Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Watches in 2008
Flash Flood Watch 15, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood watch at Jul 29, 2008, 3:42 PM CDT for 29 counties in Missouri; 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jul 29, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 2008, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 29, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Flood severity
- None
All 34 counties
Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Bates County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 310 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1304 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -276 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1427 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 29, 12:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 12:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 12:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1255 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-301800- 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- 1255 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008 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 INCREASING TROPICAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARTIAL REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION DOLLY WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTEN THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINS OVER A LARGE PART OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. AT THE MOMENT...THE BEST THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINS LOOKS TO EXIST MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A ST JOSEPH TO UNIONVILLE LINE WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER OTHER THAN HEAVY RAINS WILL REMAIN LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. THIS AREA WILL SHIFT EAST AND INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AGAIN...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO THE AREA BY THE LATTER PORTIONS OF THE WORK WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. HEAT INDICIES MAY APPROACH OR EXCEED 100 TO 105 DEGREES DURING THIS TIME FRAME AND INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AS THIS TIME FRAME APPROACHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...PLEASE RELAY ANY RAINFALL TOTALS AS WELL AS LOCATIONS OF FLOODING. DEROCHE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 227 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008 MOZ017-025-292000- ADAIR-MACON- 227 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHEASTERN MACON AND SOUTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT... AT 222 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF BRASHEAR TO 9 MILES EAST OF LA PLATA TO 9 MILES EAST OF ATLANTA... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN MACON AND SOUTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTIES AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES. DUX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Chariton, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Livingston and 6 more | 25 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Missouri, 2008Flash Flood Watches in Kansas, 2008Every flash flood watch 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.