808  
WGUS83 KEAX 271409  
FLSEAX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO  
909 AM CDT MON APR 27 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
MISSOURI...  
 
LITTLE PLATTE RIVER AT SMITHVILLE AFFECTING CLAY AND PLATTE  
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/.  
 

 
 
MOC047-165-280730-  
/O.EXT.KEAX.FL.W.0056.000000T0000Z-260428T0718Z/  
/SMHM7.1.ER.260427T1311Z.260427T1800Z.260427T1918Z.NO/  
909 AM CDT MON APR 27 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...LITTLE PLATTE RIVER AT SMITHVILLE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 30.5 FEET, BRIDGE STREET, MAIN STREET, STATE ROUTE  
DD, AND STATE ROUTE F BEGIN TO FLOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:30 AM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 27.8 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 29.0  
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS  
AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 27.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
FLD OBS FORECASTS  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED  
1PM 1PM 1PM  
LITTLE PLATTE RIVER  
SMITHVILLE 27.0 27.8 MON 8AM 29.0 13.5 13.2  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3938 9457 3939 9466 3940 9467 3941 9464  
3941 9457  
 

 
 
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