drifted northeast into southeastern Kansas between the 28th and 30th of June. Copius amounts of moisture and the slow movement of the system, led to tremendous rainfall totals over extreme eastern Kansas.
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The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
An upper level storm system, which had meandered over Texas and Oklahoma for about two weeks...drifted northeast into southeastern Kansas between the 28th and 30th of June. Copius amounts of moisture and the slow movement of the system, led to tremendous rainfall totals over extreme eastern Kansas. Major flooding resulted and river levels reached near historic highs. Three day rainfall totals in Linn and Miami counties averaged around 10 inches, with isolated locations picking up nearly 15 inches of rain.
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 Jun 28, 5:26 AM CST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 626 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2007 ...UPDATED FOR AVIATION... .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 340 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2007/ UPPER LOW BECOMING ELONGATED FROM CNTRL OKLAHOMA THROUGH WRN MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING AS VORTICITY CENTERS BECOME SHEARED THROUGH MEAN FLOW ALOFT. MOST NOTABLE VORT POCKET AND ASSOCIATED ENHANCED LIFT NOW MOVING THROUGH SERN KANSAS DOES NOT APPEAR WELL CAPTURED BY EITHER THE GFS OR NAM. H8 FRONT ALIGNED NEAR A EMP-IRK LINE LOOKS TO REMAIN THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF THE MORE INTENSE RAINFALL THIS MORNING...AND AM SKEPTICAL OF THE MORE NORTHWARD PLACEMENT OF THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST QPF...PARTICULARLY ON THE 00Z GFS SOLUTION...PROBABLY OWING TO THE LOWER RESOLUTION GRID SCALE. WILL LET CURRENT FLASH FLOOD WATCH RIDE FOR THE TIME BEING...HOWEVER NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES WILL PROBABLY BE CUT OUT EARLY AS SLUG OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION OVER SWRN MISSOURI HEADING SOUTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR...AND NELY H8 WINDS CREATING A FAIRLY WELL DEFINED DEFORMATION ZONE LIMITING THE NORTHWARD FLUX OF MOISTURE. OTHERWISE...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL REMAINS A MAJOR CONCERN THIS MORNING...AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR THE SRN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. VERY NICE FETCH OF H8 MOISTURE (+15C DEWPOINTS) ON SWLY 25KT WINDS TAPPING TOTAL PWATS AOA 2.0 INCHES TAKING AIM ON CNTRL MISSOURI. FEEL THE MOST OPPORTUNE TIME FRAME FOR EXTREME RAINFALL WILL BE IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS H8 FLOW WILL BE MOST PERPENDICULAR TO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY BEFORE VEERING LATER IN THE MORNING...AND ALLOWING THE ELEVATED FRONT TO SAG FURTHER SOUTH. RADAR AND IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS INDICATE RAINFALL RATES APPROACHING OR EXCEEDING 2 INCHES/HOUR IN THE MOST INTENSE CELLS. FFG ACROSS CNTRL MISSOURI STILL REMAINS RATHER HIGH AT 2-3 INCHES OVER 3 HOURS...HOWEVER GIVEN THE AFOREMENTIONED RAINFALL RATES...WOULD NOT TAKE MUCH MORE THAN AN HOUR OF INTENSE PRECIPITATION TO REACH THESE VALUES. AT THIS TIME...AREAS MOST AT RISK APPEAR TO LIE ALONG A MOUND CITY KANSAS TO BOONVILLE LINE. EXPECTING A GENERAL CLEARING OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON AS WEAK NWLY WINDS ALOFT AND MODEST DRYING OF THE LOW LEVELS OVERSPREADS THE AREA. CLOUD COVER SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE PERSISTENT TO BREAK OUT OF THE AREA...AND HAVE TAILORED HIGH TEMPS TODAY TO REFLECT REDUCED INSOLATION. BEYOND THIS EVENING...FEEL GFS CARRIES FAR TOO MUCH CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK IN ITS FORECAST MCS DEVELOPMENT IN S CNTRL KANSAS. IN TURN...THIS BRINGS A VORT CENTER AND STRONGER