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WGUS43 KEAX 020438
FLWEAX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1138 PM CDT WED APR 1 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSOURI...
BIG CREEK AT BLAIRSTOWN AFFECTING HENRY, JOHNSON AND CASS
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/.
MOC037-083-101-030445-
/O.EXT.KEAX.FL.W.0010.260402T0503Z-260404T2300Z/
/BLRM7.2.ER.260402T0503Z.260402T1800Z.260403T2300Z.UU/
1138 PM CDT WED APR 1 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BIG CREEK AT BLAIRSTOWN.
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, THE WEST BANK OF THE CREEK BEGINS TO FLOOD.
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 26.0 FEET, MANY FARM LEVEES ALONG BIG CREEK ARE OVERTOPPED.
FLOODING OF RURAL AREAS BEHIND THE LEVEES OCCURS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:00 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 24.1 FEET EARLY
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
FRIDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBS FORECASTS
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME THU FRI SAT
1AM 1AM 1AM
BIG CREEK
BLAIRSTOWN 20.0 18.3 WED 11PM 21.5 23.0 17.1
LAT...LON 3873 9422 3875 9416 3857 9394 3840 9384
3840 9391
CMS
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