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Flash Flood Watch 17, NWS Kansas City, MO

September 18, 201537 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood watch at Sep 18, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT for 37 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 18, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT (15:00 UTC)
Expired: Sep 18, 2015, 9:05 PM CDT
In force: 11 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 15:01 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 Sep 18, 6:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 6:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 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
Sep 17, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan	50 min
Sep 17, 7:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Adair, Sullivan	33 min
Sep 17, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Holt	45 min
Sep 17, 8:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Adair	38 min
Sep 17, 9:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	DeKalb	45 min
Sep 17, 10:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Platte	43 min
Sep 17, 10:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	5 hr
Sep 17, 10:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clay, Platte	35 min
Sep 17, 11:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Platte	26 min
Sep 18, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	36 min
Sep 18, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cass	32 min
Sep 18, 6:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	EAX	Cass	43 min
Sep 18, 6:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Carroll, Ray	36 min
Sep 17, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	57 min
Sep 17, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	45 min
Sep 17, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	42 min
Sep 18, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Miami	36 min
Sep 18, 6:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	EAX	Miami	32 min

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.