13 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 13 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 6, 4:25 AM CST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 525 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002 FORECAST CONCERNS CONTINUE TO BE WITH CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL FOR TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. BOW ECHO CONTINUING TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO AREA OF WEAKER INSTABILITY IN CENTRAL MO...WHILE ACTIVITY ALONG NE/IA/MO BORDER STRENGTHENING ON NOSE OF LLJ. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN BY MID MORNING...WITH REDEVELOPMENT OCCURRING THIS AFTERNOON. UPR LVL JET WILL MOVE OVER AREA NEXT COUPLE DAYS...AS SEVERAL IMPULSES ROTATE THROUGH UPR FLOW. ALSO...SFC LOW TO REMAIN SITUATED JUST TO THE WEST...SO WAA WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER COUPLE OF WARM DAYS. EXPECT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ETA PROGGED LIFTED INDICES AROUND -10...CAPES IN EXCESS OF 3500 J/KG...LITTLE TO NO CAP...AND MODERATE THETA E ADVECTION. BOUNDARIES FROM THIS MORNINGS CONVECTION MAY ALSO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FOCI FOR TS DVLPMT. HOWEVER...SFC CONVERGENCE APPEARS RELATIVE WEAK...SO TRIGGERING MAY BE DIFFICULT. ACTIVITY MORE LIKELY THIS EVENING/TONIGHT...AS LLJ STRENGTHENS. HELICITY APPEARS RELATIVELY WEAK...SO SUPERCELL THREAT MAY BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED. MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES APPEAR BEST OVERNIGHT...IN EXCESS OF 8 DEG C/KM. ALSO A FLOOD RISK TODAY AND TOMORROW...AS WET GROUND ENDURES ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...SO THAT WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED AS WELL. OTHERWISE...NO CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST. SCHMIT .EAX... KS...NONE MO...NONE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
144 AM CDT MON MAY 06 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0139 AM CAMERON MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/02 CLINTON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
MJKSZ057-103>105-MOZ014>017-021>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-061200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 147 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 237...IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: ADAIR...CALDWELL...CARROLL...CASS...CHARITON...CLAY...CLINTON... COOPER...DAVIESS...GRUNDY...HOWARD...JACKSON...JOHNSON...LAFAYETTE... LINN...LIVINGSTON...MACON...PETTIS...PLATTE...RANDOLPH...RAY...SALINE AND SULLIVAN. IN KANSAS: JOHNSON...LEAVENWORTH...MIAMI AND WYANDOTTE. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE BOONVILLE... CHILLICOTHE...HARRISONVILLE...KANSAS CITY...KIRKSVILLE...MARSHALL... MOBERLY...OLATHE...PAOLA...SEDALIA...TRENTON AND WARRENSBURG.
KSZ057-103>105-MOZ014>017-021>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-061200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 401 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 237 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: ADAIR...CALDWELL...CARROLL...CHARITON...CLAY...CLINTON...DAVIESS... GRUNDY...JACKSON...LINN...LIVINGSTON...MACON...PLATTE...RANDOLPH... RAY AND SULLIVAN. IN KANSAS: JOHNSON...LEAVENWORTH AND WYANDOTTE. SOME CITIES NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ARE CHILLICOTHE...KANSAS CITY...KIRKSVILLE...MOBERLY...OLATHE AND TRENTON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 237 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING...FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: CASS...COOPER...HOWARD...JOHNSON...LAFAYETTE...PETTIS AND SALINE. IN KANSAS: MIAMI. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE BOONVILLE... HARRISONVILLE...MARSHALL...PAOLA...SEDALIA AND WARRENSBURG.
KSZ057-MOZ038>040-043>046-061045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 439 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 237 HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS OF 439 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING. COUNTIES NO LONGER UNDER THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE... IN MISSOURI: CASS...COOPER...HOWARD...JOHNSON...LAFAYETTE...PETTIS AND SALINE. IN KANSAS: MIAMI. THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
544 AM CDT MON MAY 06 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0520 AM CRAIG MO .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/02 HOLT REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0528 AM MOUND CITY MO .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/02 HOLT REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
MJMOZ011-012-071030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 558 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002 * HAZARDS EXPECTED - SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY EARLY THIS MORNING IN NORTHERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM ATCHISON...TO CHILLICOTHE...TO KIRKSVILLE. THE PRIMARY THREATS ARE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * SPOTTER ACTIVATION - MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND DRY LINE WILL REMAIN JUST TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF MISSOURI THROUGH TOMORROW...WITH THE TROUGH PASSING THROUGH THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ALSO BRING THE THREAT OF FLOODING...PARTICULARLY TO URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS. 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. SCHMIT
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
13 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Little Platte River near Smithville crested 3 feet above flood stage.
The Fishing River near Mosby had moderate flooding. It crested 5.1 feet above flood stage.
Moniteu Creek near Fayette crested 2.26 feet above flood stage.
Wakenda Creek had minor flooding at 2.85 feet above flood stage.
Grand River at Chillicothe crested 0.9 feet above flood stage.
Crooked River near Richmond crested 2.5 feet above flood stage.
Moderate flooding on the Grand River near Sumner. Crest was 6 feet above flood stage.
Chariton River near Prairie Hill crested 1.6 feet above flood stage.
Major flooding was observed on the Blackwater River near Valley City. It crested 9 feet above flood stage.
Major flooding on the South Grand River near Urich. The crest was 4.3 feet above flood stage.
Minor to moderate flooding for an extended period of time on Big Creek near Blairstown. It crested 5.7 feet above flood stage.
Major flooding on the Blackwater River near Blue Lick. The crest was 10.7 feet above flood stage.
Petite Saline Creek near Boonville crested 4.3 feet above flood stage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, 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: 5295277, 5295281, 5295270, 5295271, 5295272, 5295282, 5295273, 5295280, 5295275, 5295278, 5295274, 5295276, 5295279.