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 12, 8:20 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 820 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 .DISCUSSION... UPDATING GRIDS AND TEXT PRODUCTS TO INCLUDE MENTION OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN FOR A LITTLE LONGER PERIOD TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT HAS CONTINUED TO PUSH SOUTH WHILE WARM AIR CONTINUES TO BE BROUGHT NORTH...OVERRUNNING THE COLD FRONT. MODELS ARE SHOWING PRETTY GOOD FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING DEVELOPING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING. HOWEVER SATELLITE AND RADAR CURRENTLY ARE NOT SHOWING MUCH PRECIP DEVELOPING. THINK FREEZING DRIZZLE IS A PRETTY GOOD BET...WITH A CHANCE FOR FREEZING RAIN. THE PRECIP SHOULD REALLY START TO TAPER OFF SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE MOISTURE GETS SHUNTED EAST. NRR && .PREV DISCUSSION... 410 PM WED... SURFACE FRONT IS STILL SITUATED ACROSS THE CWA...WHICH IS RESULTING IN QUITE A BAROCLINIC ZONE. TEMPS ARE IN THE UPPER 20S IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI TO THE LOWER 60S IN SEDALIA. EVEN THOUGH THE UPPER LOW IS NEARING...MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS OUT AHEAD OF IT. RADAR SHOWS THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS FROM BUTLER TO KIRKSVILLE AND EAST. FARTHER WEST INTO CENTRAL KANSAS AND NORTHWEST NEBRASKA...THERE IS SOME DRIZZLE BUT NOTHING ACCUMULATING TO SPEAK OF. AS TEMPERATURES FALL THIS EVENING...LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE SURFACE FRONT WILL SWITCH TO FREEZING DRIZZLE AND THEN OVER TO SOME LIGHT SNOW BEFORE ENDING. THE CURRENT WSW HAS BEEN STRIPPED OF SEVERAL COUNTIES THROUGHOUT TODAY...SO THE REMAINING COUNTIES ARE IN EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. WILL ALLOW THIS TO REMAIN IN EFFECT AT LEAST THROUGH THE EVENING...TEMPERATURES THERE HAVE BEEN BELOW FREEZING ALL DAY AND DRIZZLE MAY BE PUTTING A GLAZE ON THINGS. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT...ALTHOUGH THE REAL ARCTIC BLAST WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. LVQ THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST IN A WORD...LOOKS COLD. GFS ENSEMBLES AND ECMWF CARVE DEEP LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER CONUS AS POLAR VORTEX OVER HUDSON BAY STRENGTHENS. SEVERAL SURGES OF ARCTIC AIR WILL INVADE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. AS ATTENDANT VORTICES ROTATE AROUND POLAR VORTEX. TIMING AND AMOUNT OF PENETRATION OF COLD AIR INTO CENTRAL PLAINS...CWA IN PARTICULAR...WILL CREATE BIGGEST FORECAST CHALLENGE. FOR TIME BEING...TRENDED COLDER WITH TEMPERATURES IN DAYS 5 TO 7. POTENTIAL FOR SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES EXISTS FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CWA...BUT SO FAR WILL LIMIT SUB-ZERO FORECAST MINS FOR AREAS ADJACENT TO IOWA BORDER. NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIP ARRIVES OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH MEDIUM RANGE MODELS PRODUCING AN AREA OF CHANNELED VORTICITY AND WEAK/MODERATE ISENTROPIC LIFT GENERALLY ALONG THE IOWA MISSOURI BORDER. MODELS ALSO PREDICTING WEAK TO MODERATE MOIST ADVECTION FEEDING INTO THIS AREA OF UVM...SO INTRODUCED SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. OVERALL...QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY IN LONGER RANGE OF FORECAST...THOUGH SUCCESSIVELY COLDER LOOK TO GFS ENSEMBLES POINT TOWARD A DEEP FREEZE FOR FORECAST AREA...AND PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW/FLURRIES...FOR NEXT WEEK. SF 1123 AM WED... SENT QUICK UPDATE TO FORECAST. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ENOUGH IN NORTHEASTERN MO TO TRIGGER CANCELING THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES MAY BE A LITTLE COOLER IN SOUTHERN COUNTIES...BY ONLY A FEW DEGREES...AS THE WARM FRONT HAS NOT MOVED MUCH FARTHER NORTH. STILL SEEING CONVECTION BREAK OUT...SO HAVE HIT THE THUNDERSTORM CHANCE A LITTLE HARDER. ZFP ALREADY OUT. LVQ 340 AM WED... VIGOROUS UPPER LOW CURRENTLY LOCATED NEAR FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSLATE EAST SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH THE MORNING AND EMERGE INTO THE PLAINS BY LATE AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE WARM FRONT...WHICH CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM SOUTH OF KSTL BACK INTO FAR SOUTHWEST MO AND CENTRAL OK...WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL MO THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY ARE CURRENTLY IN THE 60S ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MO/AR THIS MORNING. BOUNDARY MAY MAKE IT INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN CWA THIS AFTERNOON...AND HAVE ADJUSTED TEMPS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. EXPECT QUITE A TEMPERATURE GRADIENT TO EXIST ACROSS BOUNDARY...WITH TEMPERATURES ACROSS BOUNDARY RANGING FROM THE 60S JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF CWA...QUICKLY FALLING INTO THE UPPER 30S ROUGHLY ALONG A KMKC TO KIRK LINE. AREAS IN FAR NORTH CENTRAL/NORTHWEST MO MAY WELL REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON...AND IF THIS WERE TO VERIFY COULD EASILY SEE A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ACROSS FAR NORTH CENTRAL MO AROUND THE BETHANY AREA. HOWEVER GIVEN CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY