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Special Weather Statement, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 28, 2013Cass County, Missouri; Miami County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2013, 1:15 PM CDT for Cass County, Missouri; Miami County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2013, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2013, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Miami County, KS, Cass County, MO

The radar

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 28, 12:27 PM CDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 12:27 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 5:43 AM CDT, 7 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
543 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-281800-
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-
543 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STATIONARY FRONT...COUPLED WITH A REMNANT BOUNDARY FROM OVERNIGHT
THUNDERSTORMS...WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. A VERY WARM AND UNSEASONABLY
HUMID AIRMASS WILL ALLOW SOME STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE
GREATEST COVERAGE EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO
NORTHEAST KANSAS. LARGE HAIL APPEARS TO BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE
WEATHER HAZARD...ALONG WITH SPORADIC WIND DAMAGE AND PERHAPS A
TORNADO. ADDITIONALLY...STORMS MAY REPEATEDLY TRACK ACROSS THE SAME
AREAS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER
LOCATIONS THAT HAVE RECEIVED UPWARDS OF 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE
EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS A VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS INTERACTS WITH
A NEAR STATIONARY FRONT. SEVERAL PERIODS OF STRONG OR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS TIME FRAME...BUT THE PRIMARY
CONCERN WILL BE A PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT. SEVERAL
ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE MIDDLE TO LATE
WEEK PERIOD WHICH MAY LEAD TO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 4 PM...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF A KANSAS CITY TO MACON LINE.

BOOKBINDER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 12:33 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1233 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

KSZ057-281815-
MIAMI KS-
1233 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIAMI COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM CDT...

AT 1228 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HARRIS...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF OTTAWA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG
WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  OSAWATOMIE...PAOLA...FONTANA...BEAGLE...HILLSDALE AND NEW
  LANCASTER.

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

LAT...LON 3861 9507 3873 9485 3844 9464 3839 9492
      3839 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 1733Z 241DEG 32KT 3836 9532

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Special weather statement, May 28, 1:15 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
115 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

KSZ057-MOZ043-281900-
CASS MO-MIAMI KS-
115 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CASS AND MIAMI COUNTIES
UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OSAWATOMIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG
WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LOUISBURG...PECULIAR...HARRISONVILLE...RAYMORE...CLEVELAND...
  FREEMAN...WAGSTAFF...CHILES...BUCYRUS AND WEST LINE.

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

LAT...LON 3855 9502 3874 9469 3874 9461 3879 9461
      3880 9457 3884 9440 3861 9420 3846 9495
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 241DEG 36KT 3856 9486

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis38 hr
May 27, 8:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXDaviess, Gentry38 hr
May 27, 8:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXDaviess, Livingston44 hr
May 27, 8:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Saline10 days
May 27, 9:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte6 days
May 27, 9:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXPlatte37 hr
May 27, 10:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAtchison32 min
May 27, 11:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAndrew, Atchison, Holt, Nodaway33 min
May 27, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Atchison, Holt, Nodaway40 min
May 27, 11:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXAndrew, Atchison, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway and 1 more6 hr
May 27, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Holt39 min
May 27, 11:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAndrew, Gentry, Worth47 min
May 28, 12:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCaldwell48 min
May 28, 1:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCass, Johnson51 min
May 28, 2:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Saline24 min
May 28, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Macon46 min
May 28, 3:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXRandolph34 min
May 28, 5:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Holt, Nodaway5 hr
May 28, 6:54 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXAdair, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clinton, Daviess and 7 more48 hr
May 28, 10:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Ray5 days
May 28, 10:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJackson, Lafayette, Ray6 days
May 28, 10:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Saline6 days
May 28, 10:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Saline7 days
May 28, 10:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Saline8 days
May 28, 10:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard8 days
May 28, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson45 min
May 28, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison34 min
May 28, 4:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAtchison, Holt6 hr
May 28, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison47 min
May 28, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXNodaway39 min
May 28, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Livingston, Sullivan21 min
May 28, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXNodaway28 min
May 28, 6:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAtchison, Holt, Nodaway6 hr
May 28, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXNodaway50 min
May 28, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXNodaway30 min
May 28, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt25 min
May 28, 12:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXMiami42 min

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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.