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Flash Flood Watch 18, NWS Kansas City, MO

September 30, 201914 counties in Missouri; Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood watch at Sep 30, 2019, 4:07 AM CDT for 14 counties in Missouri; Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas. It took effect at Oct 1, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 30, 2019, 4:07 AM CDT (09:07 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 1, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 2, 2019, 12:17 PM CDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity
None

Counties Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 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 30, 3:51 AM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 3:51 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 30, 7:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAtchison, Holt67 hr
Sep 30, 11:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXWyandotte9 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Missouri, 2019Flash Flood Watches in Kansas, 2019Every flash flood watch in 2019

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.