559  
WGUS43 KEAX 281319  
FLWEAX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO  
819 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2026  
 
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE  
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSOURI...  
 
BLACKWATER RIVER NEAR BLUE LICK AFFECTING SALINE AND COOPER  
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/.  
 

 
 
MOC053-195-291330-  
/O.CON.KEAX.FL.W.0043.000000T0000Z-260503T1617Z/  
/BLVM7.2.ER.260427T1739Z.260501T0000Z.260502T1636Z.NO/  
819 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE SUNDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS  
FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...BLACKWATER RIVER NEAR BLUE LICK.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE SUNDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 24.0 FEET, CROPLAND AND PASTURES ALONG THE RIVER  
FLOOD.  
AT 29.0 FEET, LIVESTOCK IN PASTURES ALONG THE RIVER MAY BE  
ENDANGERED. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ALSO OCCURS TO CROPLAND AND PASTURE.  
AT 31.0 FEET, THE MISSOURI-PACIFIC RAILROAD TRACKS ARE OVERTOPPED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:45 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 27.4 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 29.8  
FEET THURSDAY EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
LATE SATURDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
FLD OBS FORECASTS  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME TUE WED THU  
1PM 1PM 1PM  
BLACKWATER RIVER  
BLUE LICK 24.0 27.4 TUE 7AM 27.5 28.2 29.7  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3894 9342 3899 9348 3903 9297 3894 9295  
3893 9323  
 

 
 
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