Periodic rains through early April, caused several rivers to go in flood around the 8th of April. One of the rivers remained in flood through April 15th.
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The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
Periodic rains through early April, caused several rivers to go in flood around the 8th of April. One of the rivers remained in flood through April 15th.
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 8, 11:31 AM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1231 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2008 ...UPDATED AVIATION... .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 500 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2008/ SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SEEING DEEP ISENTROPIC ASCENT ENHANCED BY BROAD SCALE UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE AHEAD OF THE NORTHEASTWARD MOVING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM. WITH PWATS AROUND ONE INCH THIS MORNING...EXPECT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNT APPROACHING 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. HAVE LEFT THE FLOOD WATCH AREA AS IS...WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE REGION WITH THE LOWEST HEADWATER GUIDANCE VALUES. EXPECT RAIN TO SHUT OFF FAIRLY QUICKLY FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON AS AREA OF SUBSIDENCE AND DOWNGLIDE OVERSPREAD THE AREA BEHIND THE EXITING SYSTEM. LULL IN THE ACTION EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MOVE NORTH INTO THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. EXPECT ANY PRECIP WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO GENERALLY BE ELEVATED. MODELS ARE COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE POSITION OF THE SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL FEATURES. UPPER LEVEL LOW EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES. LEAD SHORTWAVE EJECTING OUT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS LEADS TO A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE BY LATE WEDNESDAY. AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN KANSAS A WARM FRONT DEVELOPS. GULF IS OPEN SO PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE. MODELS SUGGEST THE WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI BY THURSDAY MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY WITH PWATS IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE. DEPENDING ON HOW FAR NORTH THE FRONT MAKES IT...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY. THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM STRENGTHENS OVER THE REGION BY FRIDAY...BRINGING ABUNDANT CLOUDINESS...POSSIBLE SHOWERS AND STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION. MODELS SUGGEST THE SYSTEM WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE EAST. SO HAVE LOWERED EXPECTED TEMPS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. HAVE ALSO CONTINUED THE CHANCE FOR RAIN AND POSSIBLY SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THAT TIME. NRR && .AVIATION... WATCHING DEFORMATION BAND OF RAIN IN NORTHEAST KANSAS. APPEARS IT WILL HOLD TOGETHER LONG ENOUGH TO AFFECT THE TAF SITES FOR A BRIEF TIME THIS AFTERNOON. WILL COVER THE RAIN THREAT WITH A TEMPO GROUP. EXPECT A CLEARING TREND THIS EVENING WITH SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE CURRENT SHORT WAVE AND A WEAK SURFACE HIGH MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. PC && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 105 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2008 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-091815- 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- 105 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2008 ...MORE FLOODING RAINS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY... 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 SCATTERED RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...BUT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THE RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER TODAY. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR SOME RIVERS TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A WARM FRONT WILL BE SETTING UP IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI. A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET OVER TOPPING THIS FRONT MAY LEAD TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL ESPECIALLY FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WITH THIS RAIN OCCURRING ON TOP OF GROUND THAT WILL STILL BE QUITE WET FROM EARLY RAINFALL...FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL LIKELY OCCUR. LATER ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY EVENING...SEVERE STORMS MAY OCCUR IF SOME CLEARING CAN TAKE PLACE AHEAD OF A STRONG STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL BE LOCATED OVER KANSAS. WITH THE STRONG SHEAR...IF THESE STORMS DEVELOP...THEY COULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. COLDER AIR WILL BE WRAPPING AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF THIS STORM SO THAT ON FRIDAY...NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS MAY SEE RAIN MIXING OVER TO SNOW. DURING THE FRIDAY NIGHT TO SATURDAY TIMEFRAME...SNOW SHOWERS MAY OCCUR ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI. NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. . .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION FOR REPORTS OF FLOODING MAY BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION FOR SEVERE WEATHER MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. PC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Blackwater River near Valley City crested at 25.29 feet, or 3.29 feet above flood stage.
The Big Creek near Blairstown crested at 21.97 feet, or 1.97 feet above flood stage.
The South Grand River near Urich crested at 26.24 feet, or 2.24 feet above flood stage.
The Grand River near Chillicothe crested at 27.43 feet, or 3.43 feet above flood stage.
The Grand River near Sumner crested at 34.48 feet, or 10.48 feet above flood stage.
The Blackwater River near Blue Lick crested at 30.22 feet, or 6.22 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: 95255, 95245, 95254, 95252, 95253, 95248.