A few storms brought heavy rain to Johnson County Kansas, resulting in several roads in the Gardner and Edgerton area to be closed-off.
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A few storms brought heavy rain to Johnson County Kansas, resulting in several roads in the Gardner and Edgerton area to be closed-off.
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 3, 4:58 AM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 558 AM CDT Wed Sep 3 2014 .SHORT TERM...(Today through Friday) Issued at 350 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2014 Scattered storms will continue to develop and slowly build east across eastern Kansas and far western Missouri this morning as the nocturnal LLJ slides gradually east. A few additional showers and storms are possible through the daylight hours today even as the LLJ weakens, due to a weak upper disturbance moving across the region. Strong storms are not expected due to weak forcing and flow aloft, and rainfall amounts will be generally light. Storms and associated cloud cover could impact afternoon temperatures, but increasing southerly winds and rising 850 temperatures should still allow surface temps to rise into the upper 80s to lower 90s, especially across our southwest where precipitation should clear out earlier in the day. Very warm temperatures are expected Thursday as the 850 heat axis shifts over the CWA, bringing 850 hPa temperatures into the 22 to 24 degrees C range, while south southeasterly surface flow continues to draw low-level moisture into the region. Highs will reach the lower to mid 90s CWA-wide and heat indices will likely reach or slightly exceed 100 degrees, but the current forecast does not warrant a heat advisory at this time. By Thursday night, a low pressure system traveling from the Northern Plains into southern Canada will send a fairly significant cold front into our area. Showers and storms will become increasingly likely as the front approaches Thursday night, and will continue Friday and Friday night as the front slowly sinks southward. Most of the ascent associated with the parent trough will stay north and east of the CWA as the cold front moves through, and stronger flow aloft will lag well behind, so strong/severe storms are not anticipated Thursday night or Friday. .LONG TERM...(Saturday through Tuesday) Issued at 350 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2014 Long advertised cool down to be on our doorstep by the start of the period as region will reside in a post frontal airmass behind Friday's cold front. Strong surface high pressure across the lower Missouri Valley will maintain continued northerly winds through the day while 850 temps of 11-14C ensure highs of anywhere between 4-8 degrees below normal for this time of year. Dry conditions to continue right through the end of the weekend with slightly warmer conditions expected Sunday afternoon as high pressure begins sliding east into the Ohio Vly. By Sunday night...warm advection to increase across the central Plains as a southerly low-level jet intensifies as return flow is reestablished. Southerly flow impinging upon the stalled front to the south will likely lead to increased cloudiness and developing shwrs/storms overnight Sunday...with the heaviest activity likely remaining to our west. The threat for organized precip may in fact hold off until Monday night/early Tuesday when a northern Plains disturbances attempts to drag the stalled front through the area. From this vantage point however...front looks to stall across the region as high pressure across the eastern U.S. prevents much eastward progress. This combined with several passing shortwave disturbances in progressive zonal flow aloft will lead to continued shower and thunderstorm chances through middle portions of next week. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Thursday Morning) Issued at 558 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2014 Showers and storms currently over eastern KS and far western M0 will continue to build east over the next 1-2 hours, then should gradually start to turn south and dissipate in coverage by mid to late morning. Storms are most likely to impact MKC and MCI, but may also briefly brush the KSTJ area before 12z. After storms head out of the terminals, mainly VFR conditions are expected for the remainder of the period. Winds will remain sustained out of the south at 12 to 15 kts today and tonight, occasionally gusting to 25 kts during the late morning and afternoon. && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. MO...NONE. && SHORT TERM...Laflin LONG TERM...32 AVIATION...Laflin
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 354 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2014 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-040900- 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- 354 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI TODAY AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH THROUGH THE AREA. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT... HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IMAGES/FXC/EAX/EM1/EAX-EMBRIEFING1.PDF .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HIGH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S ON THURSDAY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 95 TO 100 DEGREES. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THIS FEATURE BEFORE THE FRONT CLEARS THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS LOW AT THIS THIS TIME. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT... HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IMAGES/FXC/EAX/EM1/EAX-EMBRIEFING1.PDF
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
745 AM CDT WED SEP 03 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 AM HEAVY RAIN WSW OSAWATOMIE 38.50N 94.96W
09/03/2014 M2.30 INCH MIAMI KS CO-OP OBSERVER
RAINFALL TOTAL THROUGH 7AM.
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PMURRAYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
747 AM CDT WED SEP 03 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 AM HEAVY RAIN 8 NNW BLUE MOUND 38.19N 95.07W
09/03/2014 M1.89 INCH LINN KS 911 CALL CENTER
RAINFALL THROUGH 7AM.
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PMURRAYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
754 AM CDT WED SEP 03 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0752 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 SW VINLAND 38.81N 95.21W
09/03/2014 M2.03 INCH DOUGLAS KS MESONET
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PMURRAYThe Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:56 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Areas near Gardner and Edgerton received 2 to 3 inches of rain, resulting in some intersections being closed-off. These intersections include: Waverly Road and 175th and Moonlight and Santa Fe in Gardner.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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