Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO
Areas Affected: Cass, MO; Henry, MO; Johnson, MO
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Alert Sent: Monday 7:23pm CDT
Alert Effective: Monday 7:23pm CDT
Alert Expires: Tuesday 7:30pm CDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Monday 7:23pm CDT
Event Ends: Friday 12:00pm CDT
Issued by: NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Missouri... Big Creek at Blairstown affecting Cass, Henry and Johnson Counties. South Grand River at Urich affecting Cass, Henry and Bates Counties. * WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Big Creek at Blairstown. * WHEN...Until early Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 20.0 feet, The west bank of the creek begins to flood. At 23.0 feet, Flooding occurs at the west approach to the N Highway bridge located 0.2 miles west of Blairstown. Flooding also occurs across B Highway near Big Creek which is several miles northwest of Blairstown. At 26.0 feet, Many farm levees along Big Creek are overtopped. Flooding of rural areas behind the levees occurs. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 7:00 PM CDT Monday the stage was 26.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 26.3 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage early Thursday afternoon. - Flood stage is 20.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. This product along with additional weather and stream information is available at www.weather.gov/kc/.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.319e4473e539c2b8412d1bb0d7de508ae4cf930b.001.1 Codes: MOC037, MOC083, MOC101 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.319e4473e539c2b8412d1bb0d7de508ae4cf930b.001.1