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Part of: Boone County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flood Warning issued August 6 at 1:13PM CDT until August 6 at 7:15PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Cooper, MO; Howard, MO; Saline, MO, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 580,178 acres
- Began
- To end
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NOAA / National Weather Service (Cooper, MO; Howard, MO; Saline, MO), colored by hazard type. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.
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Cooper, MO; Howard, MO; Saline, MO · ≈ 910 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Storm report NWS LSX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 5 E Mcbaine, MO
Water rescue at Old Plank Road and Glasgow Drive.
- Storm report NWS EAX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 W Franklin, MO
Missouri Route Z closed due to flooding.
- Storm report NWS LSX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 4 NE Mcbaine, MO
Scotts Branch has flowed outside of its banks, and flood waters are inundating residences in the immediate vicinity.
- Storm report NWS LSX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 5 ESE Columbia, MO
E Highway WW at Old Hawthorne Dr closed due to flood waters.
Show 6 earlier updates
- NWS LSX storm report Storm report
- Kansas City Star News
Update: Flood watch for the Kansas City area likely to expire at 10 a.m.
- NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO Bulletin
- newschannel9.com News
Flooding disrupts water service in Copperhill as volunteers hand out bottled water
- WXII News
Real-time weather updates in North Carolina and Virginia | Severe storms may bring flash flooding
- FOX19 | Cincinnati News
Mount Lookout residents demand flood action at community meeting
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.