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River Flood Warning 241, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 28, 2008Howard County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Jul 28, 2008, 6:03 AM CDT for Howard County, Missouri. It took effect at Jul 28, 2008, 9:26 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 28, 2008, 6:03 AM CDT (11:03 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 28, 2008, 9:26 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 29, 2008, 4:05 AM CDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: Minor

County Howard County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:04 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 Moniteau Creek near Fayette (FYTM7). The gauge peaked at 19.28 ft at Jul 28, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06909500, 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 Jul 28, 4:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 4:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
410 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008

.DISCUSSION...

STILL MORE ACTIVE WEATHER ON TAP FOR THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. PESKY NORTHWEST FLOW PERSISTS ACROSS
THE REGION THIS MORNING. SURFACE AND ELEVATED BOUNDARIES HAVE BEEN
THE FOCUS FOR OVERNIGHT CONVECTION AS SOUTHWEST LLJ KEEPS PUMPING
MOISTURE ACROSS THEM. RADAR TENDS INDICATE THAT THE LINE OF STORMS
WHICH HAD STARTED TO SINK TO THE SOUTHWEST HAS BECOME A BIT OUTFLOW
DOMINATED AS THE LINE IS REORIENTING BACK TO A MORE NORTH-SOUTH
DIRECTION. STILL...WITH CONCERNS ABOUT THE MODEST CAP THAT IS OUT
THERE ERODING FROM THE PERSISTENT CONVECTION...AND VEERING WINDS
ALOFT...AM GOING TO KEEP SOME SCATTERED POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE
MORNING HOURS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST THIRD OF THE CWA. EXPECTATION IS
THAT THE WESTERLY LLJ WILL PUSH THE REMNANTS OF THE CONVECTION EAST
OF OUR AREA BY MID-MORNING.

AS FOR OUR FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AREAS FROM
UNIONVILLE SOUTH THROUGH KIRKSVILLE AND MACON HAVE ALREADY PICKED UP
FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE ALREADY
EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS...SO WILL KEEP THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH GOING
THROUGH 10 AM.

ADDITIONALLY...WILL BE LEAVING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 765
UNCHANGED AS CONVECTION IS STILL ONGOING THROUGH THE AREA.

TURNING FROM THE CONVECTION TO TEMPERATURES...OUTFLOW FROM THE
OVERNIGHT CONVECTION IS GOING TO MAKE EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES
COOLER THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. HOWEVER...WITH THE H8 WINDS FORECAST
TO BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST...EXPECT TEMPS ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE TO
RECOVER RATHER QUICKLY ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS.
AREAS FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTH MIGHT NOT RECOVER AS FAST...SO
HAVE INCREASED THE TEMPERATURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION FOR TODAY.
AS A RESULT...HAVE LEFT THE GOING HEAT ADVISORY UNCHANGED.

FOR THE AFTERNOON...THERE WILL BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR STORMS TO
REDEVELOP ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...BUT THERE IS
STILL THE QUESTION AS TO WHERE. VEERING H8 JET WILL TRANSPORT MORE
MOISTURE ACROSS THE BAROCLINIC ZONE...BUT WHERE THAT BAROCLINIC ZONE
WILL BE IS A BIT NEBULAS...AT BEST. WILL GO WITH SOME SLIGHT CHANCE
POPS FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR NOW.

ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS WHATS LEFT OF
HURRICANE DOLLY WORKS ITS WAY EAST THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS. NAM
AND GFS BOTH ARE HITTING ON THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OF TUESDAY TO BE
WHEN THE CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CIRCULATION PICKS UP. GIVEN
THE NOCTURNAL JET RESPONSE...AND THE AVAILABLE MOISTURE...I DO NOT
SEE ANY REASON TO DISAGREE. SO...WHILE THERE ARE CHANCE POPS IN
DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...HAVE UPPED THE POPS TO LIKELY FOR THE NIGHT
TIME HOURS...THEN ALLOW CHANCE POPS TO EXIT TO THE EAST WEDNESDAY.

MADE ONLY MINOR CHANCES TO THE REST OF THE FORECAST.

CUTTER

&&

.AVIATION...

FOR THE 06Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS AND A SOUTH TO SOUTH SOUTHWEST
WIND IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ONLY HICCUP MIGHT BE THE
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH AND EAST...WHICH MIGHT SAG INTO
NORTHWEST MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING. THOUGHTS ARE THAT BOTH THE
STORMS AND CLOUDS WILL STAY TO THE NORTHEAST OF ALL THE TERMINALS.
HOWEVER...WILL BE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THIS JUST IN CASE.

