FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Kansas...
Missouri...
Missouri River at St Joseph affecting Doniphan...Andrew and Buchanan
Counties.
Missouri River at Atchison affecting Atchison...Buchanan and Platte
Counties.
Missouri River at Leavenworth affecting Leavenworth and Platte
Counties.
Missouri River at Napoleon affecting Jackson...Lafayette and Ray
Counties.
Missouri River at Waverly affecting Carroll...Lafayette and Saline
Counties.
Missouri River At Miami affecting Carroll...Chariton and Saline
Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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/.
1013 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
The Flood Warning continues for
The Missouri River at St Joseph.
* from Thursday afternoon to Friday June 27.
* At 9:30 PM Wednesday the stage was 15.9 feet.
* Flood stage is 17.0 feet.
* Moderate flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...Rise above flood stage by early Thursday afternoon. Two crests
are expected. The first crest is expected Friday afternoon near 19.6
feet. The second crest is forecast to occur Tuesday June 24th near 22.9
feet.
* At 21.0 feet...Riverfront Park in St. Joseph begins to flood.
* At 19.0 feet...Backwater from the Missouri River floods property
along the Nodaway river at Nodaway, Missouri.
* At 17.0 feet...Lowland flooding upstream and downstream from St.
Joseph occurs.