Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Kansas City, MO

000 
WGUS73 KEAX 280152
FFSEAX
KSC091-209-280545-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
850 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004

...CRITICAL FLASH FLOOD EVENT UNFOLDING ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METRO 
AREA...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR JOHNSON AND 
WYANDOTTE COUNTIES...

OFFICIALS AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORT THAT INTERSTATE 35 HAS 
BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER...IN THE VICINITY OF LAMAR.  THE RAMP 
FROM I-35 TO SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD HAS ALSO BEEN SHUT DOWN DUE TO 
FLASH FLOODING.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION  MOTORISTS 
ARE ENCOURAGED TO AVOID ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IN THE METRO AREA 
THIS EVENING.  MANY LOCATIONS ARE FLOODING RAPIDLY...INCLUDING 
LOCATIONS EAST OF THE STATE LINE SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY. YOU WILL PUT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY IN SERIOUS DANGER IF 
YOU DO. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3907 9492 3879 9499 3878 9466 3916 9463
      3919 9485

$$

HUDSON

000 
WGUS73 KEAX 280312
FFSEAX
KSC091-209-280545-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1011 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004

...CRITICAL FLASH FLOOD EVENT CONTINUES ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METRO 
AREA...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR 
JOHNSON AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES...

LOCAL MEDIA CONTINUES TO REPORT THAT ALL SOUTHBOUND LANES ON 
INTERSTATE 35 NEAR LAMAR ARE STILL REPORTED CLOSED AT THIS HOUR...AS 
WELL AS K-32 NEAR I-435...42ND STREET NEAR KANSAS AVENUE AND 
SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS 
THE WESTERN METRO AREA.  THE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT REPORTED OVER TWO 
INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 
OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 7 PM ACROSS SOUTHERN 
WYANDOTTE COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF I-70.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION  MOTORISTS 
ARE ENCOURAGED TO AVOID ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IN THE METRO AREA 
THIS EVENING.  

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY. YOU WILL PUT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY IN SERIOUS DANGER IF 
YOU DO. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3907 9492 3879 9499 3878 9466 3916 9463
      3919 9485

$$

HUDSON

000 
WGUS73 KEAX 280418
FFSEAX
KSC091-209-280545-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1118 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR JOHNSON AND
WYANDOTTE COUNTIES...

BETWEEN 10 AND 11 PM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS 
AVERAGED AROUND AN INCH AND A HALF.  LESSER AMOUNTS WERE IN 
WYANDOTTE COUNTY...AVERAGING UNDER A QUARTER OF AN INCH. 

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY...STATE HIGHWAY 
K32 WAS CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY.  42ND STREET AND 
KANSAS AVENUE WERE CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD...AS WAS I-35 
NEAR TURKEY CREEK WAS ALSO CLOSED.  ALSO...I-635 WAS CLOSED NEAR 
I-70 DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY.

IN JOHNSON COUNTY...THE NORTHBOUND RAMP TO SOUTHWEST TRAFFICWAY WAS 
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER...HOWEVER THE HIGHWAY REMAINED OPEN.

THE RAINFALL IS DIMINISHING FOR THE TIME BEING.  THROUGH 12:30 
AM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN WYANDOTTE AND JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS WILL BE 
LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH.  THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE IN 
EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY...NEAR STANLEY AND OVERLAND PARK...WHERE 
AMOUNTS MAY BE NEAR HALF AN INCH THROUGH 12:30 AM.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 3913 9463 3876 9463 3877 9505 3897 9490
      3918 9486

$$

LVQ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
320 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004

.DISCUSSION...
GOING FORECAST LOOKS GOOD...WITH COLD FRONT POSITIONED FROM ROUGHLY
BETHANY TO MUSCOTAH KANSAS...AND INITIATION OCCURRING AT THE
ANTICIPATED TIME.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UPDATED TO INCLUDE MUCH
OF WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS THROUGH 9 PM.  GIVEN SHEAR
PROFILES...ANTICIPATE MOSTLY A MULTICELLULAR...HAIL/DAMAGING WIND
THREAT WITH THESE STORMS.  SLOW MOVING FRONT WILL LIKELY BRING A
CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RAIN TO NORTHCENTRAL MISSOURI...MOST NOTABLY
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35.  WITH A
CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN
EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MORNING HOURS.

FOLLOWING THE FRONT...CONDITIONS LOOK TO DRY OUT BY MID SATURDAY
INTO SUNDAY.  HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE HIGH PLAINS...ENDING
THE WEEK OF ACTIVE WEATHER.  NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL SHIFT MOST
ACTIVITY INTO AREAS OF NORTHERN IOWA AND MINNESOTA...WITH RIDGING
MOVING INTO PLACE BY MID WEEK.  THEREFORE...DRY FORECAST WILL REMAIN
IN TACT UNTIL FURTHER MODEL RUNS ADVERTISE OTHERWISE.  TEMPERATURES
REBOUND TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES BY THE END OF THE WEEK...WITH STRONG
WARM ADVECTION PRIOR TO NEXT STORM SYSTEM ON SATURDAY.

