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 Mar 5, 9:50 AM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 950 AM CST FRI MAR 5 2004 .DISCUSSION... WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING AS THE SURFACE LOW SHIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST AND THE PRESSURE GRADIENT LOOSENS. HAVE CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AND REDUCED WINDS SLIGHTLY IN THE GRIDS/ZONES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... 545 AM... WINDS HAVE BEEN SLOWER TO DIMINISH ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THAN EARLIER EXPECTED AS SURFACE LOW IN IOWA IS QUITE INTENSE. WILL GO AHEAD AN HOIST A WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL EARLY THIS MORNING. DB 250 AM... STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG IOWA AND MISSOURI BORDER MOVING QUICKLY NORTHEAST. VERY NARROW ZONE OF STRONG WINDS WAS MOVING QUICKLY ACROSS THE CWA. HAVE CONSIDERED AN WIND ADVISORY BUT STRONG WINDS WAS IN A NARROW ZONE JUST AHEAD OF SURFACE TROUGH. STRONG WINDS WERE IN EXTREME THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CWA AND WILL LIKELY EXIT THE CWA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. WILL STILL LIKELY SEE GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT WITH THE SURFACE LOW QUICKLY MOVING NORTHEAST...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE...WILL NOT CARRY ANY PRECIPITATION THREAT THIS MORNING AS UPPER LOW LIFTS QUICKLY NORTHEAST. NEXT CONCERN IS THE NEXT SHORTWAVE TROUGH THAT THE GFS/MESOETA MOVES INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. GFS/MESOETA INDICATES WEAK 700-300 QVECTOR CONVERGENCE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. BUT WITH MOISTURE LIMITED AND ISENTROPIC DOWNGLIDE...PRECIPITATION THREAT MARGINA. CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW SPRINKLES...BUT WILL NOT MENTION ANY PRECIPITATION AT THIS TIME. WARMER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AS DOWNSLOPE FLOW RETURNS IN RESPONSE TO NEXT UPPER TROUGH THAT DROPS INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. WILL BOOST TEMPERATURES A LITTLE WARMER THAN GUIDANCE. OTHERWISE...FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN DROPPED. DB 415 PM THU... STRONG MID/UPPER LEVEL WAVE EVIDENT ON AFTERNOON SATELLITE IMAGERY. RESULTANT STRONG FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING AND LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE CONTINUED TO LIFT MOISTURE OVER THE BAROCLINIC ZONE TODAY...RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. COUPLED JET STRUCTURE HAS ALSO OFFERED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. AS THE BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTH...THE IMMEDIATE THREAT WILL CHANGE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. DRY SLOT CONTINUES TO WORK NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...ALLOWING FOR SOME DESTABILIZATION. SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW FAR NORTH THE DRY SLOT WILL WORK. CURRENT THOUGHTS ARE THAT SOUTHERN TIER OF ZONES MAY SEE SUFFICIENT CLEARING. THIS INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE MODERATE SHEAR IN VICINITY OF THE DEEPENING SURFACE LOW...AND CONTRIBUTE TO A THREAT FOR TORNADOES IN THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA. LARGE HAIL IS NOT A BIG CONCERN...DUE TO FAIRLY WARM 500MB TEMPS. EXPECT TEMPS TO RISE THROUGH THE EVENING AS THE WARM SECTOR LIFTS NORTH. SCHMIT FAST MOVING IMPULSE IN NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL TRACK ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD STAY NORTH OF THE AREA. SPRINKLES POSSIBLE FURTHER SOUTH ALONG COLD FRONT OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN MO BUT NOT READY TO INTRODUCE CHANCE FOR MEASURABLE RAIN. ANOTHER FAST MOVING IMPULSE WILL MOVE THROUGH MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT WITH WINDSHIFT THE MAIN EFFECT. UPCOMING WORK WEEK LOOKS DRY AND WILL HELP REGION DRY OUT FROM TODAYS HEAVY RAINS. BY MID WEEK UPPER RIDGE PROGGED TO BUILD EAST FROM THE ROCKIES... RESULTING IN GOOD LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION. HAVE BUMPED UP TEMPERATURES AND EVEN THEN MAY BE TOO CONSERVATIVE IF WARMING IS AS STRONG AS GFS IS ADVERTISING. MJ .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. MO...NONE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1250 PM CST FRI MAR 5 2004 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-061200- THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Chariton River near Prairie Hill crested right at the flood stage of 15.0 feet.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, March 2004
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