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 Jan 6, 3:15 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 315 PM CST THU JAN 6 2005 .DISCUSSION... STRATOCUMULUS THAT HAS DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT THE DAY SHOULD LAST AT LEAST INTO THE EARLY PART OF TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE A FEW HOURS FOR THE STRATOCU TO BREAK UP BEFORE MORE LOW CLOUDS MOVE IN FROM THE WEST. WINDS WILL ROTATE TO THE SOUTH THROUGH THIS EVENING AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO SLIDE EAST ACROSS ARKANSAS. WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL SET IN TONIGHT...KEEPING MOST PLACES SEVERAL DEGREES WARMER THAN LAST NIGHT. THE PROGRESSION OF AN AREA OF STRATUS...CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND THE PANHANDLES OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA...IS THE PRIMARY CONCERN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. FORECAST MODELS WANT TO ADVECT THIS AREA OF STRATUS NORTHEAST ACROSS FAR EASTERN KANSAS/WESTERN MISSOURI BY 12Z TOMORROW. HAVE FOLLOWED SUIT AND INCREASED CLOUD COVER EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. LOOKS LIKE THE CLOUD COVER WILL LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TOMORROW...CAUSING A BATTLE OF WARM AIR ADVECTION AND THE LACK OF SUNSHINE IN TERMS OF HIGH TEMPERATURES. WENT A COUPLE OF DEGREES BELOW GUIDANCE NUMBERS THINKING THE LACK OF SUNSHINE AND CONTINUED SNOW/ICE ON THE GROUND WILL INHIBIT TEMPERATURES SOMEWHAT. AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL APPROACH TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ALONG WITH A SURFACE TROUGH THAT WILL SLIDE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE RESULT OF THESE FEATURES SHOULD BE JUST AN INCREASE/CONTINUING CLOUD COVER. IF THE CLOUDS ARE ABLE TO CLEAR OUT BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THERE IS A REMAINING CONCERN FOR FOG DEVELOPMENT. WINDS SHOULD BE VERY LIGHT IF NOT CALM...WITH THE SURFACE HIGH BECOMING CENTERED OVER MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS. HAVE ADDED AREAS OF FOG IN THE NORTHWEST TO THE GRIDS FOR SATURDAY MORNING. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THIS AREA NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED BY FOLLOWING SHIFTS. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO MODERATE ON SATURDAY AND WITH THE AID OF SOME SUNSHINE...SHOULD HELP MELT THE REMAINING SNOW AND ICE COVER. STOFLET A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS RETROGRADING TOWARD THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVOLVING HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE WILL BE THE DOMINANT SYNOPTIC WEATHER FEATURE CONTROLLING THE FLOW PATTERN OVER NORTH AMERICA THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK. DOWNSTREAM OF THE BUILDING RIDGE, A SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS DIGGING OVER VANCOUVER ISLAND TODAY. THE GFS, CANADIAN, AND UKMET FORECAST THIS VANCOUVER WAVE TO DROP AS FAR SOUTH AS THE MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER BEFORE TRACKING EAST OVER THE ROCKIES BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. THE ECMWF IS SLOWER AND DIGS THE SHORTWAVE FURTHER SOUTH INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ON MONDAY NIGHT. THE AMPLITUDE AND ORIENTATION OF THE TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT WILL DETERMINE HOW QUICKLY ARCTIC AIR CAN RETURN TO THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. A DEEPER AND SLOWER TROUGH WILL KEEP MILD SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES LONGER. AT THIS TIME, THE CONSENSUS OF THE HPC AND SURROUNDING OFFICES IS TO FAVOR THE ECMWF WITH ITS MORE AMPLIFIED AND SLOWER SOLUTION. THE ANTICIPATED STRENGTH OF THE DEVELOPING UPPER RIDGE OVER THE ALEUTIAN IS THE MAIN REASON FOR FAVORING THE ECMWF. SINCE THE EXTENDED MODELS DID NOT HANDLE THIS WEEKS ARCTIC AIR AND ICE STORM VERY WELL, FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS LOW FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. KOCH && .PREV DISCUSSION... 349 AM... FINALLY SEEING THE WINTER STORM PULLING OUT OF THE REGION. SURFACE OBS SHOWING LINGERING FLURRIES AND POSSIBLY A LITTLE FREEZING DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT. WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. TEMPS THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS ARE THE PRIMARY CONCERN AT THE MOMENT. CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE DECREASE TODAY...ALTHOUGH TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON WILL REMAIN COOL. THE COOL TEMPS AND CLEARING SKIES WILL SET THE REGION UP FOR ANOTHER COLD NIGHT TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH TEMPS FOR MOST LOCATIONS WILL NOT BE AS COLD AS THIS MORNING...WITH WARM AIR ADVECTION SETTING UP. DESPITE THE WARM AIR ADVECTION...TEMPS WILL STILL MODERATE SOME ON FRIDAY WITH THE LAYER OF ICE AND SNOW ON EVERYTHING. GFS/ETA MODELS INDICATE A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL TRY TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT SO HAVE KEPT LOWS ON THE COOL SIDE. WARM AIR ADVECTION STARTS UP IN EARNEST ONCE AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND. SO EXPECT TEMPS TO FOLLOW SUIT. WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR FOG SATURDAY NIGHT. SOUNDINGS (ESPECIALLY THE ETA) SHOW A STRONG FOG PROFILE. BOTH GFS AND ETA SHOW HIGHER DEW POINTS RAPIDLY MOVING NORTH INTO THE REGION...AS TROUGH OUT WEST DEVELOPS AND PUSHES CLOSER. NRR && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. MO...NONE. WFO EAX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1251 PM CST THU JAN 6 2005 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-071200- THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WARM TO ABOVE AVERAGE THIS WEEKEND AND REMAIN RELATIVELY MILD THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS POISED TO DESCEND ON THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES AGAIN LATE NEXT WEEK. WINTRY WEATHER COULD ACCOMPANY THIS COLD SURGE AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL OCCUR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT (LOWER CASE) HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/EAX OR HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. KOCH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Marais Des Cygnes River near Trading Post crested at 25.68 feet, or 0.68 of a foot above flood stage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, January 2005
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: 5438949.