Heavy rains caused flash flooding around Easton Kansas, during the|early morning hours of 09/13/2008.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
Heavy rains caused flash flooding around Easton Kansas, during the|early morning hours of 09/13/2008.
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 Sep 13, 4:43 AM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
543 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION...
DISCUSSION...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT CONTINUES TO BE THE FOCUS FOR DISCUSSION IN
THE SHORT TERM. THE ROBUST LOW LEVEL THETAE WAS SLOWLY WANING THIS
MORNING AS PROFILERS INDICATE THE LLJ GRADUALLY VEERING.
REGARDLESS...THE WEAKENING THETAE ADVECTION WAS BEING SUPPLEMENT BY
MODEST LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IN AN ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZED
BY PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND 2.30 INCHES. THE BAND OF RAIN
OVER NWRN MO TO ERN KS WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS SLOWLY EAST THIS
MORNING...AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY...AS
MODELS SUGGEST THAT THE SFC AND H8 CONVERGENCE WILL GRADUALLY FADE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY WILL GENERALLY
BE LESS THAN ONE INCH.
ANOTHER CONCERN WAS THE POSITION OF THE FRONT BY THIS AFTN. MODELS
SUGGEST THAT THE FRONT WILL CLEAR THE CWA BEFORE ANY STRONG
CONVECTION DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARY.
CONCERN FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY IS HEAVILY DEPENDENT UPON THE TRACK OF
THE FUTURE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE. ALTHOUGH MODELS VARY SOMEWHAT
ON SPEED...THEY ARE CONSISTENT IN THE TRACK THE REMNANTS FROM NERN TX
TO SERN MO. THIS WILL PLACE THE XTRM SERN CWA ON THE OUTER FRINGES OF
THE HEAVY RAINFALL IN AN IMPRESSIVE DEFORMATION ZONE. WILL CONTINUE
THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE XTRM SERN CWA FOR TNGT AND SUNDAY BUT CANCEL
THE WATCH EARLIER FOR THE REST OF THE CWA.
DB
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.AVIATION...
FOR THE 12Z TAFS...THE LAST BATCH OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE THROUGH THE KC
TERMINALS BETWEEN 11 AND 13Z. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE MVFR TO
TEMPORARILY IFR VSBYS AND CIGS. FOR KSTJ...ONLY LIGHT RAIN WILL
CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 15Z THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE...A LAYER OF
STRATUS BEHIND A COLD FRONT IN EASTERN KANSAS WILL SPREAD EAST BY
LATE MORNING WITH CIGS BTWN 1000-2000 FEET THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON.
THERE IS SOME CHC THAT THE CIGS MAY BE JUST BELOW 1KFT BY MID TO LATE
MORNING. IF IT DOES OCCUR...IT SHOULD ONLY LAST FOR A COUPLE OF
HOURS.
DRIER AIR WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST WITH VFR CONDITIONS BY LATE AFTN OR
EARLY EVENING. IT IS ALSO UNCLEAR WHETHER ANY FOG WILL DEVELOP LATE
TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. IT WILL BE DEPENDENT UPON HOW THICK THE
CLOUD COVER WILL BE FROM THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE.
DB
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.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 PM SATURDAY FOR MOZ001-MOZ002-MOZ003-MOZ004-
MOZ005-MOZ006-MOZ007-MOZ011-MOZ012-MOZ013-MOZ014-MOZ015-
MOZ020.
FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM SATURDAY FOR MOZ008-MOZ016-MOZ021-MOZ022-
MOZ023-MOZ024-MOZ028-MOZ029-MOZ030-MOZ037.
FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY FOR MOZ017-MOZ025-MOZ031-MOZ032-
MOZ033-MOZ038-MOZ039-MOZ040-MOZ043-MOZ044-MOZ045-MOZ046-
MOZ053-MOZ054.
KS...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 PM SATURDAY FOR KSZ025-KSZ102.
FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM SATURDAY FOR KSZ057-KSZ103-KSZ104-KSZ105.
FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY FOR KSZ060.HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 557 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-141100- 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- 557 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TODAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH MISSOURI. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE RAIN...BUT THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. THE FUTURE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE WILL MOVE INTO ARKANSAS BY LATE TONIGHT. THE CURRENT TRACK SUGGEST THAT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MOUND CITY KANSAS TO ODESSA TO KIRKSVILLE. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...BUT THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR A THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MOUND CITY KANSAS TO KIRKSVILLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGE TO RELAY RAINFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. DB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
722 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN OVERLAND PARK 38.91N 94.68W
09/13/2008 M3.80 INCH JOHNSON KS PUBLIC
MEASURED AT 85TH AND METCALF
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21PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
726 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 12 NW KANSAS CITY 39.24N 94.71W
09/13/2008 M3.84 INCH PLATTE MO ASOS
KC INTL AIRPORT 24 HOUR TOTAL
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN KANSAS CITY 39.12N 94.55W
09/13/2008 M4.54 INCH JACKSON MO ASOS
WHEELER DOWNTOWN AIRPORT 24 HOUR TOTAL
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN OLATHE 38.89N 94.81W
09/13/2008 M3.36 INCH JOHNSON KS ASOS
NEW CENTURY AIRPORT 24 HOUR TOTAL
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN CHILLICOTHE 39.79N 93.55W
09/13/2008 M3.71 INCH LIVINGSTON MO AWOS
REGIONAL AIRPORT 24 HOUR TOTAL
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 7 S KIRKSVILLE 40.09N 92.58W
09/13/2008 M3.94 INCH ADAIR MO ASOS
REGIONAL AIRPORT 24 HOUR TOTAL
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21PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
837 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0834 AM HEAVY RAIN 7 NW LINWOOD 39.07N 95.13W
09/13/2008 M5.20 INCH LEAVENWORTH KS PUBLIC
48 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE 8 AM THURSDAY AT RENO, KS.
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MJPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
858 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0857 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 E LA PLATA 40.03N 92.40W
09/13/2008 MACON MO TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTS OF AT LEAST 6 FEET OF WATER FLOWING OVER HWY 156
AT BEAR CREEK
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21PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
900 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN JAMESPORT 39.97N 93.80W
09/13/2008 M3.30 INCH DAVIESS MO PUBLIC
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 7 S HUMPHREYS 40.02N 93.32W
09/13/2008 M5.00 INCH LINN MO PUBLIC
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 NE LAREDO 40.08N 93.38W
09/13/2008 M4.25 INCH GRUNDY MO PUBLIC
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN GILMAN CITY 40.14N 93.87W
09/13/2008 M3.50 INCH HARRISON MO PUBLIC
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN GALT 40.13N 93.39W
09/13/2008 M4.00 INCH GRUNDY MO PUBLIC
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MJPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
937 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 AM HEAVY RAIN SHAWNEE 39.02N 94.80W
09/13/2008 M5.20 INCH JOHNSON KS PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
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21The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A successful water rescue was conducted near Stranger Creek.
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