1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 16, 12:00 PM CST, 13 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 100 PM CDT SUN SEP 16 2001 COMPLICATED FORECAST PRESENTING SEVERAL CHALLENGES. FIRST QUESTION WILL BE HOW TO HANDLE PRECIPITATION CHANCES/TIMING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS...AND THEN TEMPERATURES TRENDS. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING UPPER LOW OVER NEBRASKA/SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER CONTINUING SLOW TREK EASTWARD...WITH SERIES OF WEAKER SHORTWAVES ROTATING THROUGH CWA. MOST RECENT WAVE...WITH ASSOCIATED BAND OF PRECIPITATION MOVING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. FORECAST MODELS INDICATE THAT CLOSED OFF UPPER LOW OVER NORTHERN PLAINS...SHOULD OPEN UP AND GRADUALLY MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY TUESDAY...IN RESPONSE TO TROUGH DEEPENING IN THE ROCKIES. SHOULD SEE INCREASE IN SHRA/ISOLATED TSRA ACTIVITY AGAIN TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN CWA...AS VORT LOBE EXTENDS SOUTH INTO CWA FROM NORTHERN PLAINS UPPER LOW. CURRENT FORECAST HAS CHANCE POPS INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS CONTINUES TO LOOK GOOD...HOWEVER MAY MAKE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS FOR TIMING AND/OR LOCATION...AND MAY ALSO BUMP SOME AREAS INTO LIKELY CATEGORY FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. DRIER AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY...WHICH SHOULD PROVIDE FOR A DRY AND MILD END TO THE WORK WEEK. IN GENERAL...GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE IN THE BALLPARK. FOR MOST LOCATIONS...AM PLANNING TO USE A BLEND OF FWC/MAV NUMBERS. .EAX... KS...NONE. MO...NONE. MJM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor to moderate flooding on Stranger Creek in Easton, with a crest of 3.56 feet above flood stage.
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, September 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: 5267475.