343  
WGUS43 KEAX 271357  
FLWEAX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO  
857 AM CDT MON APR 27 2026  
 
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND  
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSOURI...  
 
CROOKED RIVER NEAR RICHMOND AFFECTING RAY COUNTY.  
 
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/.  
 
 
 
MOC177-281400-  
/O.EXT.KEAX.FL.W.0037.260427T1519Z-260430T0021Z/  
/RICM7.2.ER.260427T1519Z.260428T1200Z.260429T0021Z.NO/  
857 AM CDT MON APR 27 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING  
 
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...CROOKED RIVER NEAR RICHMOND.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, LOW-LYING RURAL ROADS ALONG WITH CROPLAND  
AND WOODLANDS FLOOD.  
AT 21.0 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO OVERTOP A GRAVEL ROAD ABOUT 1 MILE  
SOUTH OF THE F AND B HIGHWAY INTERSECTION.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:30 AM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.7 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
LATE THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 24.6 FEET TOMORROW MORNING.  
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
FLD OBS FORECASTS  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED  
1PM 1PM 1PM  
CROOKED RIVER  
RICHMOND 20.0 18.7 MON 8AM 21.9 23.8 10.5  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3935 9407 3938 9402 3932 9389 3928 9392  
 
 
 
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