Heavy rains at the end of June, caused several rivers and|creeks to experience moderate to major flooding, through |July 7th. Most damage was to crops in the adjacent low lands.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
Heavy rains at the end of June, caused several rivers and|creeks to experience moderate to major flooding, through |July 7th. Most damage was to crops in the adjacent low lands.
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 30, 8:05 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
905 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007
.DISCUSSION...
SMALL SCALE CIRCULATION OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS WAS IDENTIFIED IN
BOTH VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY AND RADAR LOOPS PRIOR TO
SUNSET...ROUGHLY IN THE VICINITY OF AN ANALYZED TRIPLE POINT OVER SE
KS. A SURFACE WARM FRONT DRAPED SE OF THIS FEATURE...ALONG WITH A
MODESTLY CONVERGENT TROUGH AXIS EXTENDING SOUTHWARD...HAVE BEEN THE
FOCI FOR DEEP CONVECTION SINCE LATE AFTERNOON. INTERPOLATED 00Z
SOUNDING DATA SHOWS A VERY SHARP DECREASE IN INSTABILITY NORTH OF
THIS AREA...WHICH IS JUSTIFIED BY THE ABSENCE OF LIGHTNING ACTIVITY
AND DEEPER CONVECTION IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE ONGOING ACTIVITY.
CHALLENGE FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS REMAINS JUST HOW FAR NORTH AND
EAST THE SE KS ACTIVITY WILL BE ABLE TO PENETRATE INTO A MUCH MORE
STABLE AIRMASS. THINK A MODEST 15-20 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET WILL HELP
SOME...SO HAVE RETAINED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVER THE SWRN
CWA...WITH LINN AND BATES COUNTIES THE MOST LIKELY RECIPIENTS OF
ADDITIONAL DOWNPOURS AND MAYBE A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER. EVEN
HERE...RAINFALL RATES SHOULD BE GENERALLY LESS THAN A THIRD OF AN
INCH.
FURTHER NORTH...MORE NERLY COMPONENT TO THE LOW LEVEL FLOW HAS
ALLOWED DRIER AIR TO FINALLY ERODE MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION ALONG
THE MISSOURI RIVER. EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS LARGE
SCALE UPPER LOW OVER OKLAHOMA FINALLY BEGINS TO INCH SOUTHWARD.
THEREFORE...HAVE CANCELLED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN THESE AREAS AND
DECREASED POPS WITH ONLY A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.
FINALLY LOOKS LIKE WE CAN SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL OF
THIS AMAZING 5 DAY EVENT.
BOOKBINDER
&&
.AVIATION...
MVFR TO LOCALLY IFR CEILING CONTINUE TO HOLD TOUGH AT THE KC
DOWNTOWN AIRPORT...WITH MCI TERMINAL ALONG THE NORTHERN FRINGED OF
THE STRATUS. CEILINGS REMAIN THE MOST CHALLENGING PORTION OF THE
FORECAST AS PRECIPITATION HAS GENERALLY SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE
TERMINALS. WITH MOIST EASTERLY FETCH CONTINUING AND LITTLE OVERALL
SYNOPTIC CHANGE...FELT A PERSISTENCE FORECAST WAS BEST UNTIL A TRUE
DRY PUSH CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY THE OBSERVATIONAL NETWORK.
WITH THIS SAID...LARGE FLUCTUATIONS BETWEEN LOW END MVFR AND VFR
CEILINGS MAY OCCUR AT THE KMCI TERMINAL OVERNIGHT.
&&
.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 PM SUNDAY FOR
MOZ043-MOZ053-MOZ054.
KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 PM SUNDAY FOR KSZ057-060.
WFO EAXHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 111 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-011815- 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- 111 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 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 RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. RAINFALL RATES OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PAOLA KANSAS TO ARCHIE AND CLINTON MISSOURI. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES MAY OCCUR IN THIS AREA...BEFORE THE BAND OF RAIN MOVES FURTHER TO THE SOUTH LATER TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. IN AREAS FURTHER TO THE NORTH...RAINFALL RATES FROM KANSAS CITY TO WARRENSBURG...HIGGINSVILLE...FAYETTE AND BOONVILLE...WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES...WHICH WILL ALSO KEEP CREEKS AND STREAMS RUNNING HIGH. BY LATE EVENING...THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO HAVE ENDING IN THOSE LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN STILL IN THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA ON SUNDAY...MAINLY SOUTH OF A PAOLA KANSAS TO CLINTON MISSOURI LINE. RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY...BUT THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING PROBLEMS. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY WEDNESDAY AND INTO THURSDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS OF FLOODING ARE REQUESTED. PC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Big Creek at Blairstown had its highest crest ever at 27.29 feet, or 7.29 feet above flood stage. Damage was to agricultural interests.
The South Grand River near Urich crested at 30.55 feet, or its highest crest ever. This was 6.55 feet above flood stage. Damage was to several homes and crops.
The Blackwater River near Blue Lick crested at 34.44 feet, or 10.44 feet above flood stage.
The Lamine River near Otterville crested at 17.54 feet, or 2.54 feet above flood stage.
The Blackwater River near Valley City crested at 30.36 feet, or 8.36 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, July 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: 68350, 68352, 68355, 68357, 68359.