Rain combined with rapid snow melt, led to some minor river flooding April 14th through April 16th.
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The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
Rain combined with rapid snow melt, led to some minor river flooding April 14th through April 16th.
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 Apr 14, 11:25 AM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1225 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...UPDATED SHORT TERM/AVIATION DISCUSSION... .DISCUSSION... WHAT LITTLE SUNSHINE WEVE SEEN OVER NW MO/NE KS LATE THIS MORNING IS QUICKLY FILLING IN WITH DEEP CONGESTED CUMULUS. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A COMPACT MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE DROPPING SOUTH THROUGH IOWA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ENHANCED LIFT TO THE S/SW OF THIS SYSTEM IS BEING REALIZED IN THE RAPIDLY GROWING CUMULUS DECK. RUC SOUNDINGS SHOWED THAT VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO MODEST SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY...WHICH MAY BE REALIZED ONCE TEMPERATURES REACH THE MID 50S. SOME OF THIS INSTABILITY MAY BE OFFSET BY LOWER DEWPOINTS...BUT SCATTERED HIGH-BASED SHOWERS SHOULD GRADUALLY DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. MAY EVEN SEE SOME SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH A RUMBLE OF THUNDER OR TWO IN THE HEAVIER CELLS. OTHERWISE...MOST AREAS WILL AVERAGE PARTLY SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE DEFORMATION ZONE QUICKLY SHIFTING SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA...TAKING THE STRATUS AND STEADIER PRECIPITATION WITH IT. IF WINDS CAN DIMINISH...MAY SEE A FAIRLY WIDESPREAD GROUND FOG DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SMALL SNOWPACK OVER THE SRN CWA. WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS IN A BIT. BOOKBINDER && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 345 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007/ UPPER LOW STARTING TO PICK UP SPEED AS IT OPENS UP AND LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST. DEFORMATION BAND OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AS THE UPPER LOW WEAKENS. TRICKY ON EXACTLY WHERE THE EDGE OF THE SNOW WILL BE. GETTING RAIN SNOW MIX AS FAR NORTH AS MCI AT THIS TIME. AREAS JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF KANSAS CITY ALREADY HAVE PICKED UP A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW FROM EARLY PRECIPITATION...SO THIS ADDITIONAL INCH OR LESS WE SHOULD PICK UP WITH THE DEFORMATION BAND...WILL KEEP ROADS SLUSHY. BIGGER PROBLEMS WITH THE ADVISORY IS THOSE PORTIONS THAT DID NOT PICK UP ANY SNOW WITH THE FIRST ROUND. AREAS FROM NORTHERN KANSAS CITY...TO MOBERLY MAY PICK UP A SLUSHY HALF INCH OUT OF THE FINAL ROUND...WHICH IS NOT REALLY ADVISORY CRITERIA...BUT THE WET SLUSHY NATURE OF THIS SNOW...IT WILL MAKE FOR SLICK ROADS...AND POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...SO CAN NOT JUSTIFY DROPPING THE ADVISORY AT THIS POINT FOR THOSE AREAS. FOR THIS AFTERNOON...MODELS SHOW A SECONDARY WEAK SHORT WAVE DROPPING DOWN BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER TROUGH. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW AN UNSTABLE LAYER UP THROUGH 650 MB FORMING WITH SOME MOISTURE IN THE 800 TO 700 MB LAYER. WILL PUT IT AS SPRINKLES AT THIS POINT...BUT SOMETHING TO BE WATCHED IF IT CAN DEVELOP INTO MORE SUBSTANTIAL CONVECTIVE SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. LATER TONIGHT...WITH SURFACE RIDGING MOVING INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA...LIGHT WINDS AND THE VERY WET GROUND WHERE SNOW FELL...WOULD EXPECT TO SEE SOME AREAS OF FOG FORMING. WILL RESTRICT THE MENTION TO PLACES THAT SHOULD HAVE THE WETTEST GROUND...MAINLY FROM SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY...NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA SHOULD SEE THE GREATEST WARM UP...WITH LACK OF WET GROUND AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. EVEN AREAS THAT RECEIVED SNOW...SHOULD BE ABLE TO WARM UP SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AS WE MIX DOWN FROM 850 MB. MONDAY SHOULD BE EVEN WARMER WITH UPPER RIDGE ACROSS AREA...AND SOUTHERLY FLOW SETTING UP AHEAD OF NEXT SHORT WAVE. PC && .AVIATION... CEILINGS CONTINUE TO RAISE THROUGH VFR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS