hotter weather through the weekend into early next
week.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 257 PM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026
Presently, a complex of storms is ongoing across northern MO. Very
efficient rainfall rates (up to 2-3 inches an hour) have been
occurring with this line of storms, and short-fuse hydrologic
products have been put out for the potential for flooding/flash
flooding along this line of storms. Overall progression of the
complex has remained slow during the late morning/early afternoon,
possibly owing to parallel upwind vectors/steering winds. However,
as the afternoon has progressed, the complex has become more
progressive with greater cold pooling within the stratiform
precipitation region towards the northwest. With ample instability
and sufficient effective shear, organized convection will continue
with an associated risk for severe weather. Already there has been a
downburst observed with the complex, and with stronger, organized
updrafts alongside efficient precip rates, the potential for
damaging winds/hail in association with precip loading is greater.
An outflow boundary has ejected out ahead of this complex of storms,
and is currently progressing to the southeast. Current meso-a shows
that the capping inversion has been effectively eroded off this way,
with high effective shear (40-45 kts) and no shortage of instability
(2000-2500 J/kg MUCAPE) as a result of quick clearing behind this
morning's activity. Further destabilization is still possible out
ahead of this activity, with satellite imagery showing a slot of
clear air extending up towards Putnam/Schuyler counties. The
greatest confidence in a severe threat exists along this outflow
boundary as it provides lift within an unstable environment and
continues organized convective development through the remainder of
the afternoon into the early evening. However, if the outflow
outruns primary storms, their ability to remain surface based and
continue tapping into instability out towards the southeast will be
limited. Primary hazards with this activity will continue to be
damaging winds/hail and heavy rainfall. There is additionally
still some potential for discrete storm development within the
warm sector ahead of storms, but confidence in timing/placement
is not as high as with the ongoing activity.
Within the primary complex of storms, predominant storm motion
appears to be following environmental steering winds off towards the
east/northeast, with a tendril of higher reflectivity cores
developing outward along a nose of low-level WAA. As storms begin
following the environmental flow, the potential for training
convection lessens, but efficient rainfall rates will still lead to
heavy rainfall/localized hydrologic impacts. The ambient environment
still remains favorable for continued severe development (good
effective bulk shear/instability), which increases confidence in
this line continuing to impact northern Missouri through the
remainder of the day as convection remains organized. Primary
hazards remain damaging wind/hail with this complex.
Going into the evening/overnight, a signal for the development of a
band of storms across central Missouri still appears plausible.
There will be some influence from the residual outflow boundaries
from today's activity that will dictate where convergence sets up
and prompts training convection overnight. With the environment
looking to continue remaining favorable for efficient precipitation
(PWATS 1.5-2", long skinny CAPE), have elected to go with a Flood
Watch for counties in central Missouri, with the thought that this
headline will need to be adjusted going into the evening with latest
guidance/better grasp on the evolution of the environment in the
short term. Deterministic guidance has been painting amounts of 1.5-
2" along this axis of precipitation, with low end chances (15-30%)
of exceeding 2 inches of total rainfall along this corridor.
Overnight activity looks to persist along the vort max of the
retreating upper-level trough. High PWATs near 2 inches, deep warm
cloud layers, and a vertical profile characterized by long, skinny
CAPE will continue to promote heavy rainfall with any remnant
activity, as well as lightning with residual MUCAPE. Despite greater
instability and better shear profiles residing further to the south
through the day tomorrow, residual instability could prompt stronger
updrafts in any organized convection, which could bring an
associated hazard of strong winds with any precip loading in
thunderstorms. The upper-level ridge situated over the western half
of the CONUS will build in behind the retreating trough, and provide
us with a drier forecast as activity is effectively blocked off
towards the south. Due to the position of the upper-level ridge over
the Plains as opposed to the southeast, we will not see the same
deep, sustained southerly flow as we did with our most recent heat
wave, limiting our humidity and keeping our heat indices lower.
However, even with lower heat indices, our high temperatures
reaching into the 90s through the early week will keep things
uncomfortable. The upper-level ridge looks to persist through late
in the week before it is gradually chipped away by embedded
shortwaves. However, late in the week, synoptic guidance has greater
deviation in their solutions of this breakdown in the upper-level
trough.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY/...
