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River Flood Warning 178, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Aug 6, 2026, 1:37 PM CDT for Cooper County, Saline County, Missouri. It took effect at Aug 6, 2026, 10:24 PM CDT. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2026, 1:37 PM CDT (18:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 6, 2026, 10:24 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2026, 8:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Cooper County, MO, Saline County, MO
The river
Written for the forecast point Blackwater River near Blue Lick (BLVM7).
- Action stage
- 19 ft
- Minor stage
- 24 ft
- Moderate stage
- 29 ft
- Major stage
- 37 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06908000, 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 Aug 5, 6:42 PM CDT, 18 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 6:42 PM CDT, 18 hours 55 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 9:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Henry, Johnson | 24 hr |
| Aug 5, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Clay, Jackson | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 12:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 8 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Henry, Johnson | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 1:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Henry | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 1:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Bates | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 1:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Clay | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 1:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Platte | 7 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Howard | 33 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper | 45 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Johnson | 6 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 2:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Lafayette | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 3:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Bates | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 3:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Clay, Lafayette, Ray | 5 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Ray | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 6:29 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | EAX | Andrew, Atchison, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Mercer and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Saline | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 10:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Saline | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Cooper, Pettis, Saline | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 8 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Saline | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 11:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Miami | 34 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.