Buchanan County
River Flood Warning from THU 7:00 PM CDT until TUE 1:00 PM CDT
Issued September, 30 2026 at 4:13 PM - US/Central expires October, 06 2026 at 1:00 PM - US/Central
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING TO TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Missouri River at St Joseph.
* WHEN...From Thursday evening to Tuesday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...At 17.0 feet, Lowland flooding upstream and downstream
from St. Joseph occurs. At 19.0 feet, Backwater from the Missouri
River floods property along the Nodaway river at Nodaway, Missouri.
At 21.0 feet, Riverfront Park in St. Joseph begins to flood. At
24.0 feet, A residential area in northwest St. Joseph begins to
flood.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 3:00 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 9.2 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
tomorrow evening to a crest of 22.3 feet early Saturday morning.
It will then fall below flood stage early Monday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 17.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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Fld Obs Forecasts
Location Stg Stg Day/Time Wed Thu Fri
7pm 7pm 7pm
Missouri River
St Joseph 17.0 9.2 Wed 3pm 10.5 17.0 22.2
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