1 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 May 27, 10:35 AM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1135 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2002 MCV IN NORTHEASTERN MO HAS MOVED OUT OF CWA...ALONG WITH MOST OF THE LIGHT RAIN. THUS WILL REMOVE MORNING PRECIPITATION. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS WEAK WIND FIELDS WITH NO APPARENT BOUNDARIES TO FOCUS REDEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION. NEXT IN SERIES OF UPPER STORM SYSTEMS LOCATED IN NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS PANHANDLE. UPPER STORM SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE MAIN THREAT FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...BUT NOT FOR THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE REMOVED THREAT FOR ALL ZONES FOR THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED AIR MASS TYPE THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO INCREASING INSTABILITY. DB 430 AM... COMPLEX WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN HALF OF CWA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE WEAKENING AS AIR MASS WORKS ITSELF OVER AND ENTERS MORE STABLE AIR. AFTER ACTIVITY EXITS SOUTHERN CWA BY MID-MORNING...CLOUDS WILL INHIBIT TEMPS FROM RISING SUBSTANTIALLY. IN ADDITION...LITTLE TO NO MIXING WILL BE OCCURRING...SO HAVE GONE A CATEGORY BELOW GUIDANCE TEMPS. EXPECT TS REDEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THIS MORNINGS ACTIVITY PROVIDE FOCUSING MECHANISM. THE LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE CONVECTION IS SOMEWHAT MARGINAL...BUT WOULD NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED SEVERE CELLS. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY EXPECTED TUESDAY...AS UPPER LEVEL LOW PROGRESSES THROUGH THE REGION. THE TIMING OF TS ACTIVITY WILL BE HARD TO PIN DOWN...SO HAVE GONE WITH CHANCE POPS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. AFTER THURSDAY...THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE WET WEATHER UNTIL SATURDAY...WHEN A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES AFFECT THE REGION. SCHMIT .EAX... KS...NONE MO...NONE
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-281100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 100 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2002 * HAZARDS EXPECTED - ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AREAS FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. LARGE HAIL IS THE PRIMARY THREAT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE MOST WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY FOR AREA SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 136. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOOK POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY. * SPOTTER ACTIVATION - NOT ANTICIPATED. DISCUSSION: UPPER AIR AND SURFACE PATTERN MORE INDICATIVE TO JULY THAN LATE MAY. MESOSCALE VORTICITY CENTER LEFT FROM CONVECTIVE COMPLEX THAT MOVED THROUGH AREA...EXITED NORTHEAST CORNER OF MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. DO NOT THINK IT WILL BE MUCH OF A FACTOR FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AS IT IS MOVING RAPIDLY EASTWARD OUT OF AREA. BEST CHANCE FOR REDEVELOPMENT WILL BE ALONG OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDS FROM KANSAS CITY AREA...THROUGH WARRENSBURG TO KIRKSVILLE. AS MOST OF THESE STORMS WILL BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN...DO NOT EXPECT THEM TO PERSIST MUCH AFTER SUNSET. ATMOSPHERE HIGHLY BUOYANT...BUT WITH WEAK WIND SHEAR...STORMS WILL BE FAIRLY UNORGANIZED. MAY SEE SOME HAIL OUT OF SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/EAX OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. SF
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Marais Des Cygnes River crested at 25.64 feet. Flood stage is 25 feet.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, May 2002
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: 5295269.