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WGUS83 KEAX 230119
FLSEAX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
819 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MISSOURI...
BLACKWATER RIVER NEAR BLUE LICK AFFECTING COOPER AND SALINE
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
THIS PRODUCT ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND STREAM INFORMATION IS
AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KC/.
MOC053-195-240130-
/O.CON.KEAX.FL.W.0077.000000T0000Z-260524T0750Z/
/BLVM7.1.ER.260519T1552Z.260520T1330Z.260523T0750Z.NO/
819 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BLACKWATER RIVER NEAR BLUE LICK.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 24.0 FEET, CROPLAND AND PASTURES ALONG THE RIVER
FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:45 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 25.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 7.9 FEET WEDNESDAY
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBS FORECASTS
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
1AM 1AM 1AM
BLACKWATER RIVER
BLUE LICK 24.0 25.5 FRI 7PM 24.8 14.5 9.4
LAT...LON 3894 9342 3899 9348 3903 9297 3894 9295
3893 9323
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