761  
WGUS83 KEAX 231320 RRA  
FLSEAX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO  
820 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
MISSOURI...  
 
PLATTE RIVER AT SHARPS STATION AFFECTING PLATTE COUNTY.  
 
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/.  
 

 
 
MOC165-241330-  
/O.EXT.KEAX.FL.W.0086.000000T0000Z-260524T1454Z/  
/SSTM7.1.ER.260520T0222Z.260523T0130Z.260523T1454Z.NO/  
820 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...PLATTE RIVER AT SHARPS STATION.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 26.0 FEET, LOW-LYING RURAL LAND ALONG THE RIVER BEGINS  
TO FLOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:30 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 26.7 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 4.1 FEET THURSDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 26.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
FLD OBS FORECASTS  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON  
1PM 1PM 1PM  
PLATTE RIVER  
SHARPS STATION 26.0 26.7 SAT 7AM 25.1 12.6 7.6  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3941 9474 3941 9464 3935 9476 3939 9479  
 

 
 
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