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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 7, 200812 counties in Missouri; Linn County, Miami County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood watch at Apr 7, 2008, 3:55 PM CDT for 12 counties in Missouri; Linn County, Miami County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 8, 2008, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2008, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 8, 2008, 6:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 8, 2008, 11:21 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity
None

Counties Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Bates County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Henry County, MO, Howard County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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 Apr 7, 12:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 12:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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Nearby

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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.