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River Flood Warning 65, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 17, 2026Linn County, Livingston County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at May 17, 2026, 12:56 AM CDT for Linn County, Livingston County, Missouri. It took effect at May 17, 2026, 8:54 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 17, 2026, 12:56 AM CDT (05:56 UTC)
In effect from: May 17, 2026, 8:54 AM CDT
Expired: May 22, 2026, 10:02 AM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Grand River near Chillicothe (CHZM7). The gauge peaked at 33.67 ft at May 20, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06899680, 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 May 17, 12:07 AM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 12:07 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 5:06 AM CDT, 19 hours 50 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
0506 AM CDT Sat May 16 2026

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-171006-
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-
0506 AM CDT Sat May 16 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...

- Active weather pattern continues into early next week.

- Strong to severe storms will be possible tonight, primarily
  across northern Missouri.

- Marginal risk for strong to severe storms on Sunday
  evening/night.

- Best chance for severe weather comes Monday afternoon into
  late Monday night. All severe hazards will be possible.

  - Locally moderate to heavy rainfall will also be possible.

- Hot temperatures expected today through Monday.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 16, 11:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 11:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 11:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 17, 12:04 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 17, 12:22 AM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 17, 12:46 AM CDT, 10 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
May 16, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	44 min
May 16, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Harrison, Worth	33 min
May 16, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Nodaway, Worth	19 min
May 16, 7:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Grundy, Linn, Sullivan	6 hr
May 16, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Harrison, Worth	43 min
May 16, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Adair, Linn, Macon	43 min
May 16, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	47 min
May 16, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Harrison, Mercer	39 min
May 16, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Sullivan	47 min
May 16, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Sullivan	27 min
May 16, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry, Harrison	44 min
May 16, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	27 min
May 16, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Mercer, Sullivan	34 min
May 16, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	49 min
May 16, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry	47 min
May 16, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Putnam, Sullivan	32 min
May 16, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Linn, Sullivan	43 min
May 16, 9:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	EAX	Grundy	6 hr
May 16, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Harrison	26 min
May 16, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry	24 min
May 16, 10:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess	5 hr
May 16, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Sullivan	18 min
May 16, 10:16 PM CDT	Flood Watch	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 28 more	60 hr
May 16, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy	26 min
May 16, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Sullivan	31 min
May 16, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry, Harrison	29 min
May 16, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Harrison	28 min
May 16, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison	31 min
May 16, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan	19 min
May 17, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	44 min
May 17, 12:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	7 days
May 17, 1:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	17 hr
May 17, 1:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Linn, Sullivan	10 hr
May 17, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Holt, Nodaway	50 min
May 17, 2:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt and 1 more	50 min
May 17, 3:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy	8 hr
May 17, 5:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Grundy, Livingston	19 hr
May 17, 5:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry	4 days
May 17, 8:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Livingston	4 days
May 17, 9:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Nodaway	7 hr
May 17, 9:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	10 hr
May 17, 9:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan	5 days

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.