Thunderstorms deposited heavy rains in the Petite Saline Creek watershed on January 8, 2008. This resulted in minor flooding near Boonville.
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Thunderstorms deposited heavy rains in the Petite Saline Creek watershed on January 8, 2008. This resulted in minor flooding near Boonville.
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 Jan 8, 5:35 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 535 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008 ...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION... .DISCUSSION... /343 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008/ MAIN FORECAST CONCERN FOR THE SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT) IS WITH EXITING PRECIPITATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE NEXT SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA ON THURSDAY. INITIAL SHORT WAVE THAT BROUGHT ALL THE SEVERE WEATHER TO MISSOURI MONDAY...IS MOVING EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A WEAK DEFORMATION BAND OF PRECIPITATION IS SLIDING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AT THIS TIME...AND TIMING OFF OF RADAR WOULD SHOW IT EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY 00Z. AS SOON AS THIS BAND MOVES OUT...SHOULD SEE RAPID CLEARING...AS A SURFACE RIDGE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION FOR TONIGHT. RIDGING WILL BE BRIEF AS THE NEXT SHORT WAVE WILL BE HEADING INTO THE ROCKIES BY 12Z WED...WITH LEE SIDE SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOPING IN THE HIGH PLAINS...AIDING IN STRENGTHENING OUR RETURN FLOW FOR A QUICK WARM UP ON WEDNESDAY. MODELS ARE COMING TOGETHER ON MORE OF A CONSENSUS ON THE TIMING OF THE NEXT SHORT WAVE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH IT MOVING INTO EASTERN KANSAS BY 12Z THURSDAY. SURFACE FRONT WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN MISSOURI BY THIS TIME. MODELS SHOW DEEPER RH WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST...WITH NORTHERN MISSOURI SEEING THIS BETTER MOISTURE...THEN TAPERING OFF AS YOU GO FURTHER SOUTH INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. THUS FEEL ANY ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO AREAS ALONG AN NORTH OF 36 HIGHWAY...SO WILL ONLY HAVE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FURTHER SOUTH. THIS SYSTEM WILL REMAIN PROGRESSIVE AND EXIT THE REGION BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. GOOD NEWS WITH THIS PATTERN...IS IT WILL NOT BE TAPPING INTO ANY ARCTIC AIRMASS...SO NO SIGNIFICANT COLD OUTBREAK EXPECTED WITH THIS NEXT WAVE. PC MEDIUM RANGE (FRIDAY-TUESDAY)... NOT MUCH CHANGE TO GOING FORECAST DURING THE EXTENDED TIMEFRAME. MAIN ISSUE SEEMS TO BE THE SLIGHT COOL DOWN HEADING INTO THE AREA BY THE WEEKEND. DECENT CONSENSUS BETWEEN MODEL SOLNS IS PRESENT TO START OFF THE PERIOD ON FRIDAY...AS THE STORM SYSTEM POSITIONED TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA ON THURSDAY WILL HAVE LIFTED OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. INITIAL SETUP HAS A BROAD TROUGH OVER THE MIDSECTION OF THE NATION. BY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...GFS AND ECMWF BEGINS TO DIG A WAVE SOUTH THROUGH THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE BASE OF THE BROAD TROUGH ACROSS TEXAS...LEADING TO COOLING TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE CWA BY SATURDAY. THEN ANOTHER WAVE TAKES PRACTICALLY THE SAME PATH SOUTH THROUGH THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE BASE OF THE TROUGH ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...ALTHOUGH MODELS DIFFER ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE BROAD TROUGH...IT WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUING NORMAL OR NEAR NORMAL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. CONTINUED PREVIOUS FORECASTS TREND AND KEPT DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY. MRD && .AVIATION... FOR THE 00Z TAF VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL DURING THE ENTIRE FORECAST PERIOD. BACK EDGE OF CLOUD COVER PUSHING EAST LEAVING CLEAR SKIES UNTIL AFTER 08Z WHEN WARM ADVECTION HIGH CLOUDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS ALL 3 SITES. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO DOUBLE DIGITS BY VERY LATE MORNING. SHOULD SEE SOME GUSTINESS AT MCI AND STJ AS NOSE OF LOW LEVEL JET INCHES EAST. MJ && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1255 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-091900- 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- 1255 PM CST TUE JAN 8 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 A BAND OF RAIN MIXING OVER TO SNOW...WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. THE LAST OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE EXITING NORTHWEST MISSOURI BY 3PM...AND AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 65 EARLY THIS EVENING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING WHERE THE SNOW IS FALLING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF WET SLUSHY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN AREAS FROM JUST NORTH OF KANSAS CITY THROUGH ST JOSEPH...NORTHEAST TOWARD KIRKSVILLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE AREA WILL APPROACH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOVING ACROSS MISSOURI ON THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF A RAIN SNOW MIX. THE BETTER CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION...INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SHOULD BE FOCUSED ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI...NEAR THE IOWA BORDER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. PC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Petite Saline Creek near Boonville crested at 16.02 feet, or 0.02 feet above flood stage.
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