Several rounds of moderate to heavy rain occurred in the early morning hours on June 3, and causes several areas to flood. Overall the damage from the flooding was minor, but there were a few water rescues in the Kansas City metro area and several area roads were temporarily closed due to running water.
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Several rounds of moderate to heavy rain occurred in the early morning hours on June 3, and causes several areas to flood. Overall the damage from the flooding was minor, but there were a few water rescues in the Kansas City metro area and several area roads were temporarily closed due to running water.
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 Jun 3, 8:51 AM CST, 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 951 AM CDT Wed Jun 3 2015 .UPDATE... Issued at 951 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2015 Slowly decaying convective system sagging toward the Missouri River is being fed by a weakening LLJ which is pumping copious moisture into it, with precipitable water amounts as high as 1.75" Since the LLJ is weakening, believe this area of rain should begin to lose steam through the rest of the morning. However, airmass is favorable for very heavy rainfall rates and some parts of northeast Johnson County KS into Jackson County have reported rates over 4" per hour at times. This is leading to a heightened concern for flooding this morning particularly near the I-70 corridor from Lafayette County westward into northeast KS. Have already issued a flash flood warning for these areas where up to 2" of rain have fallen in the past hour with another 1" to 2" on the way through early afternoon. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 413 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2015 Wednesday marks the start of probably a fairly active period for thunderstorm activity. The first bits of thunderstorms are currently on the radar in the form of some pulsy storms likely in response to a low level jet convergence across northwest Missouri. Conditions aren't incredibly supportive of robust convection, but SPC Mesoanalysis across NW Missouri indicates around 500 to 1000 J/kg of MU Cape, with perhaps 20 to 25 kts of shear. So conditions are there for one or more of these storms to become strong, with perhaps some small hail, but large, damaging storms are not anticipated with this activity. Then across eastern Nebraska, a large complex is diving southeast into far southeast Nebraska and northwest Missouri. This storm will run into the same limiting conditions mentioned for the storm activity to its southeast, but it should still at least make it into far northwestern Missouri with some gusty winds and some heavy rain. One thing favoring higher impacts with this complex as it moves southeast are the high PWAT values in place. While the parameters dictating strength are limiting it's possible that the heavy rain could bring some flooding to already swollen rivers and streams and saturated soils. Focus then shifts to later today, with uncertain convective evolution. The aforementioned complex will likely lay down an outflow boundary generally across southern Nebraska or northern Kansas. This boundary will likely be the focus for afternoon convective initiation once the sky clears out and insolation can destabilize the atmosphere. The best low level convergence and mid level flow, both conducive to organized storm formation will be west of the forecast area, likely across either south central Nebraska or north central Kansas. This area of convergence will drop off with eastward extent, and likely cause the CWA to miss a majority of the higher impact storms. That being said, as the evening wears on the storms will likely congeal into a complex and move eastward into far eastern Kansas and western Missouri. As the complex moves east it should have plenty of moisture to work with as well as instability, but it will run out of the better mid level flow and low level flow looks pretty veered, so at this point, it does not appear that any complex that forms tonight will spread eastward with severe weather ambitions. Rather, the high PWAT might be conducive to heavy rain and perhaps some flooding. 06z NAM struggles to move any robust convection into the area tonight, but conceptually it seems that once a cold pool is established that the complex will run east into the forecast area for tonight. For Thursday the mid level ridge looks to establish itself over the southern and central plains, with the axis generally running from central Iowa southwestward into NE Oklahoma. A lack of any obvious triggering mechanism for daytime storm activity precludes very high confidence for storm activity during the day on Thursday, however with the mid level flow generally in the 20 to 40 kt range out of the west along the apex of the ridge any convection that forms to the west, either over the High Plains or in the Central/Northern Plains could roll right along the mid level flow and through the forecast area, so the area could see several MCS's roll through over the next several nights as the mid level ridging feature does not move over that time span. While the specific severe weather threats are difficult to nail down at this time, the repeated chances for heavy rain will bring a concern for some flooding, since local streams are still swollen from recent rains, and soils are rather saturated. Once we get to early next week a bit of a more continental air mass will move into the area and the mid level flow will take on more of a Great Lakes trough appearance, which will diminish the chances for rain. for early next week. Could see MCS pattern reload for middle to end of next week with moisture moving back in and mid level flow picking back up. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Thursday Morning) Issued at 636 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2015 Thunderstorms are moving into the area from the northwest, and should affect the aviation sites over the next few hours. Winds will likely shift with the passage of these showers, but will eventually correct back to the south/southeast shortly after the passage of the storms. There could be some heavy rain reducing VSBY, but those periods will likely be brief. By this afternoon there should be a period of VFR conditions before another round of storms become possible later this evening. The certainty of timing and coverage of the afternoon storms is low to medium, so future issuances should be able to narrow down any of those uncertainties. && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. MO...NONE. && UPDATE...Hawblitzel DISCUSSION...Leighton AVIATION...Leighton
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 643 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2015 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-041145- 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- 643 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2015 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 ARE MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST AND SHOULD ONLY PRODUCE SOME HEAVY RAIN AND PERHAPS SOME GUSTY WINDS. LATER TODAY..THERE WILL LIKELY BE A SECOND ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 29. THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED TORNADO. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT...AND BRING A CHANCE FOR SOME HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODING. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EAX/HWO .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SEVERAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PRESENT THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. TOO EARLY TO NARROW DOWN THE SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES...BUT HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD BRING PERIODS OF FLOODING. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EAX/HWO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 734 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2015 MOZ044-031300- JOHNSON MO- 734 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 800 AM CDT... AT 733 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF HOLDEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... CENTERVIEW. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. LAT...LON 3879 9378 3870 9389 3879 9403 3890 9390 TIME...MOT...LOC 1234Z 303DEG 7KT 3882 9393 AEP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
932 AM CDT WED JUN 03 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0829 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 E LAWSON 39.44N 94.17W
06/03/2015 RAY MO PUBLIC
SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS YARD AND STREET.
REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
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PMURRAYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
946 AM CDT WED JUN 03 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0945 AM FLASH FLOOD KANSAS CITY 39.10N 94.58W
06/03/2015 JACKSON MO PUBLIC
SEVERAL MIDTOWN STREETS FLOODED. REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
&&
PMURRAYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
954 AM CDT WED JUN 03 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0940 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 WSW RAYTOWN 39.00N 94.48W
06/03/2015 JACKSON MO TRAINED SPOTTER
WATER COVERING ROAD AND FLOWING OVER CURB NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF 67TH AND BLUE RIDGE BLVD.
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PMURRAYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1005 AM CDT WED JUN 03 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1003 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 E FAIRWAY 39.02N 94.59W
06/03/2015 JACKSON MO PUBLIC
STREETS FLOODED AT 59TH AND BROOKSIDE. REPORT VIA SOCIAL
MEDIA.
&&
PMURRAYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1009 AM CDT WED JUN 03 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1006 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 W RAYTOWN 39.01N 94.50W
06/03/2015 JACKSON MO BROADCAST MEDIA
WATER FLOWING THROUGH GRASS AND OVER CURBS IN KMBC STUDIO
PARKING LOT. REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
&&
PMURRAYThe Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:07 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A substantial amount of water was running through the golf course in Mission Hills.
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