Issued at 1230 PM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026
Challenging forecast at terminals this afternoon, with ongoing
weather near KSTJ and continued opportunities for weather at all
terminals into the evening. Looking at the potential for
discrete storms out ahead of a primary band of thunderstorms
moving closer to KSTJ, but knowing exactly when and where storms
will pop up is uncertain. Have elected to include PROB30s to
communicate potential for storms in the afternoon/evening, while
trying to time out wind shifts through the day. Will likely
need to amend as current activity alters the near storm
environment, as the forecast is highly dependent on this today.
Overall environmental winds are expected to shift northerly,
with indication of ceilings lowering into tomorrow morning.
&&
.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...Flood Watch from 7 PM CDT this evening through Saturday
morning for MOZ044>046-054.
KS...None.
&&
DISCUSSION...SPG
AVIATION...SPGHazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 5:05 AM CDT, 12 hours 37 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 0505 AM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-111005- 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- 0505 AM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026 This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest...north central and west central Missouri...as well as extreme eastern Kansas. .DAY ONE...Through tonight. Please go to https://weather.gov/media/eax/DssPacket.pdf for more information on potential weather hazards. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .KEY MESSAGES... - Rain Friday Morning - Conditional Severe Storm Threat Friday Afternoon - Hot and Dry Next Week
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 10, 2:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
259 PM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM Flash Flood 2 SW Country Club Villa 39.81N 94.84W
07/10/2026 Buchanan MO Public
Social media report of swiftly flowing water
over Clifford Street near Saint Joseph
Avenue. Flooding was also affecting multiple
properties in the area.
&&
CMSLocal storm report, Jul 10, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
300 PM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0250 PM Flash Flood Maysville 39.89N 94.36W
07/10/2026 DeKalb MO Public
Street and yard flooding in multiple areas
of Maysville. Social media reports.
&&
CMSLocal storm report, Jul 10, 3:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
308 PM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0220 PM Flash Flood 1 S Country Club Villa 39.82N 94.82W
07/10/2026 Andrew MO Public
Social media video of flooding near County
Line Road and Clydesdale Lane.
&&
CMSSpecial weather statement, Jul 10, 5:12 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
512 PM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026
MOZ032-039-040-102245-
Saline MO-Chariton MO-Howard MO-
512 PM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CHARITON...
NORTHWESTERN HOWARD AND NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM
CDT...
At 512 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Slater, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Slater, Glasgow, Armstrong, Gilliam, and Dalton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
central and north central Missouri.
&&
LAT...LON 3908 9281 3916 9317 3944 9305 3931 9266
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 285DEG 21KT 3932 9304
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
BrownSpecial weather statement, Jul 10, 5:27 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
527 PM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026
MOZ039-045-102300-
Saline MO-Pettis MO-
527 PM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN PETTIS AND SOUTH
CENTRAL SALINE COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM CDT...
At 527 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Houstonia, or near Sweet Springs, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Sweet Springs and Houstonia.
This includes Interstate 70 in Missouri between mile markers 71 and
83.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
central Missouri.
&&
LAT...LON 3885 9342 3895 9345 3903 9310 3884 9309
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 272DEG 10KT 3891 9333
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
BrownLocal storm report, Jul 10, 5:31 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
531 PM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Houstonia 38.90N 93.36W
07/10/2026 Pettis MO Public
MPING report of multiple tree limbs down.
&&
AKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 4:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Clay, Jackson | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 6:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 6:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Pettis | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 11:39 AM CDT | Flood Watch | EAX | Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 13 hr |
| Jul 10, 12:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Holt | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Holt | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 1:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 2:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, Gentry, Harrison | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Harrison | 49 min |
| Jul 10, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Platte, Ray | 51 min |
| Jul 10, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Daviess, Livingston | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Ray | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Livingston | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 3:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Grundy, Mercer, Sullivan | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Livingston, Saline | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis, Saline | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 5:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Putnam, Schuyler | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Howard | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Saline | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis, Saline | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Randolph, Saline | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 38 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.