REGARDING TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON HAVE OPTED TO COVER THIS WITH GOING WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY (WHICH WILL BE EXTENDED THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS FAR NORTHERN CWA). THAT SAID...TEMPERATURES WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED VERY CLOSELY IN THIS AREA TODAY. FURTHER SOUTH...AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE ACROSS SOUTHERN/CENTRAL CWA THIS MORNING ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO DROP GOING FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY EARLY. WITH APPROACHING WARM FRONT WILL LIKELY SEE AREAS OF DENSE FOG DEVELOP ACROSS CWA EARLY THIS MORNING...AND MAY REPLACE OUTGOING FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WITH A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IF FOG DOES INDEED BECOME WIDESPREAD AND TEMPERATURES BEHAVE THEMSELVES AS EXPECTED. FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT EXPECT AREAS OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP/SPREAD ACROSS CWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS CONSIDERABLE LARGE SCALE LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING SHORTWAVE TROUGH SPREADS ACROSS CWA. SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF CWA STILL LOOKING AT POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...AND GOING FLOOD WATCH COVERS THIS WELL. ADDITIONALLY...AS LAPSE RATES STEEPEN THIS AFTERNOON CANT RULE OUT MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL WITHIN ELEVATED CONVECTION ACROSS THIS AREA AS WELL. IF WARM FRONT IS ABLE TO LIFT NORTH INTO CWA CANT RULE OUT A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AS WELL AS STORMS WOULD HAVE CHANCE TO ROOT THEMSELVES IN BOUNDARY LAYER SOUTH OF BOUNDARY. PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN/SNOW TOWARDS END OF EVENT LATER TONIGHT. ETA PROG SOUNDINGS KEEP ELEVATED WARM NOSE ACROSS AREA FOR A SHORT TIME BEHIND SURFACE FRONT...AS COLD AIR AT 850MB IS SLOWER TO ARRIVE. THIS WOULD SEEM TO SUPPORT A BRIEF FREEZING RAIN THREAT...AND GIVEN TIGHT SURFACE TEMP GRADIENT CANT RULE THIS OUT...HOWEVER THINK MORE LIKELY SCENARIO IS FOR PRECIPITATION TO END ACROSS AREA AS MOISTURE AXIS IS PUSHED EAST BEFORE SUB-FREEZING TEMPS ARRIVE. HAVE BUMPED TEMPS ACROSS SOUTHERN CWA A BIT FOR THURSDAY...AS ETA MODEL HAS SLOWED THE ARRIVAL OF ARCTIC AIR UNTIL THE DAYTIME HOURS. THUS MAY SEE TEMPS RECOVER BRIEFLY DURING THE LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. OTHERWISE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON LOOKS TO REMAIN ACROSS FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. SEAMAN && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. MO...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR MOZ031>033-038>040-043>046-053>054. WFO EAX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1257 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-131200- 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 FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL STILL AFFECT AREAS FROM TROY KANSAS TO MARYVILLE...ALBANY AND GRANT CITY THIS AFTERNOON. ICE MAY ACCUMULATE TO A GLAZE ON AREA ROADS. FURTHER SOUTH...SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS POSSIBLE IN AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. LOCATIONS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BUTLER TO HIGGINSVILLE TO MOBERLY MAY SEE ENOUGH RAINFALL TO CAUSE MINOR FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. OVERNIGHT...THE TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. LOCATIONS MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM MOUND CITY KANSAS TO HIGGINSVILLE TO KIRKSVILLE MAY SEE SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW THIS EVENING...BUT LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF AROUND MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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. LVQ
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
855 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM FLASH FLOOD MONTROSE 38.26N 93.98W
01/12/2005 HENRY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
K HIGHWAY NEAR MONTROSE WAS FLOODED.
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PCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
909 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 S GREEN RIDGE 38.61N 93.41W
01/12/2005 PETTIS MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY 127 WAS FLOODED.
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SPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1135 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1115 PM FLOOD PILOT GROVE 38.87N 92.91W
01/12/2005 COOPER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER ROAD AT MILE CORNER RD AT PETITE SALINE
CROSSING. OFF HIGHWAY 135 OR 2 MILES BEFORE PILOT GROVE.
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MORGANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1224 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 S PILOT GROVE 38.83N 92.91W
01/13/2005 COOPER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
HARRIMAN RD BY HWY 135...WATER OVER ROAD
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CUTTERThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Blackwater River near Valley City crested at 26.50 feet, or 4.50 feet above flood stage.
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