EARLIER STORM SYSTEM DEPARTS. HOWEVER...WILL STILL SEE BROKEN CEILINGS AROUND 5-6KFT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE DROPS SOUTH ACROSS IOWA. MAY SEE AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP DUE TO WEAK INSTABILITY/COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT...BUT VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. CLOUDS TO DISSIPATE THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. MAY SEE SOME SHALLOW GROUND FOG DEVELOP TOWARD 12Z GIVEN THE RESIDUAL MOISTURE...ESPECIALLY AT KANSAS CITY TERMINALS...WITH THE ONLY CAVEAT BEING DRY AIR ADVECTION UPSTREAM. FOR NOW HAVE HINTED AT THIS POTENTIAL WITH MVFR VISIBILITIES IN THE 18Z TAFS. BOOKBINDER && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. WFO EAX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 100 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-151100- 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- 100 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 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. MODEST INSTABILITY AND COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL NOT BE SEVERE...ALTHOUGH SOME SMALL HAIL COULD MIX WITH THE RAINFALL IF STORMS DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. BOOKBINDER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1050 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1003 PM SNOW 4 N DREXEL 38.54N 94.61W
04/13/2007 E1.5 INCH CASS MO TRAINED SPOTTER
1106 PM SNOW PAOLA 38.58N 94.87W
04/13/2007 E2.0 INCH MIAMI KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. SEVERAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
REPORTED.
1121 PM SNOW WHITEMAN AFB 38.73N 93.55W
04/13/2007 E1.0 INCH JOHNSON MO PUBLIC
1130 PM SNOW SEDALIA 38.70N 93.23W
04/13/2007 E0.5 INCH PETTIS MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
1239 AM SNOW GREENWOOD 38.85N 94.34W
04/14/2007 M2.0 INCH JACKSON MO NWS EMPLOYEE
0131 AM SNOW HARRISONVILLE 38.66N 94.35W
04/14/2007 M3.0 INCH CASS MO FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
NUMEROUS POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS UP TO 4 INCHES IN
DIAMETER DOWNED
0724 AM SNOW BUTLER 38.26N 94.34W
04/14/2007 M0.4 INCH BATES MO CO-OP OBSERVER
2.03 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
0730 AM SLEET PLEASANT HILL 38.80N 94.27W
04/14/2007 M3.00 INCH CASS MO NWS EMPLOYEE
1.29 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
0730 AM SNOW LEES SUMMIT 38.92N 94.38W
04/14/2007 M2.0 INCH JACKSON MO NWS EMPLOYEE
1.17 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
0730 AM SNOW RAYMORE 38.81N 94.46W
04/14/2007 M3.0 INCH CASS MO CO-OP OBSERVER
1.01 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
0741 AM SNOW CENTERVILLE KS 38.22N 95.02W
04/14/2007 M2.5 INCH LINN KS CO-OP OBSERVER
2.48 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
0747 AM SNOW MOUND CITY KS 38.14N 94.82W
04/14/2007 M1.0 INCH LINN KS CO-OP OBSERVER
2.10 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
0846 AM SNOW 4 S LEES SUMMIT 38.86N 94.38W
04/14/2007 M2.7 INCH JACKSON MO NWS EMPLOYEE
0.88 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
0846 AM SNOW 1 E STANLEY 38.85N 94.63W
04/14/2007 M1.9 INCH JOHNSON KS CO-OP OBSERVER
0.96 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
0846 AM SNOW 3 E OLATHE 38.89N 94.76W
04/14/2007 M3.0 INCH JOHNSON KS CO-OP OBSERVER
1.27 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
0847 AM SNOW RIDGEWAY 40.38N 93.94W
04/14/2007 M2.3 INCH HARRISON MO CO-OP OBSERVER
0.72 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
0853 AM SNOW PAOLA 38.58N 94.87W
04/14/2007 M2.0 INCH MIAMI KS CO-OP OBSERVER
1.91 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
0928 AM SNOW KINGSVILLE 38.74N 94.07W
04/14/2007 M3.5 INCH JOHNSON MO CO-OP OBSERVER
1.00 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
1027 AM SNOW 3 S STANLEY 38.81N 94.65W
04/14/2007 M2.5 INCH JOHNSON KS CO-OP OBSERVER
1.57 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
&&
BOOKBINDERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1053 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1003 PM SNOW 4 N DREXEL 38.54N 94.61W
04/13/2007 E1.5 INCH CASS MO TRAINED SPOTTER
1106 PM SNOW PAOLA 38.58N 94.87W
04/13/2007 E2.0 INCH MIAMI KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. SEVERAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
REPORTED.
