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River Flood Warning 121, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 3, 2008Miami County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Jun 3, 2008, 10:52 AM CDT for Miami County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 4, 2008, 4:51 AM CDT. It was in force for 72 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2008, 10:52 AM CDT (15:52 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 4, 2008, 4:51 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 4, 2008, 6:03 AM CDT
In force: 72 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: Minor

County Miami County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:06 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 river

Written for the forecast point Marais Des Cygnes River at Osawatomie (OSMK1).

Action stage: 23 ft
Minor stage: 28 ft
Moderate stage: 45 ft
Major stage: 48 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Jun 3, 10:17 AM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 10:17 AM CDT, 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 5:55 AM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
555 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-041100-
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-
555 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 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

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ROLL ACROSS FAR NORTHERN MISSOURI
THIS MORNING...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 136. DAMAGING
WIND AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THIS ACTIVITY. A
SURFACE BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STRETCH ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS BOUNDARY MAY BE THE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOWEVER A
STRONG CAP OVERSPREADING THE REGION TODAY...MAY BE TOO STRONG FOR
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. IF ANY STORMS DO DEVELOP...DAMAGING WIND
AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. HEAVY RAIN IS
ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH AND WEST
OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE
ACTIVITY MOVING INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NECESSARY THIS MORNING ACROSS FAR NORTHERN
MISSOURI...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM MOUNDY CITY MISSOURI TO
KIRKSVILLE. ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE NECESSARY OVER PORTIONS OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

NRR

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:46 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
546 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

MOZ001-031115-
ATCHISON-
546 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHERN ATCHISON COUNTY UNTIL 615
AM CDT...

AT 542 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF TALMAGE...OR 33 MILES WEST
OF TARKIO...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. CURRENT STORM MOVEMENT
WILL CARRY THIS STORM JUST NORTH OF THE MISSOURI IOWA BORDER THROUGH
THE NEXT 45 MINUTES.

PEOPLE IN ATCHISON COUNTY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. ANY SOUTHWARD DEVIATION IN STORM TRACK MAY PUSH THE
STRONGEST PART OF THIS STORM INTO EXTREME NORTHERN ATCHISON COUNTY.
LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN AREAS ALONG THE
IOWA BORDER WITH THIS STORM.

DUX

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:10 AM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
610 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

MOZ001-002-031200-
ATCHISON-NODAWAY-
610 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHERN ATCHISON AND NORTHWESTERN
NODAWAY COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM CDT...

AT 606 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RIVERTON...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TARKIO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM HAS CONTINUED TO REMAIN
JUST NORTH OF THE MISSOURI IOWA BORDER.  HOWEVER...ANY SLIGHT
DEVIATION SOUTHWARD COULD BRING THE STRONGEST PORTIONS OF THIS STORM
INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ATCHISON AND NODAWAY COUNTIES.  IN
ADDITION...THOSE DRIVING NORTHWARD ON INTERSTATE 29 CAN EXPECT VERY
HEAVY RAIN AS THEY ENTER FROM MISSOURI INTO NEBRASKA.

PEOPLE IN ATCHISON AND NODAWAY COUNTIES...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. ANY SLIGHT DEVIATION SOUTHWARD MAY RESULT IN THE
ISSUANCE OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING.  LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE ON THE SOUTHERN
EDGE OF THIS LARGE SEVERE STORM.

DUX

Local storm report, Jun 3, 6:22 AM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
622 AM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008

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

1230 PM     HAIL             ENE MOUND CITY          38.14N 94.82W
06/02/2008  E1.75 INCH       LINN               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CUTTER

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:07 AM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
707 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

MOZ003-005-006-031245-
HARRISON-MERCER-WORTH-
707 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHERN HARRISON...NORTHERN WORTH
AND NORTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTIES UNTIL 745 AM CDT...

AT 704 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF BEDFORD...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MARYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. A LARGE AREA OF STORMS
CONTINUES TO PUSH EASTWARD IN AREAS JUST NORTH OF THE MISSOURI IOWA
BORDER.  THOSE TRAVELING NORTHWARD INTO THE IOWA COUNTIES OF
TAYLOR...RINGGOLD AND DECATUR COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THOSE TRAVELING
NORTHWARD ON INTERSTATE 35 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE MILE AT TIMES.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES NORTH OF GRANT CITY BY 715 AM CDT.
  9 MILES NORTH OF EAGLEVILLE BY 740 AM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF SHERIDAN AND HATFIELD ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN AREAS NEAR THE
IOWA BORDER.

DUX

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 8:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
832 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

MOZ017-031400-
ADAIR-
832 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR EASTERN ADAIR COUNTY UNTIL 900 AM
CDT...

AT 827 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NOVINGER...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
KIRKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BRASHEAR BY 840 AM CDT.

SMALL HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.

CUTTER

Local storm report, Jun 3, 9:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
913 AM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008

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

0720 AM     FLASH FLOOD      7 NE UNIONVILLE         40.55N 92.91W
06/03/2008                   PUTNAM             MO   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            CLOSED HIGHWAY 129 IN MENDOTA.

0845 AM     FLASH FLOOD      LANCASTER               40.52N 92.53W
06/03/2008                   SCHUYLER           MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS FLOODED.

&&

CUTTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 1:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Bates, Cass, Jackson	5 hr
Jun 3, 7:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	4 days
Jun 3, 8:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Putnam, Schuyler	3 hr
Jun 3, 8:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Putnam, Schuyler	6 hr
Jun 3, 2:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Putnam	23 hr
Jun 3, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	46 min
Jun 3, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Livingston	47 min
Jun 3, 6:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Cass, Jackson	5 hr
Jun 3, 6:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Livingston	23 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2008 Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.