Rains caused several rivers to flood between the 18th and 22nd of April.
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The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
Rains caused several rivers to flood between the 18th and 22nd of April.
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 18, 5:55 AM CST, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 655 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2008 ...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION... .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 435 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2008/ PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN CENTERS ON RAIN CHANCES THROUGH SATURDAY AND HOW MUCH QPF IN THE SHORT TERM. SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES A MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING EAST FROM NORTH CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST KS THIS MORNING. MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT THE UPPER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TRACKING SLOWLY EAST THROUGH TONIGHT. MODELS HAVE ALSO CLOSED THE GAP ON DIFFERENCES WITH PLACEMENT OF SURFACE LOW. LATEST OBS INDICATE THE SURFACE LOW IS JUST NORTHEAST OF MCI. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE 12Z GFS POSITION THE NAM/GFS/SREF/ECMWF TRACK THE LOW NORTHEAST THROUGH TONIGHT. TRANSLATION OF THE ABOVE TO THE SENSIBLE WEATHER IS A BIT MORE COMPLICATED AS SATELLITE IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW A LONG FETCH OF DEEPER/LAYERED MOISTURE EXTENDING FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH ALL BUT FAR WESTERN MO. THERE HAS BEEN A GRADUAL WARMING OF CLOUD TOPS AND AN EASTWARD PROGRESSION TO THE DEEPER MOISTURE OVERNIGHT. RADAR TRENDS HAVE SHOWN A MARKED DECREASE IN PRECIPITATION SINCE MIDNIGHT. 06Z NAM HAS BACKED OFF ON QPF AMOUNTS AND THIS SEEMS REASONABLE GIVEN THE CURRENT AND EXPECTED TRENDS. WITH DRY SLOT PUSHING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL MO HAVE LOWERED POPS THIS AREA TO CHANCE CATEGORY. RAIN CHANCES OVER THE WESTERN CWA TODAY WILL BE TIED TO THE WRAP AROUND CLOUD SHIELD. TEMPERATURES ARE A BIT OF A CHALLENGE WITH THE COLD FRONT NOW WORKING EAST THROUGH WEST CENTRAL MO. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MIDDLE/UPPER 40S WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS FEATURE...AND THEN PROBABLY FLAT LINE IN THE UPPER 40S/50 UNDER THE COLD POOL ALOFT. THE REST OF THE CWA WILL ALSO SEE LITTLE IF ANY UPWARD MOVEMENT IN THE MERCURY TODAY. WRAP AROUND PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE A FORECAST ISSUE FOR THE CWA THIS EVENING WITH THE BACK EDGE GRADUALLY SHIFTING EAST. THE FAR EASTERN COUNTIES WILL STILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER LEVEL CIRCULATION AND CHANCE POPS THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY MORNING. CLEARING ON SATURDAY WILL BE FROM WEST TO EAST WITH FAR EASTERN COUNTIES CLOUDY MOST OF THE DAY. MET MOS TEMPERATURES LOOK GOOD IN THE WEST BUT A TAD TOO WARM IN THE FAR EASTERN COUNTIES. SHORTWAVE MID LEVEL RIDGING WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON SUNDAY ALLOWING FOR STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION. EXPECT TO SEE SIGNIFICANT WARMING AT THE SURFACE PLUS AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE AGAIN AS SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS IN RESPONSE TO STRONG UPPER TROUGH MOVING TOWARDS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. MODELS ADVANCE A COLD FRONT EAST ACROSS KS AND INTO MO ON MONDAY BUT THEY MAY BE A BIT FAST. NONETHELESS THE CURRENT LOW CHANCE POPS ARE WARRANTED. MJ && .AVIATION... FOR THE 12Z TAFS...THE SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY JUST EAST OF KSTJ IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI WILL SLOWLY SLIDE EAST/NORTHEAST TOWARD SOUTHEAST IOWA TODAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM A WESTERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION AS THE SYSTEM GRADUALLY PULLS AWAY. NO PRECIPITATION IS ONGOING AT THE TERMINALS TO START THE TAF PERIOD...BUT COULD SEE SOME LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS REDEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE MID AFTERNOON. THE KSTJ TERMINAL HAS THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR BEING AFFECTED BY RAIN SHOWERS AS MOISTURE WRAPS AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF THE DEPARTING SYSTEM. CEILINGS SHOULD REMAIN IN THE IFR CATEGORY FOR AT LEAST A SHORT TIME...AND ARE ANTICIPATED TO IMPROVE TO THE MVFR CATEGORY TOWARD MID MORNING AT THE KANSAS CITY TERMINALS. STOFLET && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 602 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2008 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-191115- 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- 602 AM CDT FRI APR 18 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 AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI TODAY AS A COLD FRONT SHIFTS EAST. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND COULD THREATEN THE REGION WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SINCE THE STORM SYSTEM HAS NOT EVEN REACHED THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES THERE REMAINS MUCH UNCERTAINTY ON TIMING AND INTENSITY OF THIS SYSTEM SO IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. MJ
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Grand River near Chillicothe crested at 31.15 feet, or 7.15 feet above flood stage.
The South Grand River near Urich crested at 24.30 feet, or 0.30 feet above flood stage.
The Grand River near Sumner crested at 34.82 feet, or 10.82 feet above flood stage.
The Grand River near Gallatin crested at 26.25 feet, or 0.25 feet above flood stage.
The Chariton River near Prairie Hill crested at 16.02 feet, or 1.02 feet above flood stage.
The Grand River near Brunswick crested at 20.05 feet, or 1.05 feet above flood stage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, April 2008
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: 95276, 95263, 95267, 95272, 95268, 95274.