Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Kansas City, MO

Issued

Jul 4, 1998, 5:59 AM CDT (10:59 UTC)

Expired

Jul 4, 1998, 10:00 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Kansas City, MO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Gentry County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Worth County, MO

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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MOC075-081-227-041500-

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY-PLEASANT HILL MO
559 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM CDT SATURDAY 
MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN MISSOURI
     WORTH...HARRISON AND NORTHERN GENTRY

AT 558 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 
RAIN...NEAR AN INCH AN HOUR...MOVING BACK ACROSS WORTH COUNTY. THESE 
STORMS...MOVING SOUTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH...WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN BACK 
TO HARRISON AND NORTHERN GENTRY COUNTIES THROUGH 9 AM.
 
THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH AT LEAST9AM...WITH AN 
ADDITIONAL 1 1/2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED FROM GRANT CITY AND 
BLYTHESDALE SOUTHWARD TO ALBANY AND BETHANY.

PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 35 FROM MILE MARKER 88 THROUGH 
106...AND ALONG ALL OF HIGHWAY 136 THROUGH NEW HAMPTON...BETHANY AND 
MOUNT MORIAH SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WATER ON ROADWAYS. SEVERAL 
SECONDARY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL LIKELY BE 
FLOODED...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN WORTH AND WEST CENTRAL HARRISON 
COUNTY.

SHARP RISES WILL BE ALSO BE LIKELY ALONG THE FOLLOWING WATERWAYS...

MARLOWE CREEK...BIG MUDDY CREEK...PANTHER CREEK...WHITE OAK 
CREEK...POLECAT AND SHANE CREEKS

THE RAIN WILL LIKELY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE BY 900 AM.

AVOID ROADS COVERED BY WATER AND SEEK ALTERNATE ROUTES. IF WATER IS APPROACHING
YOUR HOME...SEEK HIGHER GROUND.


SMITH

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 4, 3:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
345 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 1998

FCST CONCERNS CENTER AROUND HEAVY RAIN THREAT. KEAX 88D RETURNS SHOW
EXORBITANT AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL OVER NE CWA...WHERE NMRS WARNINGS
HAVE BEEN NEEDED. CONVECTION FIRING IN A NARROW BAND ALONG 8H THETAE
GRADIENT...AND MDLS LV THAT GRADIENT FAIRLY MUCH IN PLACE...ALLOWING
FOR SIGNIFICANT TRAINING THROUGH MID-MORNING OR SO BEFORE FINALLY
TAPERING OFF. WL CONT FFA THROUGH NOON TDY...ADDING TWO COUNTIES IN
FAR SE THAT WILL SEE SIG RAINFALL AS CNVCTN SAGS SOUTH.

QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY IN REST OF FCST. ETA SEEMS TO BE HANDLING
VARIOUS FTRS THE BEST. GNL PICTURE IS FOR NEXT S/WV TO SWEEP INTO
NRN PLAINS...WITH TAIL ARCING BACK SE TO ENHANCE LIFT IN OUR NECK OF
THE WOODS. STEERING WINDS NEARLY NON-EXISTANT...AND BEST INFLOW
FOCUSED WELL AWAY FROM OUR NECK OF THE WOODS...SO WHERE OR EVEN IF
+RA BAND SETS UP STILL IN DOUBT. BEST SOLN SEEMS TO BE ALONG AN AXIS
FM MARYVILLE TO SEDALIA...BUT THIS IS BY NO MEANS SET IN STONE. DAY
SHIFT WILL HAVE TO MONITOR CAREFULLY FOR PSBL FFA REISSUANCE THIS PM.

WL STICK CLOSE TO MOS TEMPS AS ANY DECENT BREAKS IN CLDS WL HAVE A
BIG IMPACT ON HIGHS TDY/SUN.

.EAX...
.MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH NOON FOR NRN MO...GENLY N OF A STJ
TO FAYETTE LN.
.KS...NONE.

JHV

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.