Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO
Areas Affected: Platte, MO
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Alert Sent: Wednesday 2:02pm CDT
Alert Effective: Wednesday 2:02pm CDT
Alert Expires: Thursday 2:15pm CDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Wednesday 2:02pm CDT
Event Ends: Tuesday 7:20am CDT
Issued by: NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING... ...Forecast flooding changed to Minor severity and increased in duration for the following rivers in Missouri... Platte River At Sharps Station affecting Platte County. ...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Missouri... Platte River near Platte City affecting Platte County. * WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Platte River near Platte City. * WHEN...Until Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...At 20.0 feet, Cropland near State Highway 92 near Platte City begins to flood. At 22.0 feet, Flooding occurs at Humphreys Access Area which is located 5 miles downstream from Platte City. 300 acres of pasture are also flooded. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1:30 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 20.4 feet. - Forecast...The river will fall below flood stage late this afternoon to 15.6 feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will then rise above flood stage early Friday morning to 22.9 feet Sunday morning. It will fall below flood stage again Monday morning. - 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. Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. 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.c201f2d2ad728ad6f9b53ca85f54cdc67ddfe586.002.1 Codes: MOC165 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c201f2d2ad728ad6f9b53ca85f54cdc67ddfe586.002.1