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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 22, 201911 counties in Missouri; Linn County, Miami County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood watch at May 22, 2019, 3:09 AM CDT for 11 counties in Missouri; Linn County, Miami County, Kansas. It took effect at May 22, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 2019, 3:09 AM CDT (08:09 UTC)
In effect from: May 22, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 23, 2019, 3:28 AM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: None

Counties Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Henry County, MO, Howard County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Macon County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 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 May 21, 10:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 10:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 4:18 AM CDT, 22 hours 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 21, 11:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 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
May 21, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	35 min
May 21, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt	28 min
May 21, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clinton	34 min
May 21, 8:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Atchison	24 min
May 21, 8:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Atchison	20 min
May 21, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry	26 min
May 21, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison	23 min
May 21, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Nodaway	13 min
May 21, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt, Nodaway	30 min
May 22, 5:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt	35 hr
May 22, 8:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	32 hr
May 22, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass	45 min
May 22, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson	33 min
May 22, 6:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Lafayette	37 min
May 22, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	47 min
May 21, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	21 min
May 21, 7:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	34 min
May 22, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Miami	49 min
May 22, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson	33 min
May 22, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn, Miami	42 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Missouri, 2019 Flash Flood Watches in Kansas, 2019 Every 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.