LEINS

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION
1017 AM CDT
UPDATES TO FORECAST FORTHCOMING TO INCLUDE NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER UNTIL 3 PM...AND TO
ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR MOST AREAS.  THUNDERSTORMS
ATTEMPTING TO DEVELOP ALONG RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM CENTRAL
INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.  MLCAPES THIS MORNING ALREADY AT OR
ABOVE 3000 J/KG ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING...AND SATELLITE
IMAGERY AND A LOOK OUT THE DOOR INDICATES DEVELOPING CU FIELD FROM
CONVECTION OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO NEAR
PLEASANT HILL.  STORMS THIS MORNING ARE DEVELOPING WELL AHEAD OF THE
MAIN SURFACE FRONT...WHICH IS STILL WELL NORTH OF KANSAS CITY
ROUGHLY FROM JUST SOUTH OF FALLS CITY TO NEAR BETHANY.  MUCH OF THIS
AREA REMAINS CAPPED TO SURFACE DEVELOPMENT AT THE MOMENT.

EXPECT TWO DISTINCT ROUNDS OF STORMS TODAY.  THE FIRST WILL AFFECT
MAINLY AREAS SOUTH OF I-70 THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE MORE
SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR FLOODING RAIN AND SEVERE STORMS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT...WHEN WE TAP INTO THE BOUNDARY LAYER.
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAIN QUITE HIGH...AND 12Z MODEL QPF
INDICATIVE OF A WIDESPREAD 1-2 INCH RAIN EVENT LATER TONIGHT.  HAVE
HOISTED A FLOOD WATCH WITH THIS CONCERN IN MIND FOR TONIGHT.

WILL ALSO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES...WHICH MAY
FLIRT WITH THE 100-105 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF THE
MISSOURI RIVER.

&&

.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT ALL COUNTIES.
MO...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A ST JOSEPH TO
BETHANY LINE.

WFO EAX

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1241 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-281100-

...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...LIKELY BETWEEN 2
AND 4 PM ALONG AND SOUTH OF A ST JOSEPH TO BETHANY LINE.  SOME OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
OF 60 TO 70 MPH.  WARMER TEMPERATURES ALOFT SHOULD MINIMIZE THE
THREAT FOR HAIL...ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL UP TO
PENNY OR QUARTER SIZE.

HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO A CONCERN TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE
MISSOURI RIVER. THE ATMOSPHERE IS PRIMED WITH COPIOUS MOISTURE.
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL LIKELY BE COMMON TONIGHT ALONG
AND SOUTH OF I-35...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.  PERSONS WITH
INTERESTS ALONG AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO
RAINFALL TRENDS LATER TONIGHT.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOOD THREATS...THE HEAT AND
HUMIDITY WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL
RANGE FROM 100 TO 105....MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A KANSAS
CITY TO MOBERLY LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION LIKELY WILL BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A
ST JOSEPH TO BETHANY LINE.

&&

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC AND CLIMATE
INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT (LOWER CASE)
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/EAX OR HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.

HUDSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
256 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004

KSZ060-MOZ040-044>046-053-054-280200-
BATES MO-COOPER MO-HENRY MO-HOWARD MO-JOHNSON MO-LINN KS-PETTIS MO-
256 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 793...IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN MISSOURI:

BATES...COOPER...HENRY...HOWARD...JOHNSON AND PETTIS.

IN KANSAS:

LINN.

SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE BOONVILLE...
BUTLER...CLINTON...SEDALIA AND WARRENSBURG.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LEINS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
445 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 PM     HAIL             UNIONVILLE              40.48N 93.00W
08/27/2004  0.88 INCH        PUTNAM             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0430 PM     TSTM WND GST     UNIONVILLE              40.48N 93.00W
08/27/2004  60 MPH           PUTNAM             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SF

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
620 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0445 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NE GRAYSVILLE         40.49N 92.70W
08/27/2004                   PUTNAM             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREES DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROAD FF

0530 PM     FLASH FLOOD      6 NNE LEMONS            40.47N 93.00W
08/27/2004                   PUTNAM             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED IN UNIONVILLE, STATE ROUTE UU AND
            HIGHWAY 136 FLOODED.

0530 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 ENE LEMONS            40.41N 93.00W
08/27/2004                   PUTNAM             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATER COVERING ROAD INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE HH AND 5.

0607 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NNW GALT              40.15N 93.40W
08/27/2004                   GRUNDY             MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            WATER COVERING ROAD NEAR 100TH STREET AND STATE ROUTE J

0607 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NNW GALT              40.15N 93.40W
08/27/2004                   GRUNDY             MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            WATER COVERING ROAD AT 100TH STREET AND STATE ROUTE J

&&

SF

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
624 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0621 PM     HAIL             LANSING                 39.25N 94.89W
08/27/2004  0.88 INCH        LEAVENWORTH        KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

SF

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
637 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0610 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 NW MILAN              40.28N 93.23W
08/27/2004                   SULLIVAN           MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE TREES BLOCKING ROAD

&&

SF

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
645 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0644 PM     HAIL             SHAWNEE                 39.02N 94.80W
08/27/2004  0.75 INCH        JOHNSON            KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            PENNY SIZE HAIL IN NORTHWESTERN SHAWNEE.

&&

HUDSON