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Flood Watch 2, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flood watch at Aug 1, 2023, 1:04 PM CDT for 15 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Aug 1, 2023, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2023, 1:04 PM CDT (18:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 1, 2023, 10:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2023, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Adair County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Howard County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 242 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 596 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -363 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1254 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at Aug 1, 12:17 PM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 12:17 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 500 AM CDT Tue Aug 1 2023 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-021000- 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- 500 AM CDT Tue Aug 1 2023 This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest...north central and west central Missouri...as well as extreme eastern Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight There is a chance for a few rounds of thunderstorms this morning and again tonight in Central and Eastern Missouri. Heavy rains, capable of producing flooding is possible. Severe weather is not expected however, a few strong storms capable of small hail and gusty winds may be possible. More detailed information can be accessed at... https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Several additional rounds of thunderstorms possible each day this week. The threat of severe weather is low. Dangerous heat may be possible on Wednesday south of the Missouri River. More detailed information can be accessed at... https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 8:01 PM CDT | Flood Watch | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Daviess, Howard and 6 more | 14 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 3:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 3:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 4:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Pettis, Saline | 27 min |
| Aug 1, 4:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline | 5 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Saline | 33 min |
| Aug 1, 5:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Saline | 24 min |
| Aug 1, 5:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Pettis | 27 min |
| Aug 1, 5:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Saline | 4 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Carroll, Livingston | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Carroll | 27 min |
| Aug 1, 7:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Saline | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 7:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper | 21 hr |
| Aug 1, 7:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Saline | 21 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Livingston | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Saline | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Livingston | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:25 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | EAX | Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Cooper and 8 more | 30 hr |
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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.