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Flash Flood Watch 18, NWS Kansas City, MO

December 25, 20158 counties in Missouri; Linn County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood watch at Dec 25, 2015, 1:21 PM CST for 8 counties in Missouri; Linn County, Kansas. It took effect at Dec 26, 2015, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 25, 2015, 1:21 PM CST (19:21 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 26, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 27, 2015, 3:43 AM CST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: None

Counties Linn County, KS, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Henry County, MO, Howard County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Randolph County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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 Dec 25, 11:49 AM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 11:49 AM CST, 1 hour 32 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
Dec 24, 8:45 PM CST	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan	25 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Missouri, 2015 Flash Flood Watches in Kansas, 2015 Every flash flood watch in 2015

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.