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River Flood Warning 162, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 20, 20264 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Jun 20, 2026, 8:37 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Jun 22, 2026, 2:54 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2026, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 22, 2026, 2:54 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 22, 2026, 8:22 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Grand River near Sumner (SNZM7).

Action stage
21 ft
Minor stage
26 ft
Moderate stage
28 ft
Major stage
40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06902000, 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 Jun 20, 6:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 6:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 5:04 AM CDT, 15 hours 33 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
0504 AM CDT Sat Jun 20 2026

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-211004-
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-
0504 AM CDT Sat Jun 20 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...Sunday through Friday.

Please go to https://weather.gov/media/eax/DssPacket.pdf for more information on
potential weather hazards.

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Lingering light rains and isolated rumbles of thunder this morning

- Severe storms possible late tonight through Sunday. Heavy rain
  with flood potential is forecast. A Flood Watch is in effect.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:59 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson20 hr
Jun 20, 8:29 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Saline14 hr
Jun 20, 8:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper17 hr
Jun 21, 2:26 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXAndrew, Holt5 hr
Jun 21, 2:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBuchanan48 min
Jun 21, 3:13 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Platte5 hr
Jun 21, 3:26 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXPlatte3 hr
Jun 21, 3:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXDeKalb50 min
Jun 21, 4:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXClay, Clinton, Platte3 hr
Jun 21, 4:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXClay, Platte4 hr
Jun 21, 4:47 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb3 hr
Jun 21, 4:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBates, Cass41 min
Jun 21, 5:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry, Johnson36 min
Jun 21, 5:22 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXCass, Jackson3 hr
Jun 21, 5:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHenry, Johnson38 min
Jun 21, 6:11 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy and 3 more3 hr
Jun 21, 6:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPettis, Saline48 min
Jun 21, 6:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCarroll44 min
Jun 21, 6:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCooper, Howard39 min
Jun 21, 6:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXChariton, Linn52 min
Jun 21, 7:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXRandolph38 min
Jun 21, 7:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXMacon45 min
Jun 21, 9:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJackson, Lafayette, Ray12 hr
Jun 21, 9:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Saline12 hr
Jun 21, 9:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Saline12 hr
Jun 20, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDoniphan37 min
Jun 21, 1:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAtchison42 min
Jun 21, 2:03 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXAtchison5 hr
Jun 21, 2:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXDoniphan51 min
Jun 21, 3:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLeavenworth44 min
Jun 21, 3:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLeavenworth49 min
Jun 21, 4:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXWyandotte45 min
Jun 21, 9:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAtchison39 hr
Jun 21, 9:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXLeavenworth41 hr
Jun 21, 9:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAtchison, Leavenworth48 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2026Every river flood warning in 2026

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.