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Flood Watch 2, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 17, 202617 counties in Missouri; 5 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flood watch at Apr 17, 2026, 1:42 AM CDT for 17 counties in Missouri; 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 17, 2026, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 17, 2026, 1:42 AM CDT (06:42 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 17, 2026, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 18, 2026, 4:00 AM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: None

All 22 counties

Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Henry County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Macon County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Apr 17, 12:44 AM CDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 12:44 AM CDT, 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 5:06 AM CDT, 20 hours 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 16, 9:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 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
Apr 17, 8:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	30 hr
Apr 17, 8:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	24 hr
Apr 17, 9:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	11 hr
Apr 17, 9:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	6 days
Apr 17, 9:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	3 days
Apr 17, 9:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	45 hr
Apr 17, 1:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Nodaway, Worth	44 min
Apr 17, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Nodaway	42 min
Apr 17, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, Grundy, Livingston, Ray	48 min
Apr 17, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	48 min
Apr 17, 2:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess, Grundy	44 min
Apr 17, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Harrison	42 min
Apr 17, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Howard, Randolph	41 min
Apr 17, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Harrison, Worth	40 min
Apr 17, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	37 min
Apr 17, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Ray	35 min
Apr 17, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, DeKalb, Gentry	28 min
Apr 17, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Ray	28 min
Apr 17, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Putnam and 1 more	39 min
Apr 17, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer, Worth	50 min
Apr 17, 2:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	33 min
Apr 17, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Randolph	31 min
Apr 17, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Holt, Platte	38 min
Apr 17, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, Livingston	51 min
Apr 17, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry and 1 more	64 min
Apr 17, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Mercer, Putnam	31 min
Apr 17, 3:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Clinton, Platte	20 min
Apr 17, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan	49 min
Apr 17, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Mercer, Sullivan	27 min
Apr 17, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Harrison, Mercer, Putnam	57 min
Apr 17, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	42 min
Apr 17, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Sullivan	36 min
Apr 17, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Sullivan	45 min
Apr 17, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb	39 min
Apr 17, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Sullivan	64 min
Apr 17, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Mercer, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan	52 min
Apr 17, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy, Livingston	40 min
Apr 17, 4:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Adair, Linn, Macon, Sullivan	37 min
Apr 17, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	EAX	Cass	40 min
Apr 17, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte, Ray	46 min
Apr 17, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Caldwell, Daviess, Grundy, Linn, Livingston and 2 more	52 min
Apr 17, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess, Grundy, Livingston	33 min
Apr 17, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler	46 min
Apr 17, 5:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	3 hr
Apr 17, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	EAX	Bates, Cass, Jackson	58 min
Apr 17, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Bates, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Henry and 4 more	79 min
Apr 17, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson	32 min
Apr 17, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Chariton, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Randolph	67 min
Apr 17, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Clay, Jackson	35 min
Apr 17, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Henry	66 min
Apr 17, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Macon, Schuyler	47 min
Apr 17, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass	44 min
Apr 17, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Lafayette, Livingston, Ray and 1 more	43 min
Apr 17, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline	30 min
Apr 17, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Howard, Linn, Macon, Randolph and 1 more	42 min
Apr 17, 6:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Bates	24 min
Apr 17, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	45 min
Apr 17, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson	48 min
Apr 17, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Johnson, Miami, Wyandotte	28 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.