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 13, 3:55 AM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 355 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005 .DISCUSSION... A BIT QUIETER AROUND HERE THAN 12 HOURS AGO. HAD TO USE ALTERNATIVE METHODS TO SEE LATEST MODEL DATA AS AWIPS IN A BIT OF A DEGRADED MODE. PRIMARY AREA OF PRECIPITATION HAS LONG SINCE MOVED EAST OF CWA. AXIS OF DEEP UPPER TROUGH JUST ABOUT TO THE MO/KS BORDER. 06Z ETA DEVELOPS A SECONDARY DEFORMATION ZONE ACROSS CENTRAL MO THIS MORNING. FAR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES MAY SEE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW...WITH THE SNOW THREAT ENDING BY MID MORNING. MUCH COLDER AIR IS NOW WORKING ITS WAY SOUTHWARD. THIS WILL BE THE PRIMARY WEATHER STORY THROUGH SUNDAY. BRUNT OF COLD AIR WILL ARRIVE INTO NORTHWEST MO THIS EVENING AND SPREAD SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT AS 1044MB SURFACE HIGH BUILDS INTO MT. LOW CLOUD SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS STRATUS DROPPING SOUTHWARD ACROSS WESTERN IA. NONE OF THE MODELS HAVE PICKED UP ON THESE CLOUDS. CURRENT THINKING IS THEY WILL MAKE IT INTO NORTHWEST MO AFTER SUNRISE AND THEN SHIFT SOUTHEAST...THUS SLOWING DOWN THE CLEARING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MO. TEMPERATURES LIKELY TO FALL THROUGH 15Z AND THEN VERY SLOWLY REBOUND. FAVOR COMPROMISE BETWEEN COLDER ETA AND MAV. WESTERLY POLAR JET PROGGED TO ROOT ITSELF JUST NORTH OF CWA...THUS HOLDING BACK THE REALLY COLD AIR...LIKE SUBZERO LOWS ARE NOT COLD ENOUGH. THIS JET POSITION WILL ALLOW MID LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION AND ISENTROPIC LIFT ON 290K/295K SURFACES TO GENERATE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SUBSTANTIAL MID CLOUDS WHICH WILL SPREAD ACROSS CWA...STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. THESE CLOUDS WILL HELP INSULATE AREA AT NIGHT AND KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM GOING EVEN LOWER. A FEW FLURRIES CERTAINLY POSSIBLE BUT DEGREE OF COVERAGE IN QUESTION SO WILL LEAVE OUT TILL SUNDAY WHEN A BETTER DEFINED VORTICITY LOBE SWOOPS IN. LITTLE DIURNAL TEMPERATURE SPREAD EXPECTED NEXT SEVERAL DAYS DUE TO COLD AIR ADVECTION AND INCREASING CLOUD COVER. LITTLE IN THE WAY OF CHANGES MADE TO MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST. MJ && .PREV DISCUSSION... 820 PM... 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 && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. MO...NONE. WFO EAX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 601 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-131900- THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED EAST OF A WINDSOR TO MACON LINE THIS MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW BEFORE ENDING AROUND MID MORNING. A THIN FILM OF ICE MAY FORM FROM THE LIGHT FREEZING RAIN RESULTING IN SOME SLICK SURFACES...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND LESS TRAVELED ROADS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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. MJ
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
458 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0919 PM FLASH FLOOD 9 N KNOB NOSTER 38.90N 93.57W
01/12/2005 JOHNSON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
HWY 23 UNDER WATER
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CUTTERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
511 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 W NEW FRANKLIN 39.02N 92.83W
01/12/2005 HOWARD MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
STATE ROUTE Z FLOODED
0900 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 E FAYETTE 39.15N 92.65W
01/12/2005 HOWARD MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROUTE H AND HWY 124 FLOODED
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CUTTERThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Lamine River near Otterville crested at 19.52 feet, or 4.52 feet above flood stage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, 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: 5439010.