3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 19, 12:30 PM CST, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 130 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2001 MAIN CHALLENGE TO FORECAST WILL BE TIMING OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY THROUGH CWA...AND ITS IMPACT ON TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION CHANCES. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...COLD FRONT BISECTING FORECAST AREA...EXTENDING ROUGHLY FROM JUST SOUTH KIRK TO NEAR KMCI. DESPITE WEAK LLJ...MORNING CONVECTION HAS LINGERED LONGER THAN EXPECTED OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. AS A RESULT...THE AMOUNT OF SURFACE HEATING HAS BEEN LIMITED...ALONG WITH THE SUBSEQUENT DESTABILIZATION. HAVE SEEN MORE SUN OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI...RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT TIGHTENING OF THERMAL GRADIENT ALONG BOUNDARY...WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE UPPER 50S IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...TO THE MIDDLE 80S IN CENTRAL MISSOURI. WITH THIS SAID...AGREE WITH LATEST SWOMCD FROM SPC...AND WILL BE WATCHING PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION FURTHER WEST...HOWEVER RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS THAT BEST THREAT APPEARS TO BE IN SOUTHEAST PART OF CWA. MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE WEAK SHORTWAVES MOVING ALONG THE FRONT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING...PRODUCING OVERRUNNING PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHERN PORTION OF FORECAST AREA. AM PLANNING TO CONTINUE LIKELY POPS FOR MOST AREAS TONIGHT. FRONT SHOULD GET SHOVE SOUTH OVERNIGHT...AS UPPER TROUGH OVER EASTERN UNITED STATES DEEPENS...ALLOWING COOL/DRY SURFACE HIGH TO BUILD INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS FOR THE LATER HALF OF THE WEEK. IN THE EXTENDED...MRF APPEARS TO BE TRENDING MORE TOWARDS CANADIAN SOLUTION OF BUILDING SIGNIFICANT UPPER RIDGING INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. ALTHOUGH...AT THIS POINT...THE MRF IS NOT QUITE AS STRONG WITH THIS FEATURE AS CANADIAN. IN ANY CASE...IT LOOKS AS IF COOL DOWN FOR THE END OF THIS WEEK WILL BE SHORT-LIVED. WILL NOT STRAY FAR FROM GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. .EAX... KS...NONE. MO...NONE. MJM
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:40 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Rainfall amounts in excess of 10 inches fell over portions of Atchison county during a 12 hour period, causing extensive flooding on area roads.
The flash flood warning issued earlier due to the more than 10 inches of rain that fell, needed to be extended due to the extensive flooding on area roads.
Rainfall amounts from 4 to 10 inches fell across the area, resulting in flooding of numerous roads.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5253011, 5253012, 5253013.