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 Aug 19, 2:28 AM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 328 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS WITH THREAT OF STORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT AND HEAT THIS AFTERNOON. 00Z MODEL RUNS PRESENTED QUITE DIVERGING SCENARIOS...HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HANDLING CONVECTION THIS MORNING AND CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK PROBLEMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WILL LEAN TOWARD EARLIER RUNS IDEA OF MAIN FRONT SETTING UP FROM WESTERN KANSAS INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WITH CONVECTION BREAKING OUT ALONG IT. NOT TOTALLY OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT SOMETHING COULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WARM SECTOR THAT WILL BE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...BUT THINK THE BETTER CHANCES WILL BE CLOSER TO THIS BOUNDARY...SO WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS FOR NOW...AND ONLY HAVE SLIGHT CHANCES FOR THE REST OF FORECAST AREA. WITH NORTHERN STREAM SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH UPPER MIDWEST BY 12Z SATURDAY...EXPECT FRONT TO BE ABLE TO PUSH AS FAR SOUTH AS THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF FORECAST AREA...THEN MOVE SOUTH OF AREA BY MID MIDDAY. THUS WILL TAPER OF RAIN CHANCES SATURDAY MORNING...WITH COOLER AIR MOVING IN. THEN WITH A SURFACE HIGH DROPPING INTO THE MIDWEST THE FIRST OF THE WEEK...LOOKS LIKE A FAIRLY QUIET WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH TUESDAY. IN THE VERY SHORT TERM...HEAT WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON. SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS FROM ST JOSEPH THROUGH KANSAS CITY THROUGH BUTLER AND SEDALIA MAY SEE HEAT INDICES AROUND THE 105 MARK FOR AN HOUR OR TWO THIS AFTERNOON. SINCE NOT QUITE FITTING THE ADVISORY CRITERIA...PLUS AREA HAS BECOME FAIRLY ACCLIMATED TO THE HEAT THIS SUMMER...WILL USE THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK TO HIGHLIGHT THE SITUATION. ONGOING CONVECTION HAS ORGANIZED INTO A COMPLEX THAT SHOULD CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EAST EARLY THIS MORNING AS WEAK WAVE INDUCED BY THIS COMPLEX MOVES EAST IN THE FLOW. TIMING CURRENT RADAR TRENDS...WILL LEAVE A MENTION OF STORMS IN SOUTHEAST AREAS FOR THE START OF THE DAY...THEN CLEAR THE AREA BY MID MORNING. PC && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... 353 PM CDT THU AFTERNOON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER SOUTHERN ALBERTA/SASKATCHEWAN. MEANWHILE...SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS ASSOCIATED LOW OVER MN/IA...WITH A CONFLUENCE ZONE STRETCHING SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI. CU FIELD HAS INCREASED ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. DECENT MOISTURE POOLING IN THIS REGION (WITH AFTERNOON DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 70S)...COMBINED WITH A FAIRLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS...MAY PROVIDE ENOUGH SUPPORT FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS EVENING. ASSISTANCE OF INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET WILL PROVIDE SLIGHTLY BETTER FOCUS TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI...SO HAVE MAINTAINED 30 POPS NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. TOMORROW WILL BE ANOTHER HOT DAY AS 850 MB TEMPS MODERATE A COUPLE OF DEGREES. ANTICIPATE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 90S FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH HEAT INDICES IN THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE. AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL DIVE SOUTHEAST ON FRIDAY...AND BRING A COLD FRONT KNOCKING ON OUR DOORSTEP LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HAVE RETAINED THE HIGHEST POPS (50-60) BETWEEN 00Z AND 12Z SATURDAY. BOTH NAM AND GFS SOLUTIONS ACCELERATE THE FRONT ACROSS MISSOURI...WITH PRECIPITATION ENDING DURING THE MORNING HOURS. