NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MOFL.W 0107May 31, 2026
Flood Warning: Cooper and Saline, MO
The National Weather Service office in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill issued a flood warning for Cooper and Saline in Missouri, which was in force until 8:00 p.m. local time on June 1. It was the 107th river flood warning the NWS office in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill issued in 2026. Missouri had 61 flood warnings in May 2026, against 101 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Missouri's flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 32.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
- Area
- Cooper and Saline
- State
- Missouri
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 11:54 a.m. CDT, May 31, 2026
- Expires
- 8:00 p.m. CDT, June 1, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- KEAX FL.W 0107
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flood Warnings in Missouri since 2008Every warning type in Missouri
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The notice as issued
...The National Weather Service in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Missouri... Blackwater River near Blue Lick affecting Saline and Cooper Counties. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Blackwater River near Blue Lick. * WHEN...From this morning to Monday evening. * IMPACTS...At 24.0 feet, Cropland and pastures along the river flood. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 11:45 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 23.2 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage soon reaching 24.9 feet this evening. It will fall below flood stage this evening to 21.3 feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will then rise to 22.5 feet Tuesday morning. It will fall again and remain below flood stage. - Flood stage is 24.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
What the agency told people to do
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/.
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