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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 15, 201416 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood watch at Aug 15, 2014, 9:58 PM CDT for 16 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 2014, 9:58 PM CDT (02:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity
None

Counties Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:58 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 Aug 15, 9:45 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 9:45 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 12:04 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXAtchison, Gentry, Harrison, Mercer, Nodaway, Worth6 hr
Aug 16, 3:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Nodaway60 hr
Aug 16, 4:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan62 hr
Aug 16, 5:25 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXGentry6 hr
Aug 16, 6:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAdair, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler35 hr
Aug 16, 10:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXDaviess, Gentry53 hr
Aug 16, 10:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXDaviess, Livingston69 hr
Aug 16, 10:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXLinn, Livingston4 days
Aug 16, 10:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston4 days
Aug 16, 10:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBuchanan4 days
Aug 16, 10:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXPlatte5 days
Aug 16, 10:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXPlatte9 days
Aug 16, 2:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXChariton, Macon41 hr

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.