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES TO COOL INTO THE 80S FOR THE WEEKEND. A SURFACE RIDGE IS IN PLACE THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK...WITH A SLOW WARMING TREND. THE MID RANGE MODELS BRING THE NEXT WEATHER MAKER IN LATE PERIOD NEAR DAY 7. THE MODELS ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THE TIMING OF FROPA...WITH THE DGEX EARLY IN THE DAY ON THURSDAY...RANGING DOWN TO THE GFS THAT DOES NOT BRING IT THROUGH UNTIL FRIDAY. DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES...HAVE NOT INTRODUCED POPS YET AGAIN...AND WILL WAIT ANOTHER RUN. HAVE CONTINUED TO TREND SKY/TEMPS THAT DIRECTION. LS/LVK && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. MO...NONE. WFO EAX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 627 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-192330- ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER- PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 627 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING GENERALLY NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER TO THE MISSOURI IOWA BORDER. LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORMING RAPIDLY OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS WITH ISOLATED STORMS NORTH OF KIRKSVILLE. EVENTUALLY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FILL IN BETWEEN THESE TWO AREAS. THE AIRMASS HAS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF MISSOURI AND THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE FED BY THIS UNSTABLE AIR. AS THE STORMS MATURE AND FORM A LARGER AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS A COLD POOL MAY FORM OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THIS COLD POOL COULD FORCE THE GROWING COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA AS WELL AS AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...DUE TO THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS FROM KANSAS CITY TO THE BOONVILLE FLASH FLOODING COULD BE A PROBLEM FOR CITIES BORDERING ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER HOT AND HUMID DAY IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY...WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES RANGING FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION ON FRIDAY EVENING...BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS DURING THE EVENING HOURS...AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FRIDAY NIGHT...INITIALLY IN NORTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...AND THEN ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA OVERNIGHT. MJ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1148 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 KSZ103-MOZ021-028-029-190515- CLAY-CLINTON-LEAVENWORTH-PLATTE- 1148 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CENTRAL PLATTE...NORTHEASTERN LEAVENWORTH...NORTHWESTERN CLAY AND SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTIES... AT 1145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LEAVENWORTH. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR PLATTE CITY BY 1155 PM CDT. NEAR SMITHVILLE BY 1210 AM CDT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. RAIN AMOUNTS BETWEEN A HALF AND THREE QUARTERS OF INCH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. KOCH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1154 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 MOZ032-033-039-040-190545- CHARITON-HOWARD-RANDOLPH-SALINE- 1154 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHEASTERN HOWARD...NORTHEASTERN SALINE...RANDOLPH AND SOUTHEASTERN CHARITON COUNTIES... AT 1151 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN CARROLLTON AND KEYTESVILLE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR SHANNONDALE BY MIDNIGHT CDT. NEAR SALISBURY BY 1205 AM CDT. NEAR ROANOKE BY 1220 AM CDT. NEAR MOUNT AIRY BY 1225 AM CDT. AND NEAR HIGBEE BY 1240 AM CDT. HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. KOCH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1158 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 KSZ025-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-190600- ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN KS-JOHNSON KS-LEAVENWORTH KS- WYANDOTTE KS-ADAIR MO-ANDREW MO-ATCHISON MO- BUCHANAN MO-CALDWELL MO-CARROLL MO-CHARITON MO-CLAY MO- CLINTON MO-DAVIESS MO-DE KALB MO-GENTRY MO-GRUNDY MO- HARRISON MO-HOLT MO-HOWARD MO-JACKSON MO-LAFAYETTE MO- LINN MO-LIVINGSTON MO-MACON MO-MERCER MO-NODAWAY MO- PLATTE MO-PUTNAM MO-RANDOLPH MO-RAY MO-SALINE