2 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 5, 2:30 PM CST, 7 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 330 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001 DEFINING BNDRYS WILL BE THE MAIN CHALLENGE NEXT 2 DAYS COUPLED WITH DVLPG NW MID/UPR LVL FLOW. THESE WILL HAVE TRICKLE DN EFFECT ON PCPN CHCS AND TEMPS. ERYR OUTFLOW BNDRY FM MRNG CNVTN MOVD S INTO SRN CWA WHERE CNVTN COMING UP FM S CNTRL/SE KS MOVD ALG DURG THE AFTN. LTST STLT IMAGERY INDCS THIS BNDRY FALLING APART WHILE INVERTED SFC TROF FM S CNTRL THRU NE KS BGNG TO SHOW SOME WDLY SCT CNVTN. AMS RATHER SOUPY AND MDTLY UNSTBL...WITH BEST POOLING OF H8 MSTR/PW PROGD ACRS SRN TIER CNTYS IN CWA. DUE TO 3 HR FFG VALUES AOB 1.5 THIS AREA AND PRESENCE OF BNDRY/POOLG OF LLVL MSTR FEEL IT BEST TO GO WITH FLASH FLOOD ADV FOR TNGT. COORD WITH STL/TOP ON THIS. ABV MENTIONED INVERTED SFC TROF SHUD ALSO BEAR WATCHING FOR SCT EVE CNVTN. SFC DWPTS IN THE 60S AND NO FROPA INDC MINS SHUD END UP CLOSER TO FWC. WK BNDRYS STILL IN THE AREA THRU WED AND MSTR CONTENT AND INSTBY RMN FVRBL ENUF TO WARRANT LOW CHC POPS. TEMPS CONT TO BE A PROBLEM AS EXTV CLDNS HAS MADE IT DFCLT TO WRM MOST AREAS. THINK THERE WILL BE MORE SUN TMRW SO WILL FAVOR WRMR FWC. WAS THINKING OF KEEPING THU DRY BUT MESO ETA HAS FOR THE LAST CPL OF RUNS DVLPD WAA CNVTN OVR ERN NEB WED NGT/THU MRNG...THEN ROLL IT SEWD UNDER NWLY FLOW ALOFT. AVN NOW LOOKING MORE LIKE ETA MODEL. NWLY FLOW REGIME ALWAYS BEARS WATCHING...SPCLY WHEN BNDRYS ARE PRESENT IN A WKLY CAPPED ENVIRONMENT. SO AM INCLINED TO MENTION LOW CHC POPS ON THU FOR ALL BUT SRN TIER OF CNTYS. MAX TEMPS SHUD INCH UP CLOSE TO SEASONAL NORMS. WILL KEEP EXTDD FCST DRY AS MID/UPR LVL RDG OVR THE CNTRL RCKYS MOVS EWD INTO THE CNTRL PLAINS. .EAX... KS...FLASH FLOOD TONIGHT KSZ057-060. MO...FLASH FLOOD TONIGHT MOZ040-043>046-053>054. JULY
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:35 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
5 to 6 inches of water reported over roadway northeast of Kearney.
Water reported over roads from heavy rain.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, 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: 5252336, 5252337.