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Missouri River at Kansas City Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Highest Observation: 9.92 ft at 8:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 9.91 ft at 8:30PM May 16, 2013Highest Observation: 9.92 ft at 8:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 9.9 ft at 9:00PM May 16, 2013Highest Observation: 9.92 ft at 9:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 9.91 ft at 9:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 9.9 ft at 9:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 9.9 ft at 10:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 9.9 ft at 10:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 9.9 ft at 10:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 9.89 ft at 10:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 9.9 ft at 11:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 9.88 ft at 11:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 9.88 ft at 11:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 9.88 ft at 11:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 9.87 ft at 12:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.88 ft at 12:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.88 ft at 12:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.87 ft at 12:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.86 ft at 1:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.86 ft at 1:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.86 ft at 1:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.86 ft at 1:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.86 ft at 2:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.87 ft at 2:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.86 ft at 2:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.84 ft at 2:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.85 ft at 3:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.85 ft at 3:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.85 ft at 3:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.84 ft at 3:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.84 ft at 4:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.84 ft at 4:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.84 ft at 4:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.84 ft at 4:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.82 ft at 5:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.84 ft at 5:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.83 ft at 5:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.83 ft at 5:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.8 ft at 6:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.8 ft at 6:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.81 ft at 6:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.82 ft at 6:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.81 ft at 7:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.79 ft at 7:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.8 ft at 7:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.8 ft at 7:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.8 ft at 8:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.79 ft at 8:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.8 ft at 8:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.79 ft at 8:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.77 ft at 9:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.8 ft at 9:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.78 ft at 9:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.78 ft at 9:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.78 ft at 10:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.59 ft at 10:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.78 ft at 10:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.76 ft at 10:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.77 ft at 11:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.77 ft at 11:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.77 ft at 11:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.76 ft at 11:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.76 ft at 12:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.76 ft at 12:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.76 ft at 12:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.75 ft at 12:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.74 ft at 1:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.75 ft at 1:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.73 ft at 1:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.74 ft at 1:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.75 ft at 2:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.74 ft at 2:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.74 ft at 2:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.74 ft at 2:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.73 ft at 3:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.75 ft at 3:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.74 ft at 3:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.74 ft at 3:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.74 ft at 4:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.72 ft at 4:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.73 ft at 4:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.74 ft at 4:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.72 ft at 5:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.74 ft at 5:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.73 ft at 5:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.73 ft at 5:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.74 ft at 6:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.73 ft at 6:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.73 ft at 6:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.73 ft at 6:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.72 ft at 7:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.73 ft at 7:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.72 ft at 7:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.72 ft at 7:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.71 ft at 8:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.74 ft at 8:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.72 ft at 8:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.73 ft at 8:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.71 ft at 9:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.72 ft at 9:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.72 ft at 9:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.72 ft at 9:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.71 ft at 10:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.73 ft at 10:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.73 ft at 10:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.72 ft at 10:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.71 ft at 11:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.72 ft at 11:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.7 ft at 11:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.72 ft at 11:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 9.71 ft at 12:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.71 ft at 12:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.71 ft at 12:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.71 ft at 12:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.71 ft at 1:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.71 ft at 1:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.72 ft at 1:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.7 ft at 1:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.71 ft at 2:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.7 ft at 2:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.71 ft at 2:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.72 ft at 2:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.7 ft at 3:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.72 ft at 3:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.7 ft at 3:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.7 ft at 3:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.7 ft at 4:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.61 ft at 4:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.7 ft at 4:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.69 ft at 4:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.69 ft at 5:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.69 ft at 5:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.7 ft at 5:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.69 ft at 5:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.7 ft at 6:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.7 ft at 6:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.69 ft at 6:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.69 ft at 6:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.67 ft at 7:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.69 ft at 7:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.7 ft at 7:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.68 ft at 7:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.69 ft at 8:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.7 ft at 8:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.68 ft at 8:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.68 ft at 8:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.68 ft at 9:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.66 ft at 9:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.68 ft at 9:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.67 ft at 9:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.66 ft at 10:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.66 ft at 10:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.63 ft at 10:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.65 ft at 10:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.64 ft at 11:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.65 ft at 11:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.64 ft at 11:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.64 ft at 11:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.62 ft at 12:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.64 ft at 12:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.63 ft at 12:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.62 