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Flood Watch 1, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 18, 20127 counties in Kansas; 37 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flood watch at Mar 18, 2012, 3:28 AM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas; 37 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Mar 19, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 51 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 18, 2012, 3:28 AM CDT (08:28 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 19, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 21, 2012, 3:24 PM CDT
In force
51 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 08:26 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 nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2012-03-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2040 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2012-03-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2040 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
956 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

633 
WGUS63 KEAX 180828
FFAEAX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
328 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...EXCESSIVE RAIN AND FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS WEEK...

.A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL SHIFT INTO THE PLAINS STATES AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL TAP A LOT OF
AVAILABLE MOISTURE FROM THE GULF AND EASTERN PACIFIC...BRINGING SEVERAL
ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN TO THE REGION THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF
THE WORK WEEK. THIS MAY RESULT IN RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 INCHES OR MORE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS WILL BE MORE THAN ENOUGH RAIN
TO SEND MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE REGION INTO
FLOOD...WITH THE LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS POSSIBLY FLOODING TOWARDS
THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK.

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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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...
ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...
GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...
HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...
FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...
RICH HILL...CLINTON
328 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING 
  THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN KANSAS...ATCHISON KS...DONIPHAN... 
  JOHNSON KS...LEAVENWORTH...LINN KS...MIAMI AND WYANDOTTE. IN 
  MISSOURI...ADAIR...ANDREW...ATCHISON MO...BATES...BUCHANAN... 
  CALDWELL...CARROLL...CASS...CHARITON...CLAY...CLINTON... 
  COOPER...DAVIESS...DE KALB...GENTRY...GRUNDY...HARRISON... 
  HENRY...HOLT...HOWARD...JACKSON...JOHNSON MO...LAFAYETTE... 
  LINN MO...LIVINGSTON...MACON...MERCER...NODAWAY...PETTIS... 
  PLATTE...PUTNAM...RANDOLPH...RAY...SALINE...SCHUYLER... 
  SULLIVAN AND WORTH. 

* FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

* PERIODS OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL IMPACT THE REGION BETWEEN MONDAY
  AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL
  RANGE FROM THREE TO FIVE INCHES OR MORE. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL
  CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...AND POSSIBLY EVEN THE
  LARGER RIVERS.

* LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME
  INUNDATED AS HEAVY RAIN FALLS ACROSS THE REGION. ANYONE WITH
  PROPERTY OR LIVESTOCK LOCATED IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...SHOULD
  MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS VERY CLOSELY INTO THE UPCOMING WORK
  WEEK.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

$$

CUTTER
11 follow-up statements
711 
WGUS63 KEAX 182002
FFAEAX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
302 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...EXCESSIVE RAIN AND FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS WEEK...

.A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY AND STALL OVER THE PLAINS
EARLY THIS WEEK...STREAMING DEEP MOISTURE INTO THE AREA FOR SEVERAL
DAYS. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL YIELD SEVERAL ROUNDS OF POTENTIALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL FROM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS MAY RESULT IN
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 INCHES OR MORE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST
AREA...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. DESPITE THE RECENT DRY
WEATHER...THIS WILL BE MORE THAN ENOUGH RAIN TO SEND MANY OF THE
SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE REGION INTO FLOOD... WITH THE
LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS POSSIBLY FLOODING TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE
WORK WEEK.

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...
ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...
GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...
HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...
FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...
RICH HILL...CLINTON
302 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN KANSAS...ATCHISON KS...DONIPHAN...JOHNSON KS... 
  LEAVENWORTH...LINN KS...MIAMI AND WYANDOTTE. IN MISSOURI... 
  ADAIR...ANDREW...ATCHISON MO...BATES...BUCHANAN...CALDWELL... 
  CARROLL...CASS...CHARITON...CLAY...CLINTON...COOPER... 
  DAVIESS...DE KALB...GENTRY...GRUNDY...HARRISON...HENRY... 
  HOLT...HOWARD...JACKSON...JOHNSON MO...LAFAYETTE...LINN MO... 
  LIVINGSTON...MACON...MERCER...NODAWAY...PETTIS...PLATTE... 
  PUTNAM...RANDOLPH...RAY...SALINE...SCHUYLER...SULLIVAN AND 
  WORTH. 

* FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

* PERIODS OF HEAVY AND POTENTIALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL IMPACT THE
  REGION FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD STORM
  TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF
  RAIN...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. THESE RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS... CREEKS...AND
  POSSIBLY EVEN THE LARGER RIVERS.

* LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME 
  INUNDATED AS HEAVY RAIN FALLS ACROSS THE REGION. ANYONE WITH 
  PROPERTY OR LIVESTOCK LOCATED IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...SHOULD 
  MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS VERY CLOSELY INTO THE UPCOMING WORK 
  WEEK. 

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

$$

BOOKBINDER
793 
WGUS63 KEAX 190233
FFAEAX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
933 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...EXCESSIVE RAIN AND FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS WEEK...

.A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY AND STALL OVER THE
PLAINS EARLY THIS WEEK...STREAMING DEEP MOISTURE INTO THE AREA
FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL YIELD SEVERAL ROUNDS OF
POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS
MAY RESULT IN RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OR MORE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI
RIVER. DESPITE THE RECENT DRY WEATHER...THIS WILL BE MORE THAN ENOUGH
RAIN TO SEND MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE REGION
INTO FLOOD... WITH THE LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS POSSIBLY FLOODING
TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK.

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-191200-
/O.CON.KEAX.FA.A.0001.120319T1700Z-120322T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...
ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...
GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...
HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...
FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...
RICH HILL...CLINTON
933 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN KANSAS...ATCHISON KS...DONIPHAN...JOHNSON KS... 
  LEAVENWORTH...LINN KS...MIAMI AND WYANDOTTE. IN MISSOURI... 
  ADAIR...ANDREW...ATCHISON MO...BATES...BUCHANAN...CALDWELL... 
  CARROLL...CASS...CHARITON...CLAY...CLINTON...COOPER... 
  DAVIESS...DE KALB...GENTRY...GRUNDY...HARRISON...HENRY... 
  HOLT...HOWARD...JACKSON...JOHNSON MO...LAFAYETTE...LINN MO... 
  LIVINGSTON...MACON...MERCER...NODAWAY...PETTIS...PLATTE... 
  PUTNAM...RANDOLPH...RAY...SALINE...SCHUYLER...SULLIVAN AND 
  WORTH. 

* FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

* PERIODS OF HEAVY AND POTENTIALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL 
  IMPACT THE REGION FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 
  WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM TWO TO 
  FOUR INCHES OF RAIN...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. 
  THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS... 
  CREEKS...AND POSSIBLY EVEN THE LARGER RIVERS. 

* LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME 
  INUNDATED AS HEAVY RAIN FALLS ACROSS THE REGION. ANYONE WITH 
  PROPERTY OR LIVESTOCK LOCATED IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...SHOULD 
  MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS VERY CLOSELY INTO THE UPCOMING WORK 
  WEEK. 

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

$$

CDB
293 
WGUS63 KEAX 190839
FFAEAX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
339 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...EXCESSIVE RAIN AND FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS WEEK...

.A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY AND STALL OVER THE
PLAINS EARLY THIS WEEK...STREAMING VAST AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE INTO THE
AREA FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL YIELD SEVERAL ROUNDS OF
POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS MAY
RESULT IN RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OR MORE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE FORECAST AREA...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. DESPITE
THE RECENT DRY WEATHER...THIS WILL BE MORE THAN ENOUGH RAIN TO SEND
MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE REGION INTO
FLOOD...WITH THE LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS POSSIBLY FLOODING TOWARDS
THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK.