CUTTER

&&

.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON MONDAY TO 7 PM MONDAY FOR MOZ001-MOZ011-
     MOZ012-MOZ020-MOZ021-MOZ028-MOZ029-MOZ030-MOZ037-MOZ038-
     MOZ043-MOZ044-MOZ053-MOZ054.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 9 PM SUNDAY TO 10 AM MONDAY FOR MOZ006-
     MOZ007-MOZ008-MOZ015-MOZ016-MOZ017-MOZ024-MOZ025.

KS...HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON MONDAY TO 7 PM MONDAY FOR KSZ025-KSZ057-
     KSZ060-KSZ102-KSZ103-KSZ104-KSZ105.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 5:59 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:11 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
111 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008

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

0715 PM     HAIL             LEMONS                  40.40N 93.05W
07/27/2008  E4.00 INCH       PUTNAM             MO   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            REPORTED BY CONSERVATION AGENT

0720 PM     HAIL             POLLOCK                 40.36N 93.08W
07/27/2008  E4.50 INCH       SULLIVAN           MO   PUBLIC

            CAR AND HOME WINDOWS SHATTERED. LASTED ABOUT 5 MIN.
            LARGEST SPIKE COMING OUT OF IT MADE IT 5 INCHES.

0724 PM     HAIL             POLLOCK                 40.36N 93.08W
07/27/2008  M3.50 INCH       SULLIVAN           MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE HAIL WAS REPORTED TO HAVE DAMAGED VEHICLES IN
            POLLOCK.

0744 PM     HAIL             4 W GREEN CITY          40.27N 93.03W
07/27/2008  E2.75 INCH       SULLIVAN           MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            ON HWY 6

0748 PM     TSTM WND GST     GREEN CASTLE            40.26N 92.88W
07/27/2008  E65.00 MPH       SULLIVAN           MO   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT OF 65 TO 75 MPH WINDS. NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS
            DOWN.

0829 PM     HAIL             4 NW ATLANTA            39.94N 92.53W
07/27/2008  E1.00 INCH       MACON              MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0829 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 NW ATLANTA            39.94N 92.53W
07/27/2008  E70.00 MPH       MACON              MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0855 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     EXCELLO                 39.63N 92.48W
07/27/2008                   MACON              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR EXCELLO ON HIGHWAY 63.

0859 PM     HAIL             BEVIER                  39.75N 92.56W
07/27/2008  E1.00 INCH       MACON              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0907 PM     HAIL             MACON                   39.74N 92.47W
07/27/2008  E1.75 INCH       MACON              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0911 PM     HAIL             1 S MACON               39.72N 92.47W
07/27/2008  M1.50 INCH       MACON              MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HEAVY RAIN AND 2 INCH BRANCHES BLOWN FROM TREES.

0927 PM     HEAVY RAIN       3 W NOVINGER            40.23N 92.76W
07/27/2008  M2.30 INCH       ADAIR              MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

1054 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 E MACON               39.74N 92.43W
07/27/2008                   MACON              MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATER COVERING SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS TO THE EAST OF MACON.

1113 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 NNW LANCASTER         40.59N 92.57W
07/27/2008                   SCHUYLER           MO   STORM CHASER

            MANY RURAL ROADS ARE UNDER WATER.

&&

NRR

Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:57 AM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
157 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008

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

0105 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CONNELSVILLE            40.28N 92.70W
07/28/2008                   ADAIR              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HWY 149 IN CONNELSVILLE IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

&&

NRR

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 4:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
404 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008

MOZ005-006-280930-
HARRISON-MERCER-
404 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR MERCER AND NORTHEASTERN HARRISON
COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT...

AT 402 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A GUST FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAMONI TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MERCER...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CAINSVILLE AND PRINCETON BY 420 AM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF MILL GROVE AND MOUNT MORIAH ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF
THESE STORMS.

MJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Sullivan	38 min
Jul 27, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Putnam	15 min
Jul 27, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Linn, Macon, Sullivan	47 min
Jul 27, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Macon	33 min
Jul 27, 8:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Macon	46 min
Jul 27, 8:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan	12 hr
Jul 27, 8:41 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler	41 hr
Jul 27, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Schuyler	38 min
Jul 27, 8:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Macon, Randolph	46 min
Jul 27, 9:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Macon, Randolph	33 min
Jul 27, 9:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Macon	12 hr
Jul 27, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Putnam, Schuyler	33 min
Jul 27, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Randolph	46 min
Jul 27, 11:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Randolph	6 hr
Jul 28, 4:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	5 days
Jul 28, 4:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	6 days
Jul 28, 8:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Mercer, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan	7 hr
Jul 28, 3:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Chariton, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Mercer and 4 more	24 hr

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.