Alert archive / Missouri / Areal Flood Warnings in 2008
Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this areal flood warning at May 22, 2008, 6:49 AM CDT for Bates County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2008, 6:49 AM CDT (11:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Bates County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:53 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 areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at May 22, 4:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 4:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 5:59 AM CDT, 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 559 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-231100- ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER- PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 559 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THIS MORNING...WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ANCHORED FROM LAWRENCE TO BUTLER EARLY THIS MORNING WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTHEAST THIS MORNING...BEFORE GRADUALLY WEAKENING. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL OVERSPREAD AN AXIS FROM ST. JOSEPH TO KANSAS CITY TO CLINTON. MOST AREAS WILL RECEIVE AROUND ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES LIKELY IN AREAS WHERE REPEATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OCCURS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. THIS AFTERNOON...THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR ONGOING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL STILL BE NORTHERN MISSOURI...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. TONIGHT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY RETURN TO THE AREA AS A WARM FRONT REMAINS SOUTH OF THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FRIDAY...THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS IS POSSIBLE IN EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY THESE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING HOURS...BUT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ENHANCE THE LOCAL FLOODING POTENTIAL. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...AS DEEP GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE MOVES NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION. ALTHOUGH WIND FIELDS ALOFT WILL BE RATHER WEAK AND LIKELY PRECLUDE ANY WIDESPREAD ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER...MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY PRESENT DURING PEAK HEATING HOURS ACROSS THE AREA COULD LEAD TO ANY OF THESE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING BRIEFLY SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. MORE ORGANIZED AND EXTENSIVE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY...AS A COLD FRONT SAGS SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA. AT THIS TIME...ATMOSPHERIC WIND FIELDS WOULD SUGGEST CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES WOULD BE THE MOST LIKELY MODE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY TIME FRAME...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AGAIN THE PRIMARY THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY...ALTHOUGH REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS REQUESTED. ON FRIDAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED...WITH THE MOST LIKELY AREA IN EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. MJS/RC
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 22, 4:49 AM CDT, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 449 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 KSZ057-060-MOZ053-221030- BATES-LINN-MIAMI- 449 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHEASTERN LINN...SOUTHEASTERN MIAMI AND WESTERN BATES COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM CDT... AT 446 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FONTANA TO BUTLER... MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS INCLUDES THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR FROM ARCHIE TO RICH HILL. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...PERSONS ARE URGED TO REMAIN INDOORS GIVEN THE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING OCCURRING. LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY ALSO DEVELOP WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. THE TOWNS OF ADRIAN...AMSTERDAM...MERWIN...NEW LANCASTER AND PASSAIC ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. BOOKBINDER
Special weather statement, May 22, 6:14 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 614 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 MOZ054-221145- HENRY- 614 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY UNTIL 645 AM CDT... AT 609 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONTROSE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...AS WELL AS FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CLINTON AND DEEPWATER BY 645 AM CDT. THE TOWN OF LA DUE IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. BOOKBINDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 5:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Bates | 6 hr |
| May 22, 8:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Henry | 3 hr |
| May 22, 8:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Livingston | 51 hr |
| May 22, 12:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Bates | 20 hr |
| May 22, 7:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Leavenworth | 6 hr |
| May 22, 8:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison | 6 hr |
| May 22, 10:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 23 hr |
| May 22, 12:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison | 8 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2008Every areal flood warning in 2008
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.