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...
ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...
GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...
HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...
FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...
RICH HILL...CLINTON
339 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN KANSAS...ATCHISON KS...DONIPHAN...JOHNSON KS... 
  LEAVENWORTH...LINN KS...MIAMI AND WYANDOTTE. IN MISSOURI... 
  ADAIR...ANDREW...ATCHISON MO...BATES...BUCHANAN...CALDWELL... 
  CARROLL...CASS...CHARITON...CLAY...CLINTON...COOPER... 
  DAVIESS...DE KALB...GENTRY...GRUNDY...HARRISON...HENRY... 
  HOLT...HOWARD...JACKSON...JOHNSON MO...LAFAYETTE...LINN MO... 
  LIVINGSTON...MACON...MERCER...NODAWAY...PETTIS...PLATTE... 
  PUTNAM...RANDOLPH...RAY...SALINE...SCHUYLER...SULLIVAN AND 
  WORTH. 

* FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL IMPACT THE REGION FROM MONDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF
  THE MISSOURI RIVER. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF
  SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...AND POSSIBLY EVEN THE LARGER RIVERS.

* LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME 
  INUNDATED AS HEAVY RAIN FALLS ACROSS THE REGION. ANYONE WITH 
  PROPERTY OR LIVESTOCK LOCATED IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...SHOULD 
  MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS VERY CLOSELY INTO THE UPCOMING WORK 
  WEEK. 

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

$$

CUTTER
592 
WGUS63 KEAX 191728
FFAEAX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1228 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...EXCESSIVE RAIN AND FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS WEEK...

.A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY AND STALL OVER THE
PLAINS EARLY THIS WEEK...STREAMING VAST AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE INTO
THE AREA FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL YIELD SEVERAL
ROUNDS OF POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
THIS MAY RESULT IN RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OR MORE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI
RIVER. DESPITE THE RECENT DRY WEATHER...THIS WILL BE MORE THAN ENOUGH
RAIN TO SEND MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE REGION
INTO FLOOD...WITH THE LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS POSSIBLY FLOODING
TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK.

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-200130-
/O.CON.KEAX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-120322T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...
ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...
GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...
HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...
FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...
RICH HILL...CLINTON
1228 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN KANSAS...ATCHISON KS...DONIPHAN...JOHNSON KS... 
  LEAVENWORTH...LINN KS...MIAMI AND WYANDOTTE. IN MISSOURI... 
  ADAIR...ANDREW...ATCHISON MO...BATES...BUCHANAN...CALDWELL... 
  CARROLL...CASS...CHARITON...CLAY...CLINTON...COOPER... 
  DAVIESS...DE KALB...GENTRY...GRUNDY...HARRISON...HENRY... 
  HOLT...HOWARD...JACKSON...JOHNSON MO...LAFAYETTE...LINN MO... 
  LIVINGSTON...MACON...MERCER...NODAWAY...PETTIS...PLATTE... 
  PUTNAM...RANDOLPH...RAY...SALINE...SCHUYLER...SULLIVAN AND 
  WORTH. 

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL IMPACT THE REGION FROM MONDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE
  MISSOURI RIVER. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
  STREAMS...CREEKS...AND POSSIBLY EVEN THE LARGER RIVERS.

* LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME 
  INUNDATED AS HEAVY RAIN FALLS ACROSS THE REGION. ANYONE WITH 
  PROPERTY OR LIVESTOCK LOCATED IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...SHOULD 
  MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS VERY CLOSELY INTO THE UPCOMING WORK 
  WEEK. 

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

$$
039 
WGUS63 KEAX 200110
FFAEAX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
810 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...EXCESSIVE RAIN AND FLOODING LIKELY THIS WEEK...

.A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY AND STALL OVER THE
PLAINS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...STREAMING VAST AMOUNTS OF
MOISTURE INTO THE AREA FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL YIELD
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. THIS MAY RESULT IN RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OR
MORE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE
MISSOURI RIVER. RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BE MORE THAN ENOUGH
TO SEND MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE REGION INTO
FLOOD...WITH THE LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS POSSIBLY FLOODING TOWARDS
THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK.