1121 PM SNOW WHITEMAN AFB 38.73N 93.55W
04/13/2007 E1.0 INCH JOHNSON MO PUBLIC
1130 PM SNOW SEDALIA 38.70N 93.23W
04/13/2007 E0.5 INCH PETTIS MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
1239 AM SNOW GREENWOOD 38.85N 94.34W
04/14/2007 M2.0 INCH JACKSON MO NWS EMPLOYEE
0131 AM SNOW HARRISONVILLE 38.66N 94.35W
04/14/2007 M3.0 INCH CASS MO FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
NUMEROUS POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS UP TO 4 INCHES IN
DIAMETER DOWNED
0724 AM SNOW BUTLER 38.26N 94.34W
04/14/2007 M0.4 INCH BATES MO CO-OP OBSERVER
2.03 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
0730 AM SNOW PLEASANT HILL 38.80N 94.27W
04/14/2007 E3.0 INCH CASS MO NWS EMPLOYEE
1.29 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
0730 AM SNOW RAYMORE 38.81N 94.46W
04/14/2007 M3.0 INCH CASS MO CO-OP OBSERVER
1.01 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
0730 AM SNOW LEES SUMMIT 38.92N 94.38W
04/14/2007 M2.0 INCH JACKSON MO NWS EMPLOYEE
1.17 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
0741 AM SNOW CENTERVILLE KS 38.22N 95.02W
04/14/2007 M2.5 INCH LINN KS CO-OP OBSERVER
2.48 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
0747 AM SNOW MOUND CITY KS 38.14N 94.82W
04/14/2007 M1.0 INCH LINN KS CO-OP OBSERVER
2.10 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
0846 AM SNOW 3 E OLATHE 38.89N 94.76W
04/14/2007 M3.0 INCH JOHNSON KS CO-OP OBSERVER
1.27 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
0846 AM SNOW 1 E STANLEY 38.85N 94.63W
04/14/2007 M1.9 INCH JOHNSON KS CO-OP OBSERVER
0.96 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
0846 AM SNOW 4 S LEES SUMMIT 38.86N 94.38W
04/14/2007 M2.7 INCH JACKSON MO NWS EMPLOYEE
0.88 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
0847 AM SNOW RIDGEWAY 40.38N 93.94W
04/14/2007 M2.3 INCH HARRISON MO CO-OP OBSERVER
0.72 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
0853 AM SNOW PAOLA 38.58N 94.87W
04/14/2007 M2.0 INCH MIAMI KS CO-OP OBSERVER
1.91 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
0928 AM SNOW KINGSVILLE 38.74N 94.07W
04/14/2007 M3.5 INCH JOHNSON MO CO-OP OBSERVER
1.00 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
1027 AM SNOW 3 S STANLEY 38.81N 94.65W
04/14/2007 M2.5 INCH JOHNSON KS CO-OP OBSERVER
1.57 STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAIN AND SNOW
&&
BOOKBINDERThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The South Grand River near Urich crested at 26.87 feet, or 2.87 feet above flood stage.
The Blackwater River near Valley City crested at 24.30 feet, or 2.30 feet above flood stage.
The Lamine River at Otterville crested at 15.99 feet, or 0.99 feet above flood stage.
The Big Creek at Blairstown crested at 20.30 feet, or 0.30 feet above flood stage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, April 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: 64789, 64790, 64788, 64787.