The storm in Missouri on 12/26/2008 to 12/27/2008, produced heavy rains, which resulted in some river and stream flooding across the area. The Blackwater River near Blue lick dropped below flood stage on January 1, 2009.
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The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
The storm in Missouri on 12/26/2008 to 12/27/2008, produced heavy rains, which resulted in some river and stream flooding across the area. The Blackwater River near Blue lick dropped below flood stage on January 1, 2009.
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 Dec 31, 11:44 PM CST, 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1144 PM CST WED DEC 31 2008 ...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION... .DISCUSSION... /349 PM CST WED DEC 31 2008/ SHORT RANGE (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... PLEASANT WEATHER LOOKS TO BE ON TAP FOR THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEW YEAR. SURFACE HIGH GLIDING THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY HAS KEPT TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL ACROSS OUR REGION. HOWEVER...AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS A RETURN FLOW ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE HIGH WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL ALLOW BREEZY WINDS TO MOVE IN BACK ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL MITIGATE OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE KANSAS MISSOURI STATE LINE REGION. AS A RESULT HAVE ADJUSTED THAT AREA TO REFLECT STEADY-STATE TEMPERATURES FOR THE AFTER MIDNIGHT TIME PERIOD. LATER FORECAST ADJUSTMENTS MIGHT BE NEEDED AS THE WESTERN REACHES OF THE FORECAST AREA MAY EVEN SEE A WARMING TREND OVERNIGHT DUE TO THE SOUTHERLY WIND. CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD SEE A LIGHTER WIND...SO TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP OFF THROUGH THE ENTIRE NIGHT. FOR THURSDAY...ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF PROGRESSIVE SHORTWAVES WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS. LATEST MODEL RUNS INDICATE THAT THE WAVE WILL NOT DIG QUITE AS FAR SOUTH AS THE ONE THAT PASSED THROUGH TUESDAY AND BROUGHT TODAYS COLD TEMPERATURES BEHIND A DRY COLD FRONT. INSTEAD...FOR THURSDAY...LOOK FOR A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH TO SWING SOUTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...BEFORE WASHING OUT ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. EXPECT TEMPERATURES WILL JUMP ABOVE NORMAL WITH THE SOUTHWEST WIND AHEAD OF THE SURFACE TROUGH THURSDAY...BUT THAT TEMPERATURES THAT NIGHT WILL DROP OFF BELOW FREEZING BEHIND THE TROUGH. FRIDAYS TEMPERATURES SHOULD REBOUND NICELY BACK ABOVE NORMAL AS SURFACE WINDS QUICKLY RETURN TO A MORE SOUTHERLY DIRECTION. AS FOR THE POPS THAT WERE IN THE FORECAST FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MOISTURE RETURN WITH THE SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE TROUGH LOOKS WEAK...AT BEST. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY LOOKS TO BACK UP THIS ASSESSMENT. GIVEN THAT MODELS NO LONGER ARE PAINTING ANY QPF ACROSS FAR NORTHERN MISSOURI...I HAVE OPTED TO TAKE OUT THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WE HAD GOING. CUTTER MEDIUM RANGE (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SYSTEMS OF NOTE DURING THE EXTENDED FORECAST THIS CYCLE. FIRST WILL EFFECT THE REGION SAT AND SAT NIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM MODERATE WARM AIR ADVECTION MAY FORCE A FEW RAIN SHOWERS ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE CWA. ELSEWHERE BOTH NAM AND GFS SHOW A FAIRLY SATURATED BOUNDARY LAYER...POSSIBLY DRIZZLE DEPENDING ON STRENGTH OF TURBULENCE AT THE TOP OF THE CAPPED LAYER. THIS SYSTEM PUSHES THE COLD FRONT THROUGH BEGINNING IN THE NORTHWEST AROUND 00Z SUNDAY...WITH SOUNDINGS QUICKLY COOL ENOUGH TO MAKE POST FRONTAL FREEZING DRIZZLE A POSSIBILITY SATURDAY NIGHT. NEXT ORGANIZED WEATHER SYSTEM WILL NOT THROUGH THE REGION UNTIL TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. ECMWF HAS COME MORE IN LINE WITH PREVIOUS GFS RUNS...AND THE 12Z GFS IS A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH WITH THE MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS OF THE SOUTHERN STREAM WAVE THAN PREVIOUS RUNS. FOR NOW HAVE LEFT IN LOW POP -SN...BUT IF SPLIT FLOW CONTINUES TO PUT US IN BETWEEN STREAMS...WE COULD END UP WITH LITTLE OR NO PRECIP IN THE CWA FROM THIS SYSTEM. BAILEY && .AVIATION... FOR THE 06Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. MAIN CONCERN WILL BE WITH THE STRENGTHENING WINDS OVERNIGHT. LATEST FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE A DEEP ALTHOUGH NOT THAT STEEP INVERSION UP THROUGH AT LEAST 850 MB...WITH WINDS AROUND 925 MB NEAR 45 KTS STARTING BETWEEN 09 AND 10Z. THIS DEEP INVERSION SHOULD ALLOW THESE LOWER LEVEL WINDS TO MIX DOWN CREATING A GUSTY NATURE TO THE WINDS AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT STRENGTHENS OVERNIGHT. ALREADY SEEING GUSTY WINDS IN EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI. WILL GO AHEAD AND PUT IN A MENTION OF LLWS THROUGH 14Z...WHEN SURFACE WINDS SHOULD STRENGTHEN A LITTLE MORE AS THE INVERSION BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN. COULD SEE THE LLWS ACTUALLY EXTEND UNTIL 15Z IF THIS PROCESS IS A LITTLE SLOWER. WINDS SHOULD BECOME A NON FACTOR BY MID AFTERNOON AS A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH ENTERS THE REGION WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN BEHIND. NO LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE FEATURES. PC && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 101 PM CST WED DEC 31 2008 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-011200- 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- 101 PM CST WED DEC 31 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 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. HOWEVER...ANY PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE QUITE LIGHT. THE NEXT BEST CHANCE FOR MORE ORGANIZED PRECIPITATION MAY ARRIVE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY IN THE FORM OF SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. CUTTER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Blackwater River near Blue Lick, fell below flood stage on|January 1, 2009.
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