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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 4, 2026Cooper County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Apr 4, 2026, 12:02 PM CDT for Cooper County, Missouri. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 4, 2026, 12:02 PM CDT (17:02 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2026, 9:02 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Cooper County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:07 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 Petite Saline Creek near Boonville (BONM7). The gauge peaked at 20.12 ft at Apr 3, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
19.5 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06909950, 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 Apr 3, 6:29 PM CDT, 17 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 6:29 PM CDT, 17 hours 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXClinton35 min
Apr 3, 8:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCaldwell, Daviess25 min
Apr 3, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXGrundy33 min
Apr 3, 9:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBates32 min
Apr 3, 10:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHenry28 min
Apr 3, 10:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBenton32 min
Apr 4, 1:53 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryEAXAndrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 26 more18 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.