Update: Flood Warning issued July 31 at 8:42AM CDT until August 5 at 4:36AM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO

Event: Flood Warning
Sender Name: NWS Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
Issued: 2020-07-31T08:42:00-05:00
Expires: 2020-08-01T08:41:00-05:00
Description: …The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
Missouri…

Big Creek at Blairstown affecting Cass…Henry and Johnson Counties.

South Grand River at Urich affecting Bates…Cass and Henry
Counties.

The Flood Warning continues for
The Big Creek at Blairstown.
* until late Tuesday night.
* At 8:00 AM Friday the stage was 26.4 feet.
* Flood stage is 20.0 feet.
* Moderate flooding is occurring and Moderate flooding is forecast.
* Forecast…The river will continue rising to near 27.4 feet by
early Saturday morning. The river will fall below flood stage
Tuesday morning.
* At 26.0 feet…Many farm levees along Big Creek are overtopped.
Flooding of rural areas behind the levees occurs.
* 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 20.0 feet…The west bank of the creek begins to flood.
Instruction: Do not drive through flowing water. Nearly half of all flood
fatalities are vehicle related. As little as 6 inches of water may
cause you to lose control of your vehicle. Two feet of water will
carry most vehicles away.This product along with additional weather
and stream information is available at www.weather.gov/kc/.
Link to more Info: http://www.weather.gov
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Categories: Met,
Area Description: Johnson, MO; Cass, MO; Henry, MO

Message Identifier: NWS-IDP-PROD-4360001-3645743
CAP MessageType: Update