MO- SCHUYLER MO-SULLIVAN MO-WORTH MO- 1158 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ALLOW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 731 TO EXPIRE FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KANSAS THIS ALLOWS TO EXPIRE 5 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS JOHNSON KS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ATCHISON KS DONIPHAN LEAVENWORTH WYANDOTTE IN MISSOURI THIS ALLOWS TO EXPIRE 31 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI HOWARD SALINE IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI CALDWELL CARROLL CHARITON DAVIESS GRUNDY HARRISON LINN MO LIVINGSTON MACON MERCER PUTNAM RANDOLPH SULLIVAN IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI ADAIR SCHUYLER IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ANDREW ATCHISON MO BUCHANAN CLINTON DEKALB GENTRY HOLT NODAWAY WORTH IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI CLAY JACKSON LAFAYETTE PLATTE RAY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALBANY...ATCHISON...BETHANY... BROOKFIELD...CAMERON...CARROLLTON...CHILLICOTHE...CONCORDIA... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...FAYETTE...GALLATIN...GRANT CITY... INDEPENDENCE...KANSAS CITY...KANSAS CITY...KEYTESVILLE... KINGSTON...KIRKSVILLE...LA PLATA...LANCASTER...LEAVENWORTH... LEXINGTON...LIBERTY...MACON...MARSHALL...MARYVILLE...MILAN... MOBERLY...MOUND CITY...NEW FRANKLIN...OLATHE...OREGON... OVERLAND PARK...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...PLATTSBURG... PRINCETON...RICHMOND...ROCKPORT...SAVANNAH...ST. JOSEPH... TRENTON...TROY AND UNIONVILLE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1159 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0655 PM HAIL HIGHLAND 39.86N 95.27W
08/18/2005 1.00 INCH DONIPHAN KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
0750 PM TSTM WND GST WATHENA 39.76N 94.95W
08/18/2005 65 MPH DONIPHAN KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
0755 PM TSTM WND DMG DENTON 39.73N 95.27W
08/18/2005 DONIPHAN KS TRAINED SPOTTER
1 FOOT DIAMETER TREE SNAPPED
0800 PM HAIL WATHENA 39.76N 94.95W
08/18/2005 0.75 INCH DONIPHAN KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
0805 PM TSTM WND DMG ST JOSEPH 39.76N 94.85W
08/18/2005 BUCHANAN MO FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SEVERAL 1 TO 2 FOOT DIAMETER TREES DOWN
0818 PM HAIL 1 N STANBERRY 40.23N 94.55W
08/18/2005 1.75 INCH GENTRY MO TRAINED SPOTTER
0840 PM HAIL 1 S ST JOSEPH 39.75N 94.85W
08/18/2005 0.75 INCH BUCHANAN MO TRAINED SPOTTER
0853 PM TSTM WND GST OSBORN 39.75N 94.36W
08/18/2005 65 MPH DEKALB MO AMATEUR RADIO
POWER ALSO LOST.
0910 PM TSTM WND GST 2 E CAMERON 39.74N 94.20W
08/18/2005 60 MPH CALDWELL MO TRAINED SPOTTER
0917 PM TSTM WND GST KINGSTON 39.64N 94.04W
08/18/2005 60 MPH CALDWELL MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
0945 PM TSTM WND GST COWGILL 39.56N 93.93W
08/18/2005 70 MPH CALDWELL MO PUBLIC
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DBSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1228 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 MOZ020-021-028-190630- BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE- 1228 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CLINTON...NORTHERN PLATTE AND SOUTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTIES... AT 1226 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTON TO DEARBORN TO PLATTSBURG. STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN. RAIN AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN THE DEARBORN...GRAYSON...PLATTSBURG...PERRIN...LATHROP... AND TURNEY AREAS BETWEEN 1230 AM AND 2 AM. WATCH FOR PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS. KOCH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
152 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1227 AM FLASH FLOOD ST JOSEPH 39.76N 94.85W
08/19/2005 BUCHANAN MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
STREET FLOODING IN ST JOSEPH. ONE TO TWO FEET OF WATER
OVER ROAD.
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GKOCHThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Petite Saline Creek near Boonville crested at 16.85 feet, or 0.85 feet above flood stage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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