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Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 14, 200932 counties in Missouri; 6 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood watch at May 14, 2009, 3:22 PM CDT for 32 counties in Missouri; 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 15, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 2009, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
In effect from: May 15, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 15, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: None

All 38 counties

Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew 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, 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, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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 May 14, 12:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 12:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 1:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 2:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 14, 2:48 PM CDT, 34 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
May 13, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Lafayette	27 min
May 13, 7:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Chariton	24 min
May 13, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Macon	29 min
May 13, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll	25 min
May 13, 7:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Saline	35 min
May 13, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Macon	22 min
May 13, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	36 min
May 13, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Howard	31 min
May 13, 8:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Howard	36 min
May 13, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Johnson, Pettis	44 min
May 13, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Pettis	14 min
May 13, 9:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Bates	25 min
May 13, 10:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Henry	29 min
May 13, 7:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Linn	113 min

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.