ft at 12:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.63 ft at 1:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.63 ft at 1:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.61 ft at 1:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.61 ft at 1:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.61 ft at 2:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.61 ft at 2:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.61 ft at 2:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.61 ft at 2:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.6 ft at 3:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.59 ft at 3:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.59 ft at 3:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.59 ft at 3:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.58 ft at 4:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.57 ft at 4:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.56 ft at 4:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.57 ft at 4:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.58 ft at 5:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.57 ft at 5:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.56 ft at 5:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.56 ft at 5:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.56 ft at 6:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.57 ft at 6:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.55 ft at 6:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.55 ft at 6:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.54 ft at 7:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.54 ft at 7:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.56 ft at 7:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.54 ft at 7:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.54 ft at 8:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.54 ft at 8:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.54 ft at 8:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.53 ft at 8:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.53 ft at 9:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.52 ft at 9:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.52 ft at 9:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.52 ft at 9:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.52 ft at 10:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.52 ft at 10:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.51 ft at 10:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.5 ft at 10:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.49 ft at 11:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.5 ft at 11:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.49 ft at 11:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.5 ft at 11:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 9.5 ft at 12:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.49 ft at 12:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.5 ft at 12:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.48 ft at 12:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.49 ft at 1:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.48 ft at 1:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.47 ft at 1:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.48 ft at 1:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.47 ft at 2:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.47 ft at 2:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.47 ft at 2:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.46 ft at 2:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.46 ft at 3:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.46 ft at 3:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.46 ft at 3:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.46 ft at 3:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.49 ft at 4:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.46 ft at 4:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.49 ft at 4:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.49 ft at 4:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.49 ft at 5:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.49 ft at 5:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.48 ft at 5:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.49 ft at 5:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.49 ft at 6:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.35 ft at 6:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.48 ft at 6:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.5 ft at 6:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.49 ft at 7:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.51 ft at 7:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.5 ft at 7:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.5 ft at 7:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.5 ft at 8:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.49 ft at 8:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.52 ft at 8:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.53 ft at 8:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.51 ft at 9:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.53 ft at 9:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.54 ft at 9:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.51 ft at 9:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.52 ft at 10:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.5 ft at 10:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.5 ft at 10:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.5 ft at 10:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.5 ft at 11:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.42 ft at 11:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.47 ft at 11:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.48 ft at 11:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.47 ft at 12:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.47 ft at 12:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.47 ft at 12:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.48 ft at 12:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.47 ft at 1:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.45 ft at 1:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.45 ft at 1:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.45 ft at 1:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.45 ft at 2:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.44 ft at 2:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.45 ft at 2:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.45 ft at 2:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.45 ft at 3:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.45 ft at 3:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.43 ft at 3:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.44 ft at 3:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.45 ft at 4:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.44 ft at 4:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.43 ft at 4:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.43 ft at 4:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.42 ft at 5:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.41 ft at 5:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.41 ft at 5:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.41 ft at 5:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.41 ft at 6:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.41 ft at 6:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.42 ft at 6:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.41 ft at 6:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.39 ft at 7:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.4 ft at 7:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 9.41 ft at 7:30PM May 19, 2013Forecast: 9.4 ft 1:00AM May 20, 2013Forecast: 9.4 ft 7:00AM May 20, 2013Forecast: 9.5 ft 1:00PM May 20, 2013Forecast: 9.5 ft 7:00PM May 20, 2013Forecast: 9.5 ft 1:00AM May 21, 2013Forecast: 9.5 ft 7:00AM May 21, 2013Forecast: 9.4 ft 1:00PM May 21, 2013Forecast: 9.4 ft 7:00PM May 21, 2013Forecast: 9.3 ft 1:00AM May 22, 2013Forecast: 9.3 ft 7:00AM May 22, 2013Forecast: 9.3 ft 1:00PM May 22, 2013Forecast: 9.3 ft 7:00PM May 22, 2013Forecast: 9.3 ft 1:00AM May 23, 2013Forecast: 9.2 ft 7:00AM May 23, 2013Forecast: 9.2 ft 1:00PM May 23, 2013Forecast: 9.2 ft 7:00PM May 23, 2013Forecast: 9.3 ft 1:00AM May 24, 2013Forecast: 9.4 ft 7:00AM May 24, 2013Forecast: 9.5 ft 1:00PM May 24, 2013Forecast: 9.6 ft 7:00PM May 24, 2013Highest Forecast: 9.7 ft 1:00AM May 25, 2013Highest Forecast: 9.7 ft 7:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 9.6 ft 1:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 9.5 ft 7:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 9.4 ft 1:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 9.4 ft 7:00AM May 26, 2013USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesKCDM7(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (8:13PM May 19, 2013)ObservedForecast (issued 9:43AM May 19)Latest observed value: 9.41 ft at 7:30 PM CDT 19-May-2013. Flood Stage is 32 ft
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:49
Moderate Flood Stage:35
Flood Stage:32
Action Stage:29

Historical Crests
(1) 48.87 ft on 07/27/1993
(2) 48.00 ft on 06/15/1844
(3) 46.20 ft on 07/14/1951
(4) 45.00 ft on 06/01/1903
(5) 40.60 ft on 04/24/1952
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Low Water Records
(1) 3.17 ft on 01/19/2007
(2) 3.65 ft on 12/09/2005
(3) 3.81 ft on 01/11/2004
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49.6 Major levees in the Kansas City Missouri area begin to overtop.
48.5 The levee in the Birmingham Unit begins to be overtopped.
43.7 Gaps in the levees and floodwalls of the East Bottoms area must be closed.
40 Gaps in the levees and floodwalls at North Kansas City must be closed.
39 Gaps in levees and floodwalls in the Central Industrial District must be closed.
35 Farm levees are overtopped. Flooding of cropland, homesteads, and secondary roads behind the levees occurs.
32 Minor flooding outside of levees occurs.
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Latitude: 39.111667° N, Longitude: 94.588056° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 32 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 706.4 ft 738.4 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  

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