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WGUS83 KEAX 271759
FLSEAX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1259 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MISSOURI...
BIG CREEK AT BLAIRSTOWN AFFECTING JOHNSON, CASS AND HENRY
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/.
MOC037-083-101-281800-
/O.EXT.KEAX.FL.W.0045.000000T0000Z-260501T0000Z/
/BLRM7.2.ER.260427T0332Z.260428T0000Z.260430T0000Z.UU/
1259 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...BIG CREEK AT BLAIRSTOWN.
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY 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 12:00 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 25.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 25.5
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
WEDNESDAY 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
BIG CREEK
BLAIRSTOWN 20.0 25.1 MON 12PM 25.2 23.9 20.6
LAT...LON 3873 9422 3875 9416 3857 9394 3840 9384
3840 9391
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