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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 9, 200933 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood watch at Mar 9, 2009, 3:34 AM CDT for 33 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 9, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2009, 3:34 AM CDT (08:34 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 9, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 10, 2009, 6:11 AM CDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: None

All 40 counties

Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan 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, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry 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 08:38 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 Mar 8, 11:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 11:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 1:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan	25 hr
Mar 9, 10:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	59 hr
Mar 9, 10:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	4 days
Mar 9, 1:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	50 hr
Mar 9, 1:57 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	4 days
Mar 9, 1:57 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	54 hr
Mar 9, 1:57 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	6 days
Mar 9, 1:57 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler	20 hr
Mar 9, 1:57 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	6 days
Mar 9, 1:57 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Howard	29 hr
Mar 9, 1:57 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	68 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Missouri, 2009 Flash Flood Watches in Kansas, 2009 Every flash flood watch in 2009

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.