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Flash Flood Watch 10, NWS Kansas City, MO

October 16, 200729 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood watch at Oct 16, 2007, 4:24 PM CDT for 29 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 17, 2007, 3:55 AM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 16, 2007, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 17, 2007, 3:55 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 17, 2007, 11:59 PM CDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: None

All 36 counties

Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Oct 16, 4:19 PM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 16, 4:19 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 16, 1:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 16, 11:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	8 hr
Oct 16, 11:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	52 hr
Oct 16, 11:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	57 hr
Oct 16, 11:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	70 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Missouri, 2007 Flash Flood Watches in Kansas, 2007 Every flash flood watch in 2007

Sources

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