858  
WGUS43 KEAX 171452  
FLWEAX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO  
952 AM CDT THU JUL 17 2025  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL MO HAS ISSUED A  
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSOURI...  
 
BLACKWATER RIVER AT VALLEY CITY AFFECTING PETTIS AND JOHNSON  
COUNTIES.  
 
BLACKWATER RIVER NEAR BLUE LICK AFFECTING COOPER AND SALINE  
COUNTIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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/.  
 
 
 
MOC101-159-181500-  
/O.NEW.KEAX.FL.W.0046.250717T1739Z-250718T1852Z/  
/VLYM7.1.ER.250717T1739Z.250717T1800Z.250717T1851Z.NO/  
952 AM CDT THU JUL 17 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...BLACKWATER RIVER AT VALLEY CITY.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 22.0 FEET, WOODLANDS AND FARM FIELDS ALONG THE RIVER  
BEGIN TO FLOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:00 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.9 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 22.2 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT  
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
FLD OBS FORECASTS  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME THU FRI SAT  
1PM 1PM 1PM  
BLACKWATER RIVER  
VALLEY CITY 22.0 19.9 THU 9AM 22.2 15.3 8.2  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3894 9342 3882 9361 3882 9368 3891 9361  
3899 9348  
 
 
 
MOC053-195-181500-  
/O.NEW.KEAX.FL.W.0047.250718T1440Z-250720T0000Z/  
/BLVM7.1.ER.250718T1440Z.250718T1800Z.250719T0000Z.NO/  
952 AM CDT THU JUL 17 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO SATURDAY EVENING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...BLACKWATER RIVER NEAR BLUE LICK.  
 
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO SATURDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 24.0 FEET, CROPLAND AND PASTURES ALONG THE RIVER  
FLOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:45 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.8 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
LATE TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 24.5 FEET EARLY TOMORROW  
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW  
EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
FLD OBS FORECASTS  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME THU FRI SAT  
1PM 1PM 1PM  
BLACKWATER RIVER  
BLUE LICK 24.0 23.8 THU 9AM 23.5 24.5 18.3  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3894 9342 3899 9348 3903 9297 3894 9295  
3893 9323  
 
 
 
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