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LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...
ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...
GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...
HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...
FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...
RICH HILL...CLINTON
810 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN KANSAS...ATCHISON KS...DONIPHAN...JOHNSON KS... 
  LEAVENWORTH...LINN KS...MIAMI AND WYANDOTTE. IN MISSOURI... 
  ADAIR...ANDREW...ATCHISON MO...BATES...BUCHANAN...CALDWELL... 
  CARROLL...CASS...CHARITON...CLAY...CLINTON...COOPER... 
  DAVIESS...DE KALB...GENTRY...GRUNDY...HARRISON...HENRY... 
  HOLT...HOWARD...JACKSON...JOHNSON MO...LAFAYETTE...LINN MO... 
  LIVINGSTON...MACON...MERCER...NODAWAY...PETTIS...PLATTE... 
  PUTNAM...RANDOLPH...RAY...SALINE...SCHUYLER...SULLIVAN AND 
  WORTH. 

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL IMPACT THE REGION FROM MONDAY 
  NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL RAINFALL 
  AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH 
  OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL CAUSE 
  FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...AND POSSIBLY EVEN THE 
  LARGER RIVERS. 

* LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME 
  INUNDATED AS HEAVY RAIN FALLS ACROSS THE REGION. ANYONE WITH 
  PROPERTY OR LIVESTOCK LOCATED IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...SHOULD 
  MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS VERY CLOSELY INTO THE UPCOMING WORK 
  WEEK. 

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

$$
038 
WGUS63 KEAX 200902
FFAEAX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
402 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...EXCESSIVE RAIN AND FLOODING REMAIN LIKELY THIS WEEK...

.A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO STREAMING VAST AMOUNTS OF
MOISTURE INTO THE REGION...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR ANOTHER TWO
DAYS. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL YIELD SEVERAL ROUNDS OF POTENTIALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS MAY RESULT IN RAINFALL
TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OR MORE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST
AREA...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. RAINFALL OF THIS
MAGNITUDE WILL BE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO SEND MANY OF THE SMALLER
STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE REGION INTO FLOOD...WITH THE LARGER
STREAMS AND RIVERS POSSIBLY FLOODING TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK
WEEK.

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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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...
ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...
GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...
HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...
FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...
RICH HILL...CLINTON
402 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN KANSAS...ATCHISON KS...DONIPHAN...JOHNSON KS... 
  LEAVENWORTH...LINN KS...MIAMI AND WYANDOTTE. IN MISSOURI... 
  ADAIR...ANDREW...ATCHISON MO...BATES...BUCHANAN...CALDWELL... 
  CARROLL...CASS...CHARITON...CLAY...CLINTON...COOPER... 
  DAVIESS...DE KALB...GENTRY...GRUNDY...HARRISON...HENRY... 
  HOLT...HOWARD...JACKSON...JOHNSON MO...LAFAYETTE...LINN MO... 
  LIVINGSTON...MACON...MERCER...NODAWAY...PETTIS...PLATTE... 
  PUTNAM...RANDOLPH...RAY...SALINE...SCHUYLER...SULLIVAN AND 
  WORTH. 

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

* WIDESPREAD AREAS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI HAVE ALREADY
  RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN FROM THE STORM ACTIVITY
  OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. THIS RAIN HAS PRIMED THE REGION FOR MORE
  FLOODING AS SEVERAL MORE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL IMPACT THE
  REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
  WILL RANGE FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE
  MISSOURI RIVER. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
  STREAMS...CREEKS...AND POSSIBLY EVEN THE LARGER RIVERS.

* LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME 
  INUNDATED AS HEAVY RAIN FALLS ACROSS THE REGION. ANYONE WITH 
  PROPERTY OR LIVESTOCK LOCATED IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...SHOULD 
  MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS VERY CLOSELY INTO THE UPCOMING WORK 
  WEEK. 

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

$$

CUTTER
602 
WGUS63 KEAX 201714
FFAEAX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1214 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...EXCESSIVE RAIN AND FLOODING REMAIN LIKELY THIS WEEK...