UVV INTO WESTERN MISSOURI. FEEL ANY SIGNIFICANT PRECIP WILL REMAIN IN SW MISSOURI FRIDAY...HOWEVER HAVE CARRIED SMALL CHANCES IN THE FORECAST. ONLY COSMETIC CHANGES TO THE FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND...THOUGH PERSISTENT WEAKNESS IN HEIGHT FIELDS OVER OKLAHOMA WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED. 21 && .AVIATION... FOR THE 12Z/28 TAFS...SCT -SHRA WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN TERMINAL SITES THROUGH 15Z BEFORE 850 MB WINDS FINALLY BACK TO THE NORTH AND DRAW DRIER AIR SOUTHWARD. EVEN THOUGH CIGS CONTINUE WIDELY VARY ACROSS THE METRO...EXPECT PREVAILING CIGS TO REMAIN AT MVFR LEVELS WITH TEMPORARY DROPS TO IFR CONDITIONS UNDER PASSING SHOWERS. ONCE H850 BOUNDARY SINKS TO THE SOUTH LATE THIS MORNING...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH A MID-LVL CLOUD DECK PERSISTING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF CYCLE. AS A NOTE FOR LATER SHIFTS...WILL NEED TO MONITOR THE CHANCES OF STRATUS/FOG DECK DEVELOPING BY FRIDAY MORNING AS LOW-LVL WINDS TURN BACK TO THE ESE. AT THIS TIME CONFIDENCE TO LOW TO CONSIDER ENTERING IN TAF AT THIS TIME. DUX && EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 AM FRIDAY FOR MOZ025-MOZ032-MOZ033 -MOZ038-MOZ039-MOZ040-MOZ043-MOZ044-MOZ045-MOZ046-MOZ053-MOZ054. KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 AM FRIDAY FOR KSZ057-KSZ060. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 556 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2007 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-291100- 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- 556 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. FAIRLY WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH WILL BE COMMON GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A PAOLA TO MOBERLY LINE. RAINFALL TOTALS UPWARDS OF THREE INCHES COULD ALSO LOCALLY BE SEEN IN THIS AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME FLASH FLOODING AND FLOODING OF SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...ALTHOUGH REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WOULD BE APPRECIATED TODAY. 21
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:58 UTC.
9 flash flood, 3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Marais Des Cygnes River at Osawatomie began flooding on June 28, 2007 and continued through July 5, 2007. The crest was on July 2, 2007 and is detailed in the July 2007 Storm Data Report.
Highway 152 east of La Cygne was closed due to water across the road. Many county roads were also closed.
Heavy rains caused 319th Street and Osawatomie, along with 303 Street and Rogers, to be closed due to flooding.
Highway 152 was closed in La Cygne.
High water was reported between Stanley and Stilwell at 175th Street and Null Road.
The Marais Des Cygnes River at La Cygne began flooding on June 29, 2007 and continued into July 7, 2007. The crest was on July 2, 2007 and is detailed in the July 2007 Storm Data Report.
The Marais Des Cygnes River at Trading Post began flooding on June 29, 2007 and continued through July 8, 2007. The crest was on July 2, 2007 and is detailed in the July 2007 Storm Data Report.
Numerous roads were closed near Prescott due to high water from the heavy rains.
Heavy rains caused 175th and Nall Road, to be closed due to flooding. High water was also reported on Highway 56.
Numerous roads were closed around La Cygne.
State Highway 7 was closed near the Miami Linn county line.
Heavy rains caused 175th Street, to be closed from Highway 56 to Agnus Street. Also, rains closed 215th Street, from Edgerton Road to Moonlight Road. In addition, heavy rains closed 199th Street, from Four Corners to Highway 56.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 2007
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: 68854, 33748, 33749, 38287, 38281, 68857, 68861, 38289, 38282, 38293, 38294, 38285.