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Flood Watch 13, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 10, 20264 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flood watch at Jul 10, 2026, 11:39 AM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Jul 10, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 10, 2026, 11:39 AM CDT (16:39 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 10, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 11, 2026, 12:13 AM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity: None

Counties Cooper County, MO, Henry County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Pettis County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 111 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 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 Jul 10, 6:28 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 6:28 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 5:05 AM CDT, 6 hours 34 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
0505 AM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-111005-
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-
0505 AM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026

This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest...north central and
west central Missouri...as well as extreme eastern Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Through tonight.

Please go to https://weather.gov/media/eax/DssPacket.pdf for more information on
potential weather hazards.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Rain Friday Morning

- Conditional Severe Storm Threat Friday Afternoon

- Hot and Dry Next Week

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 10, 8:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 10, 8:17 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
817 AM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026

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

0643 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     2 N Coal                38.35N 93.61W
07/10/2026                   Henry              MO   Public

            Several reports of trees and limbs down east
            of the Clinton Airport and north of Coal.
            Time estimated from radar.

&&

CMS

Local storm report, Jul 10, 8:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
847 AM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026

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

0446 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 E De Soto             38.97N 94.91W
07/10/2026                   Johnson            KS   Utility Company

            Downed tree limbs and wires near 85th
            Terrace. Time estimated from radar.

&&

CMS

Local storm report, Jul 10, 8:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
849 AM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026

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

0446 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 SE De Soto            38.95N 94.94W
07/10/2026                   Johnson            KS   Utility Company

            Downed tree limbs and wires near 99th
            Street. Time confirmed from radar.

&&

CMS

Local storm report, Jul 10, 9:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
947 AM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026

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

0449 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 S Olathe              38.85N 94.81W
07/10/2026                   Johnson            KS   Utility Company

            Downed wires near 153rd Street. Time
            estimated from radar.

&&

CMS

Local storm report, Jul 10, 11:25 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
1125 AM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026

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

0630 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 WNW Clinton           38.38N 93.79W
07/10/2026                   Henry              MO   Utility Company

            Downed wires near Booth Road. Time estimated
            from radar.

&&

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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
Jul 10, 4:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Clay, Jackson	48 min
Jul 10, 6:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson, Pettis	48 min
Jul 10, 6:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Henry, Pettis	35 min
Jul 10, 12:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Holt	3 hr
Jul 10, 1:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Holt	6 hr
Jul 10, 1:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	34 min
Jul 10, 1:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry	6 hr
Jul 10, 1:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte	47 min
Jul 10, 2:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry, Harrison	6 hr
Jul 10, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison	49 min
Jul 10, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Platte, Ray	51 min
Jul 10, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb	47 min
Jul 10, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess, Livingston	40 min
Jul 10, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Ray	52 min
Jul 10, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Livingston	46 min
Jul 10, 3:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Grundy, Mercer, Sullivan	3 hr
Jul 10, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Livingston, Saline	50 min
Jul 10, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Pettis, Saline	48 min
Jul 10, 5:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Putnam, Schuyler	3 hr
Jul 10, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Howard	33 min
Jul 10, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Saline	33 min
Jul 10, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Pettis, Saline	42 min
Jul 10, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Randolph, Saline	40 min
Jul 10, 5:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline	5 hr
Jul 10, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	38 min

Nearby

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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.