Heavy rains in the Delaware River basin, upstream of Muscotah, caused minor flooding near Muscotah on May 22, 2008.
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Heavy rains in the Delaware River basin, upstream of Muscotah, caused minor flooding near Muscotah on May 22, 2008.
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 May 22, 5:53 AM CST, 6 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 653 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION... .DISCUSSION... /421 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008/ SOME WEATHER TO DISCUSS TONIGHT...CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS ENERGY BUILDING OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. PRECIPITATION HAS FINALLY STARTED...IN THE FORM OF TWO CONVECTIVE LINES...ONE IN CENTRAL MISSOURI AND ONE IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...BRINGING WITH IT SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AS IT TRAVERSES EASTWARD. SFC WARM FRONT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...STILL CONTINUING ITS PAINFULLY SLOW MIGRATION TOWARD SOUTHEASTERN KS. EXPECT CURRENT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE TO SLOW FRONTAL MOVEMENT. CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT CONTINUING TO THE SOUTHWEST. WE COULD BE LOOKING AT A SIMILAR SCENARIO TOMORROW EVENING...WITH A STRENGTHENING LLJ ONCE AGAIN SUPPLYING THE NECESSARY MOISTURE. AS LONG AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS TO OUR SOUTH...WILL CONTINUE TO LEAVE OPEN THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME NIGHTTIME SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THIS TIME...HOWEVER...AXIS OF HIGHEST ISENTROPIC LIFT AT 305K SFC IS SHIFTED SLIGHTLY NORTHEAST. MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND TEMPERATURES FOR THE COMING HOLIDAY WEEKEND WILL BE VERY WARM...WITH HIGHS WELL INTO THE 80S OVER THE ENTIRE CWA. WARM AIR COULD AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ON BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON. GFS MODEL SOUNDINGS PRODUCING CAPE VALUES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL MISSOURI ON THE ORDER OF 2500 J/KG. DECIDED TO UP THE POPS JUST EVER SO SLIGHTLY ON THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CWA TO REFLECT THIS. BEYOND MEMORIAL DAY...FORECAST REMAINS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. MJS/RC && .AVIATION... FOR THE 12Z TAFS...CONVECTION WILL BE ONGOING AS THE TAFS GO INTO AFFECT ACROSS THE KMCI AND KMKC TERMINALS...WITH THE KSTJ TERMINAL TO FOLLOW SHORTLY. CEILINGS IN THE THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO BE IN THE MVFR RANGE FOR THE MOST PART WITH EQUIVALENT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY. THE LINE OF STORMS IS TRYING TO BACK-BUILD AS A 850-MB JET FEEDS MOISTURE INTO ITS BACKSIDE...SLOWING THE LINES FORWARD PROGRESSION. STILL...EXPECT STORMS TO CLEAR THE TERMINALS IN KANSAS CITY BY 14Z...KSTJ BY 15Z...BUT KEPT A TEMPO IN FOR THUNDER FOR ANOTHER HOUR IN EACH TAF TO COVER SCATTERED CONVECTION BEHIND THE PRIMARY LINE. CLOUD BASSES SHOULD LIFT A LITTLE INTO THE VFR BEHIND THE THUNDERSTORM LINE BY THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS. OTHERWISE...SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN FROM THE EAST...AND BE A BIT BREEZY TODAY...THANKS TO A SURFACE LOW IN EAST COLORADO. CUTTER && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 110 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-231815- 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- 110 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 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 LAST OF THE MORNING CONVECTION WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THIS REGION THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED. ALSO THIS AFTERNOON THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING IN AREAS CLOSE TO A WARM FRONT WHICH EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL KANSAS TO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY IN AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PAOLA KANSAS TO HARRISONVILLE AND CLINTON MISSOURI. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH SOME MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. IN ADDITION...MORE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN COULD OCCUR IF THESE STORMS DEVELOP. LATE NIGHT CONVECTION MAY REINITIATE ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ST JOSEPH TO CARROLLTON AND MOBERLY. IF THIS CONVECTION OCCURS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. THESE STORMS SHOULD BE MOVING OFF INTO NORTHEAST MISSOURI FRIDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THERE MAY BE MORE THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT NEAR THE WARM FRONT IN AREAS FROM KANSAS CITY TO SEDALIA...SOUTHWARD. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FOR OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE WEATHER...BUT MAY HAVE MORE HEAVY RAINFALL. DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON SATURDAY...THE WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE FOCUS FOR MORE POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. SEVERE WEATHER MAY OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH MORE HEAVY RAINFALL. SATURDAY NIGHT...THE WARM FRONT WILL BEGIN TO RAPIDLY LIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS MISSOURI...WITH THUNDERSTORMS STILL POSSIBLE IN EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. BY THE DAY ON SUNDAY...THE OUTLOOK AREA WILL BE IN THE WARM SECTOR TO THE SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT...AND THERE WILL BE A FRONT TO THE WEST OF THE REGION ACROSS KANSAS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS WARM SECTOR. THEN ON MONDAY AND INTO TUESDAY...A FRONT ACROSS IOWA WILL START TO MOVE SOUTH INTO MISSOURI. CONVECTION IN NORTHERN MISSOURI THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT SHOULD HELP TO MOVE THIS FRONT TO THE SOUTH...WITH MORE STORMS POSSIBLE INTO TUESDAY WITH THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY. AT THIS TIME IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IS SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OCCURRING...BUT THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...OCCURRING DURING THIS VERY ACTIVE PERIOD...MAY CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING PERIOD. AND WITH THE POTENTIAL OF REPEATED ROUNDS OF RAIN...FLOODING REPORTS ARE ENCOURAGED. PC
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1004 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 AM FLASH FLOOD LANSING 39.25N 94.89W
05/22/2008 LEAVENWORTH KS EMERGENCY MNGR
K5 HWY IN LANSING HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
WATER RESCUES ARE BEING PERFORMED.
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MRDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1010 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1006 AM HAIL 10 W LEAVENWORTH 39.32N 95.11W
05/22/2008 E0.75 INCH LEAVENWORTH KS EMERGENCY MNGR
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ABAILEYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1035 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 MOZ040-046-221600- COOPER-HOWARD- 1035 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR COOPER AND SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM CDT... AT 1032 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF PILOT GROVE TO PILOT GROVE TO OTTERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... PILOT GROVE BY 1040 AM CDT. BUNCETON BY 1055 AM CDT. BOONVILLE AND NEW FRANKLIN BY 1100 AM CDT. THE TOWNS OF CLIFTON CITY...BLACKWATER...LAMINE AND FRANKLIN ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. PENNY SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 21
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1048 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 MOZ030-221615- RAY- 1048 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR RAY COUNTY UNTIL 1115 AM CDT... AT 1047 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SIBLEY...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF BUCKNER... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ORRICK BY 1055 AM CDT. RICHMOND BY 1115 AM CDT. THE TOWN OF RAYVILLE IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PENNY SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 21
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1100 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 MOZ046-221630- COOPER- 1100 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR EASTERN COOPER COUNTY UNTIL 1130 AM CDT... AT 1057 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BOONVILLE TO BUNCETON TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF BUNCETON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... BOONVILLE BY 1105 AM CDT. THE TOWNS OF PRAIRIE HOME AND WOOLDRIDGE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. PENNY SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 21
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1117 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 MOZ030-221645- RAY- 1117 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR RAY COUNTY UNTIL 1145 AM CDT... AT 1116 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RICHMOND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF RAY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF RICHMOND...RAYVILLE AND RUSSELLVILLE. PENNY SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 21
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Delaware River near Muscotah crested at 27.50 feet, or 0.50 feet above flood stage.
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