.A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO STREAM VAST AMOUNTS OF
MOISTURE INTO THE REGION...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY.
THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL YIELD SEVERAL ROUNDS OF POTENTIALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS OF THIS MORNING...PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA HAD ALREADY RECEIVED NUMEROUS REPORTS RANGING FROM 1 TO
3 INCHES. RAINFALL TOTALS BY LATE WEDNESDAY MAY REACH 2 TO 5 INCHES
OR MORE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.
RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO SEND MANY OF
THE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE REGION INTO FLOOD...WITH
THE LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS POSSIBLY FLOODING TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF
THE WEEK.

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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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...
ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...
GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...
HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...
FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...
RICH HILL...CLINTON
1214 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN KANSAS...ATCHISON KS...DONIPHAN...JOHNSON KS... 
  LEAVENWORTH...LINN KS...MIAMI AND WYANDOTTE. IN MISSOURI... 
  ADAIR...ANDREW...ATCHISON MO...BATES...BUCHANAN...CALDWELL... 
  CARROLL...CASS...CHARITON...CLAY...CLINTON...COOPER... 
  DAVIESS...DE KALB...GENTRY...GRUNDY...HARRISON...HENRY... 
  HOLT...HOWARD...JACKSON...JOHNSON MO...LAFAYETTE...LINN MO... 
  LIVINGSTON...MACON...MERCER...NODAWAY...PETTIS...PLATTE... 
  PUTNAM...RANDOLPH...RAY...SALINE...SCHUYLER...SULLIVAN AND 
  WORTH. 

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

* WIDESPREAD AREAS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI HAVE ALREADY
  RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN FROM THE STORM ACTIVITY
  OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. THIS RAIN HAS PRIMED THE REGION FOR MORE
  FLOODING AS SEVERAL MORE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL IMPACT THE
  REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
  WILL RANGE FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE
  MISSOURI RIVER. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
  STREAMS... CREEKS...AND POSSIBLY EVEN THE LARGER RIVERS.

* LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME 
  INUNDATED AS HEAVY RAIN FALLS ACROSS THE REGION. ANYONE WITH 
  PROPERTY OR LIVESTOCK LOCATED IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...SHOULD 
  MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS VERY CLOSELY INTO THE UPCOMING WORK 
  WEEK. 

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

$$
074 
WGUS63 KEAX 210243
FFAEAX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
943 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...EXCESSIVE RAIN AND FLOODING REMAIN LIKELY THIS WEEK...

.A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO STREAM VAST AMOUNTS OF
MOISTURE INTO THE REGION...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL YIELD SEVERAL ROUNDS OF
POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS OF THIS
MORNING...PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA HAD ALREADY RECEIVED
NUMEROUS REPORTS RANGING FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. RAINFALL TOTALS BY
LATE WEDNESDAY MAY REACH 2 TO 5 INCHES OR MORE...WITH THE HIGHER
AMOUNTS SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE
WILL BE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO SEND MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS AND
CREEKS ACROSS THE REGION INTO FLOOD...WITH THE LARGER STREAMS AND
RIVERS POSSIBLY FLOODING TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...
ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...
GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...
HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...
FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...
RICH HILL...CLINTON
943 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN KANSAS...ATCHISON KS...DONIPHAN...JOHNSON KS... 
  LEAVENWORTH...LINN KS...MIAMI AND WYANDOTTE. IN MISSOURI... 
  ADAIR...ANDREW...ATCHISON MO...BATES...BUCHANAN...CALDWELL... 
  CARROLL...CASS...CHARITON...CLAY...CLINTON...COOPER... 
  DAVIESS...DE KALB...GENTRY...GRUNDY...HARRISON...HENRY... 
  HOLT...HOWARD...JACKSON...JOHNSON MO...LAFAYETTE...LINN MO... 
  LIVINGSTON...MACON...MERCER...NODAWAY...PETTIS...PLATTE... 
  PUTNAM...RANDOLPH...RAY...SALINE...SCHUYLER...SULLIVAN AND 
  WORTH. 

