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Special Weather Statement, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 26, 2016Putnam County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT for Putnam County, Missouri. 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: Aug 26, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 2016, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO

County Putnam County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 238 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1247 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Aug 26, 6:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 6:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
647 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

.Discussion...
Issued at 356 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

Looking at water vapor imagery this afternoon, a trough is noted
over the western half of the Nation with a couple of smaller
shortwave troughs working through its base over the Rocky's, though
the trough of interest today for us is currently seen moving through
the Central Rocky's at this time. Farther to the east an upper level
ridge, over the southeast United States, is noted as it keeps
pumping moisture north into the Plains from the western Gulf
resulting in precipitable water values running around 1.8 inches
across the region early this afternoon. Closer to home, overnight
convection left some rain cooled air and cloud cover behind this
morning which helped keep a frontal boundary suppressed across
southern Missouri through the morning, but the trough moving out of
the Central Rocky's has help lift the front back north as a diffuse
warm front which will likely come to rest in an inverted surface
trough stretching across eastern Kansas into northwest Missouri.

Today and tonight...expectations are that areas within the sector of
the inverted trough will destabilize rapidly this afternoon as a
warm front lifts into; which seems to be working out well so far as
visible satellite shows the cloud field across that part of eastern
Kansas becoming increasingly agitated while the radar shows
scattered storms developing. However, complicating things is the
cloud cover across central Kansas, which seems to have inhibited
warming through the early afternoon hours, which might be
contributing to the lack luster development on the storms currently
percolating up in eastern Kansas. However, if any of the storms can
find enough instability --and that is a bit of an if!--, the broader
environment has enough shear --0-6KM values are 40 knots across
northwest Missouri-- that severe storms will be a problem. Current
timing has activity that is currently in Kansas growing in intensity
through the late afternoon, moving into our section of Kansas and/or
Missouri between 4 and 6 PM this evening with storms spreading
northeast overnight. Currently, all modes of severe weather look
possible with storms in northwest Missouri this evening as surface
winds remain backed to the southeast across Missouri, though large
hail and damaging winds look to be the main threats beyond torrential
rain which could lead to localized flooding. Otherwise for tonight,
storms will shove off to the northeast as they develop, potentially
leaving an effective frontal boundary across our section of Missouri
Saturday, which might help keep storms percolating through Saturday.

In general, current short and mid-range models all point at the upper
level ridge spinning over the deep south persisting through the
weekend into the beginning of next work week. This will keep the deep
layer moisture moving north from the western Gulf into Kansas and
Missouri well into next week, which in turn will keep the threat of
storms persisting for many days.

&&

.Aviation...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Saturday Evening)
Issued at 647 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

A line of thunderstorms have formed along a stationary boundary
through the region creating a threat to all western airfields as it
pushes through causing predominant TS in MCI/STJ/MKC through 04Z. This
should last a few hours and may stall over MCI and MKC as the
boundary orients more W-E over that region tonight. There may be a
resurgence of activity on the backside of this initial line so TEMPO
TSRA has been left in those TAFs until 08Z to account for this
scattered activity. IFR ceiling and MFVR visibility have a good
chance of occurring on the backside of the boundary near STJ so this
has been added through sunrise. This stationary boundary will stall
over the region weakening over the region as the sunrises, but will
has good potential to redevelop in the afternoon with heating. To
account for this activity VCTS has been added in KMKC, KIXD, and KMCI
after 19Z.

&&

.EAX Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
KS...None.
MO...None.
&&

Discussion...Cutter
Aviation...Barham/Cutter

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 4:27 AM CDT, 18 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
427 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-270930-
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-
427 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH MID-
MORNING. LOCALIZED FLOODING CONCERNS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. AN
ADDITIONAL ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. A
COUPLE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD BE STRONG WITH GUSTY
WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT...
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EAX/HWO

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 26, 9:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
933 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0932 PM     FLASH FLOOD      KANSAS CITY             39.10N 94.58W
08/26/2016                   JACKSON            MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MULTIPLE WATER RESCUES IN DOWNTOWN KANSAS
            CITY.

&&

JAM

Local storm report, Aug 26, 9:48 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
948 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0948 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 NW CLAYCOMO           39.25N 94.55W
08/26/2016                   CLAY               MO   NWS EMPLOYEE

            OVER A FOOT OF WATER FLOWING OVER BARRY ROAD AND
            MAPLEWOODS PARKWAY.

&&

JL

Local storm report, Aug 26, 9:59 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
959 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0954 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CHILLICOTHE             39.79N 93.55W
08/26/2016                   LIVINGSTON         MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER OVER SEVERAL ROADS, 1.7 INCHES OF RAINFALL.

&&

JBARHAM

Local storm report, Aug 26, 10:27 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1027 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1025 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 S KANSAS CITY         39.05N 94.58W
08/26/2016                   JACKSON            MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

            MAJOR FLASH FLOODING ONGOING ACROSS THE
            KANSAS CITY METRO. WEST PORT AREA OF KANSAS
            CITY LOOKS ESPECIALLY HARD HIT WITH NUMEROUS
            CARS SUBMERGED.

&&

AB

Local storm report, Aug 26, 10:43 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1043 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1042 PM     FLASH FLOOD      RAYTOWN                 39.01N 94.47W
08/26/2016                   JACKSON            MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATER RESCUE CURRENTLY ONGOING.

&&

JBARHAM

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 10:45 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1045 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

MOZ007-016-270430-
PUTNAM MO-SULLIVAN MO-
1045 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN SULLIVAN AND CENTRAL
PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

AT 1045 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNIONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
UNIONVILLE...GREEN CITY...POLLOCK AND LEMONS.

LAT...LON 4058 9272 4024 9297 4039 9324 4058 9314
      4059 9272
TIME...MOT...LOC 0345Z 208DEG 30KT 4041 9314

BLAIR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 26, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb	28 min
Aug 26, 7:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte	3 hr
Aug 26, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clay, Clinton	32 min
Aug 26, 7:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clinton, Ray	23 min
Aug 26, 7:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	EAX	Caldwell, Clinton	32 min
Aug 26, 7:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte	6 hr
Aug 26, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess, Livingston	29 min
Aug 26, 8:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Ray	38 hr
Aug 26, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy, Livingston	42 min
Aug 26, 8:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	32 hr
Aug 26, 8:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry	5 hr
Aug 26, 8:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Ray	47 min
Aug 26, 9:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess, Livingston, Ray	6 hr
Aug 26, 9:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	3 hr
Aug 26, 9:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	27 hr
Aug 26, 9:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	EAX	Clay, Jackson	4 hr
Aug 26, 10:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Ray	58 hr
Aug 26, 10:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	51 hr
Aug 26, 10:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	53 hr
Aug 26, 10:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	25 hr
Aug 26, 10:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Carroll, Ray	4 hr
Aug 26, 10:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Randolph	4 hr
Aug 26, 11:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	58 hr
Aug 27, 12:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Jackson, Platte	6 hr
Aug 27, 3:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, Livingston, Ray	3 hr
Aug 27, 9:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	44 hr
Aug 27, 5:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	4 hr
Aug 27, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clinton	23 min
Aug 26, 8:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Leavenworth	36 hr
Aug 26, 8:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Johnson	4 hr

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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.