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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 12, 201037 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood watch at Jun 12, 2010, 3:39 PM CDT for 37 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 13, 2010, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 12, 2010, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 13, 2010, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 14, 2010, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 33 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: None

All 44 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, Atchison 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, Holt 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, Nodaway 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), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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 Jun 12, 12:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 12:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 1:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 12, 11:05 AM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1105 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2010

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

1044 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 NE SUGAR CREEK        39.16N 94.38W
06/12/2010  E60 MPH          JACKSON            MO   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            WINDS WERE REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 210
            AND 291.

&&

CBOWMAN

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 11:19 AM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1119 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2010

MOZ037-038-043-044-121700-
CASS MO-JACKSON MO-JOHNSON MO-LAFAYETTE MO-
1119 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAFAYETTE...SOUTHERN JACKSON...
NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON AND NORTHERN CASS COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL
MISSOURI UNTIL NOON CDT...

AT 1114 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LEXINGTON TO LONE
JACK TO CLEVELAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE
LIKELY IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE LINE OF STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  PLEASANT HILL...ODESSA...HARRISONVILLE...HIGGINSVILLE...HOLDEN...
  FREEMAN...MAYVIEW...EAST LYNNE...CORDER...KINGSVILLE...LAKE
  LAFAYETTE...DOVER...STRASBURG...PITTSVILLE...AULLVILLE AND GUNN
  CITY.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

LAT...LON 3860 9460 3883 9460 3907 9434 3914 9410
      3914 9407 3918 9399 3915 9401 3914 9398
      3921 9388 3921 9349 3876 9389 3857 9423
TIME...MOT...LOC 1618Z 284DEG 22KT 3912 9385 3884 9419
          3863 9454

CDB

Local storm report, Jun 12, 11:41 AM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 12, 11:52 AM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 12, 12:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 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
Jun 12, 7:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Buchanan	39 min
Jun 12, 7:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	DeKalb	40 min
Jun 12, 9:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	4 hr
Jun 12, 9:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer, Putnam and 1 more	4 hr
Jun 12, 10:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	3 hr
Jun 12, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	37 days
Jun 12, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	27 days
Jun 12, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	32 days
Jun 12, 10:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Ray	25 min
Jun 12, 11:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	3 hr
Jun 12, 11:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cass, Jackson, Lafayette	41 min
Jun 12, 11:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson	3 hr
Jun 12, 12:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Bates, Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Pettis	40 min
Jun 12, 12:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn, Livingston	6 days
Jun 12, 12:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Adair, Chariton, Howard, Linn, Macon, Randolph and 1 more	2 hr
Jun 12, 1:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	5 hr
Jun 12, 2:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	5 days
Jun 12, 2:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	4 days

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.