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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Apr 17, 2026, 9:07 AM CDT for Cooper County, Missouri. It took effect at Apr 18, 2026, 4:56 AM CDT. It was in force for 25 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2026, 9:07 AM CDT (14:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 18, 2026, 4:56 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2026, 5:39 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Moderate
County Cooper County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Lamine River near Otterville (OTTM7).
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 26 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06906800, 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 17, 6:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 6:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 0507 AM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-181007- 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- 0507 AM CDT Fri Apr 17 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. Please go to https://weather.gov/media/eax/DssPacket.pdf for more information on potential weather hazards. .KEY MESSAGES... - Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected across the region this afternoon. All severe hazards will be possible, but large hail should be the primary threat soon after storm initiation while damaging winds become more probable as storms organize into clusters or lines. Isolated tornadoes cannot be ruled out, especially if storms can remain discrete. - Flash flooding and river flooding is possible this evening, as storms will be capable of producing torrential rainfall. Additionally, training storms may develop in southern portions of the forecast area, where local rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches may occur. A flood watch is in effect late this afternoon through tonight roughly along and south of I-70. - Much cooler temperatures are expected on Saturday. Temperatures may fall into the low to mid 30s on Saturday night, with areas of frost possible (up to a 50 percent chance north and east of the Missouri River).
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 17, 4:27 AM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 1:42 AM CDT | Flood Watch | EAX | Bates, Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Clay, Cooper and 11 more | 26 hr |
| 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, 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 | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Holt, Platte | 38 min |
| Apr 17, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, Livingston | 51 min |
| Apr 17, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | EAX | Bates, Cass, Jackson | 58 min |
| Apr 17, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 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 | 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 | EAX | Johnson, Miami, Wyandotte | 28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.