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River Flood Warning 175, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Jun 15, 2008, 11:17 PM CDT for Johnson County, Pettis County, Missouri. It took effect at Jun 16, 2008, 5:08 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2008, 11:17 PM CDT (04:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 16, 2008, 5:08 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2008, 4:23 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Johnson County, MO, Pettis County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Blackwater River near Valley City (VLYM7). The gauge peaked at 22.67 ft at Jun 16, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 17 ft
- Minor stage
- 22 ft
- Moderate stage
- 25 ft
- Major stage
- 31 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06907700, 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 15, 6:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 6:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 633 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008 ...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION... .DISCUSSION... FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...ONGOING LINE OF STORMS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH AND EAST...EXITING THE FORECAST THIS EVENING. SURFACE OBS SHOW A MESO-HIGH DEVELOPING IN THE WAKE OF THE STORMS ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI. WITH THE H8 SOUTHWEST JET FEEDING MOISTURE ACROSS THE HIGH SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE REDEVELOPING ACROSS THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE HIGH...IN EASTERN KANSAS...AND MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...AS THE EVENING HOURS WARE ON THE H8 JET WILL FOCUS ITSELF...AND ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI. OTHERWISE...OVERNIGHT THE WEAK FRONT ACROSS IOWA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...BEST DEFINED BY A COMBINATION OF WIND AND DEW POINTS...WILL SWEEP SOUTH THROUGH NORTHERN MISSOURI. THE COOL DRY AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL KEEP SURFACE WINDS FROM A GENERALLY NORTHERNLY DIRECTION THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...HELPING KEEP TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BELOW SEASONALLY NORMAL VALUES. GENERAL FLOW ACROSS THE PLAINS WILL BE AN ESTABLISHED NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH THE WORK WEEK AND INTO NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP THE FOCUS OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EARLY IN THE WORK WEEK TO OUR SOUTHWEST WITH THE HELP OF A PERSISTENT WEAK SURFACE HIGH. THIS WILL GIVE EASTERN KANSAS AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI A FEW RAIN FREE DAYS. NEXT CHANCE FOR ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. MID RANGE SOLUTION FROM THE GFS AND ECMWF BOTH KEY ON A SHORTWAVE PROGGED TO CREST THE WEST CONUS RIDGE DURING THE DAY THURSDAY...MOVING THROUGH THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THAT NIGHT. OF COURSE THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY COULD SPEED UP OR SLOW DOWN BY 12 HOURS AS TYPICAL TIMING ISSUE WILL ABOUND WITH ANY FORECAST SHORTWAVES IN THIS PATTERN. LEFT THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST DRY FOR FRIDAY ON THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. WHAT SHORTWAVES ARE FORECAST ARE VERY SMALL AND TRANSIENT...AND WITH THE RIDGE EXPANDING EAST...CONFIDENCE IN THE MODEL SOLUTIONS AT THIS TEMPORAL RANGE IS MINIMAL. OTHERWISE... TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEKEND SHOULD RANGE ABOVE NORMAL. CUTTER && .AVIATION... FOR THE 00Z TAFS...BROKEN MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM AND SPREAD ACROSS THE TERMINALS THIS EVENING WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PASSING NEARBY THROUGH ABOUT 03Z AT STJ AND 04-05Z AT MCI/MKC. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT SOME MVFR FOG FORMS AT STJ SHORTLY BEFORE SUNRISE. MJ && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 1:07 PM CDT, 10 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 107 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-161100- 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- 107 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 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 A VERY MOIST AIRMASS...THAT WAS SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...HAS HELPED FUEL A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAS PUSHED SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THUS FAR TODAY. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THERE WILL BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WITH THE STORMS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE...BUT MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL STAY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. INTERMITTENT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE BEHIND THE INITIAL LINE OF STORMS...BUT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WITH OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS...ALL BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...ARE ALL THAT ARE EXPECTED. PERSONS WITH OUTDOOR PLANS ON FATHERS DAY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER MAY BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. CUTTER
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 15, 10:18 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1018 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1010 PM HAIL 4 ENE RICHMOND 39.30N 93.90W
06/15/2008 E1.75 INCH RAY MO TRAINED SPOTTER
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Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Daviess, Livingston | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Livingston, Ray | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette, Ray | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Saline | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 2:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Henry | 10 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper | 21 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Holt | 7 min |
| Jun 16, 12:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Holt | 72 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 21 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Saline | 20 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2008Every 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.