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

* A LARGE AREA OF RAIN EXTENDED FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH
  NORTHERN MISSOURI THIS EVENING...AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE
  AND EVEN SHIFT BACK TO THE WEST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE
  HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL FALL ACROSS MID MISSOURI OVERNIGHT...WITH
  ANOTHER INCH TO INCH AND A HALF EXPECTED BETWEEN 7 PM AND DAYBREAK.
  AMOUNTS WILL DECREASE FURTHER NORTH AND WEST. THE AXIS OF HEAVIER
  RAINFALL WILL SLOWLY SHIFT WEST ON WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY
  NIGHT...WITH STORM TOTALS SINCE MONDAY LIKELY BETWEEN 2 AND 5
  INCHES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A KANSAS CITY TO MACON LINE. THESE
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...
  CREEKS...AND POSSIBLY EVEN THE LARGER RIVERS.

* LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME 
  INUNDATED AS HEAVY RAIN FALLS ACROSS THE REGION. ANYONE WITH 
  PROPERTY OR LIVESTOCK LOCATED IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...SHOULD 
  MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS VERY CLOSELY INTO THE UPCOMING WORK 
  WEEK. 

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AREAL FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. FLOODING OF SMALLER CREEKS...STREAMS AND
TRIBUTARIES IS LIKELY BASED ON THESE FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

$$

BOOKBINDER
808 
WGUS63 KEAX 210902
FFAEAX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
402 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012

...EXCESSIVE RAIN AND FLOODING REMAIN POSSIBLE TODAY...

.OCCASIONAL RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS FALLING ALONG AND
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. THIS RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING
OF LOW-LYING AREAS...AND WILL CONTINUE TO SEND SEVERAL STREAMS AND
RIVERS INTO FLOOD.

MOZ001-002-007-008-011-017-211015-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-120322T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ADAIR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...
UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...OREGON...
KIRKSVILLE
402 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012

...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE MONDAY HAVE GENERALLY REMAINED UNDER AN INCH.
WHILE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A HALF INCH AND AN INCH ARE
POSSIBLE TODAY...FLOODING RAINS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. 

$$

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-
GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-
MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-
SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...
GREEN CITY...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...
POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...
INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...
NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
402 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN KANSAS...ATCHISON KS...DONIPHAN...JOHNSON KS... 
  LEAVENWORTH...LINN KS...MIAMI AND WYANDOTTE. IN MISSOURI... 
  ANDREW...BATES...BUCHANAN...CALDWELL...CARROLL...CASS... 
  CHARITON...CLAY...CLINTON...COOPER...DAVIESS...DE KALB... 
  GENTRY...GRUNDY...HARRISON...HENRY...HOWARD...JACKSON... 
  JOHNSON MO...LAFAYETTE...LINN MO...LIVINGSTON...MACON... 
  MERCER...PETTIS...PLATTE...RANDOLPH...RAY...SALINE...SULLIVAN 
  AND WORTH. 

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
  TODAY...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING ANYWHERE FROM A
  HALF INCH TO TWO INCHES. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE
  ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-70. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL
  LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS... CREEKS...AND POSSIBLY
  EVEN THE LARGER RIVERS.

* LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING ROADWAYS MAY BECOME INUNDATED AS
  HEAVY RAIN FALLS ACROSS THE REGION. ANYONE WITH PROPERTY OR
  LIVESTOCK LOCATED IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER
  CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD A FLOOD WARNING BE
  ISSUED.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AREAL FLOODING BASED
ON CURRENT FORECASTS. FLOODING OF SMALLER CREEKS...STREAMS AND
TRIBUTARIES IS LIKELY BASED ON THESE FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

$$

HAWBLITZEL
931 
WGUS63 KEAX 211602
FFAEAX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1102 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012

...EXCESSIVE RAIN AND FLOODING REMAIN POSSIBLE TODAY...

.OCCASIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS FALLING ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. THIS RAINFALL MAY
LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS...AND WILL CONTINUE TO
SEND SEVERAL STREAMS AND RIVERS INTO FLOOD.

KSZ025-102-MOZ003>006-012>016-020>025-033-211715-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-120322T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-ANDREW-DE KALB-
DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
LINN MO-MACON-RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...
STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...
JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...ST. JOSEPH...
PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...
BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...MOBERLY
1102 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012

...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS AND MISSOURI HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...RAINFALL RATES AND
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT...WHICH
WILL PRECLUDE A WIDESPREAD FLOODING THREAT.

$$

KSZ057-060-103>105-MOZ028>032-037>040-043>046-053-054-220015-
/O.CON.KEAX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-120322T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-
CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-
PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...KANSAS CITY...
INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...
NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
1102 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN KANSAS...JOHNSON KS...LEAVENWORTH...LINN KS...MIAMI 
  AND WYANDOTTE. IN MISSOURI...BATES...CARROLL...CASS... 
  CHARITON...CLAY...COOPER...HENRY...HOWARD...JACKSON...JOHNSON 
  MO...LAFAYETTE...PETTIS...PLATTE...RAY AND SALINE. 

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIFT
  NORTHWARD INTO THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE
  ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-70. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY
  CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...AND MAY
  INCREASE ALREADY ONGOING FLOODING ON LARGER RIVERS.

* LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING ROADWAYS MAY BECOME INUNDATED AS
  RAIN FALLS ACROSS THE REGION. ANYONE WITH PROPERTY OR LIVESTOCK
  LOCATED IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
  BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD A FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AREAL FLOODING BASED
ON CURRENT FORECASTS. FLOODING OF SMALLER CREEKS...STREAMS AND
TRIBUTARIES IS LIKELY BASED ON THESE FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

$$

DUX
455 
WGUS63 KEAX 212024
FFAEAX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
324 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2012


KSZ057-060-103>105-MOZ028>032-037>040-043>046-053-054-212130-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-120322T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-
CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-
PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...KANSAS CITY...
INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...
NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
324 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2012

...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS...HOWEVER RAINFALL RATES AND AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE
NEW FLOODING. AREA STREAMS...CREEKS...AND LARGER RIVERS MAY REMAIN
ELEVATED INTO THIS WEEKEND. 

$$

31

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at Mar 17, 11:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 11:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1158 PM CDT Sat Mar 17 2012

...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION...

.DISCUSSION...

Short Term (Tonight through Monday Night)...

Center of compact shortwave trough now located near Marshall per
visible satellite imagery, with widespread thunderstorm activity
largely shifted into east central MO. The best lift remains focused
in the southeast quadrant of this system, suggesting the overall
convective potential remains quite low over the CWA this afternoon,
and have left nothing more than a paltry 15-20% POP for showers over
the far eastern counties through 00Z.

Elsewhere, day 3 of Kansas stratus has largely burned off into a
shallow Cu field yet again, with the greatest coverage over the far
SW CWA. We should come close to record highs yet again, but may fall
just short. However, record warm minimums for the day should be
shattered as breezy south winds persist through this evening
(morning lows were in the mid 60s).

Sunday looks to be more or less another repeat of today. Certainly
could see some stratus develop early tomorrow morning and the
backing mid level flow overall should provide an increase in overall
moisture, perhaps yielding more clouds and knocking down
temperatures a couple degrees. Additionally, water vapor loop
suggests another shortwave has emerged across the nrn Mexico
mountains into western Texas this afternoon along the northern
periphery of the southern stream. Models have done terribly the past
few days with these extremely small features, but this is yet
another ripple in the flow that could provide a slight chance for
thunderstorms across the southern CWA tomorrow.

