Flood warnings and flash flood watches were posted across a large area of northeastern Kansas and Northwest Missouri.

By 5:30 a.m. Friday the Missouri River at St Joseph had risen to 15.44 feet, but the Big Muddy was expected to rise above minor flood stage by Friday afternoon. The National Weather Service predicts the Missouri will crest at 22.1 feet Saturday morning. It’s expected to recede below flood stage at approximately 6 a.m. Tuesday.

Once the river stage reaches 19 feet at St Joseph, backwater from the Missouri floods property along the Nodaway River at Nodaway, Missouri.

 

A flood warning is also in place for the Platte River near Agency, Missouri. The Platte rose above minor flood stage Friday morning, and at 5 a.m. had reached 21.54 feet at Agency.

The river was expected to crest at around 25.6 feet Friday afternoon, and fall below flood stage on Sunday.

At 20 feet the low-lying areas east of Agency begin to flood, and at 25 feet that flooding begins at the town’s eastern city limits.

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