A substantial increase in deep layer moisture will begin to spread
into the region Sunday night as a powerful and highly amplified
longwave trough shifts into the Rockies. Several shortwave impulses
will lift northward out of an intensifying cut-off low anchored at
the base of the trough over New Mexico, leading to widespread
rain/thunder beginning Monday as large scale height falls overspread
the region. These highly meridional, slow moving troughs aren't
typically known for producing widespread severe weather, largely
owing to deep layer saturation and poor lapse rates. As unusual of a
system as this is, the CIPS analogs do fine a few well correlated
cases to justify this. Nevertheless, strong vertical shear oriented
largely parallel to the approaching surface front, coupled with
impressive forcing, could overcome the limited instability and yield
some linear type event that is depicted in most of the model
solutions. Afternoon/early evening timing may somewhat favor an
increased threat of a few damaging wind gusts. The bigger story will
likely the potential for excessive rainfall given a slow moving
storm system that keeps the region in an area of 99th percentile
precipitable waters for a couple of days.

Bookbinder

Medium Range (Tuesday through Saturday)...

Increasing confidence through the beginning of medium range as the
GFS/GEM are showing good consistency from run to run and the 00Z EC
has now come more in line with those solutions. What this all adds
up to is increased confidence of very wet conditions through the
middle of the week.

By Tuesday a closed cut-off low will develop in the base of the
trough over the Red River Valley. An attendant surface cold front
will extend from the upper Midwest through central Kansas and into
Western Oklahoma. Warm and moist Gulf air will continue to be drawn
northward on southerly flow out ahead of the surface front allowing
for continued rounds of showers and thunderstorm on the day on
Tuesday and into Wednesday morning. The severe weather with this
active appears low at this point as instability will be very weak as
well as shear being, albeit strong, unidirectional. What will be in
abundance is moisture with PWAT values between 1.00"-1.50" across
most of the CWA. That being said...minor river and urban flooding
may be an issue but widespread flooding is not expected as flash
flood guidance numbers are rather high on the order of 2 to 3 inches
for 6 hours.

Showers will linger into Wednesday as the cut-off upper level low
moves from the Red River into the Ozarks. The main question is how
long will showers linger as models in some disagreement as to how
fast the upper level low move east of the area. The GFS is the
slowest of the solutions as it takes a stacked low and and stalls it
over the region through the day Thursday before finally moving it
east into the Tennessee River Valley by Friday. The GEM and EC are
much more progressive in moving the upper low into the lower
Tennessee Valley by Thursday night. With the GFS being the outlier,
have removed POPs for Thursday night and Friday. On the backside of
this system, an upper level ridge will build back into the area and
dry conditions out for the end of the week and on into the weekend.

73

&&

.CLIMATE...

Record max temperatures and record high minimum temperatures:

Kansas City:

Day............Avg High...Avg Low...Record High....Record Max Low
Saturday..........56........34......82 in 1894......58 in 1894
Sunday............56........34......85 in 1921......61 in 1903

St. Joseph:
Saturday..........55........32......81 in 2009......59 in 1966
Sunday............56........32......84 in 1921......56 in 1968

&&

.AVIATION...

For the 06Z TAFS, low VFR ceilings will persist through the night as
clouds have actually expanded in coverage over the last few hours.
Ceilings become MVFR through central and western Kansas and it is
very possible that these lower ceilings will build/expand eastward
with time. It still looks to be around sunrise for development into
all three terminals which should then lift into VFR ceilings by the
noon hour. Overnight, south winds should occasionally gust but
southerly winds will really increase by late Sunday morning as mixing
height increases into strong low to mid level flow. Gusts of around
25 to 30 kts are likely by Sunday afternoon.

CDB

&&

.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&

WFO EAX
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 6:35 PM CDT, 8 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
635 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-181200-
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-
635 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A FEW SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM MAY LINGER IN CENTRAL
MISSOURI FOR AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER SUNSET. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS ISOLATED ACTIVITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA MONDAY
AND TUESDAY. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS WHICH
COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF FLOODING. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG OR SEVERE
LATE MONDAY...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS.
THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL THAT THIS INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WILL STALL
OVER THE REGION THROUGH MID WEEK...LINGERING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
INTO WEDNESDAY AND PERHAPS THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

CDB

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.