Moderate to heavy rain overnight produced between 3 and 7 inches of rainfall over a short span. As a result, several areas of flooding across the area.
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The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
Moderate to heavy rain overnight produced between 3 and 7 inches of rainfall over a short span. As a result, several areas of flooding across the area. While the flash flooding was minimal, there was a longer period where area roads were closed due to standing 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 Jul 2, 11:09 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1209 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
.Discussion...
Issued at 338 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016
Widespread light to moderate rain continues through the afternoon
and evening hours as strong isentropic lift ahead of the incoming
mid level trough. Seeing as though precipitation has been ongoing
all day the boundary layer across the area is fairly stable as
surface temperatures remain in the 60s and lower 70s. Just to the
south of the deeper cloud cover, namely across southern Kansas and
Missouri the sun has allowed for ample warming into the middle to
upper 80s. Instability on the order of 1500+ J/kg has built in over
that area, which should allow for thunderstorm development later
this afternoon and this evening. The area with the best convergence
at the surface appears to be in central and southern/southeastern
Kansas, and this area is most likely to be the breeding ground for
these afternoon/evening thunderstorms. Expect this activity to roll
east or slightly southeast with time, which would mean some
thunderstorm action perhaps for the southern half of the forecast
area. With the boundary being reinforced by ongoing rain, it's
unlikely that the axis of instability will work very far north. This
focus for low level ascent remaining so far south with a good low
level jet around 30 to 40 kts transporting plenty of moisture north
and over the cooler air should help keep widespread rain with some
embedded thunderstorms going through the overnight hours. This
isentropic component to the system will be supplemented by the mid
level wave, which will ultimately drop east/southeast through the
area bringing with it ample mid level support for ascent. Given the
rich moisture in the atmosphere along with supreme lift the concerns
for a corridor of heavy rain along and on either side of the I-70
corridor remains rather high through the rest of the night.
Supplementing in the extreme rainfall amounts through the overnight
hours will be the mid and upper level flow will run almost perfectly
parallel to the east-west low level boundary. This will create
training storms through the night. With roughly 1 to 3+ inches
already having fallen across the area the soils are now likely
saturated and any additional rain will likely cause widespread
river/stream flooding and perhaps a few areas of flash flooding
where the heavier rains exist. Expect the period of the heaviest
rain to occur generally between sunset tonight and sunrise on Monday
morning, more specifically during the overnight hours.
As the trough slowly makes its way out of the area subsidence in its
way will take control along with drier conditions associated with a
continental originated surface ridge noses into the area behind a
cold front. Expect rain to gradually come to an end from west to
east through the day on Monday, leaving mostly dry conditions for
Independence Day festivities. Expect a few areas in central Missouri
to hold onto rain and showers through perhaps the afternoon hours,
but the evening should be amply dry for firework displays to go off
with little problem. Warm conditions then move in for the middle
part of the week with temperatures expected to be in the 90s. Given
how much rain is falling over the next few days the humidity could
get oppressive, and with the temperatures in the lower to middle
90s heat index values could reach well above 100 degrees. the next
chance for rain will likely come Tuesday night and Wednesday with a
progressive trough moving through the area.
&&
.Aviation...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Sunday Night)
Issued at 1210 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
IFR cigs/vis in moderate shra with embd ts will affect the terminals
thru 15Z before rain tapers off to lgt shra. Drizzle will then be
possible tomorrow afternoon as IFR cigs/MVFR vis persists. Winds out
the east around 10kts will back to the NE during the day tomorrow
while remaining btn 5-10kts.
&&
.EAX Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
KS...Flash Flood Watch through late tonight for KSZ025-057-060-
102>105.
MO...Flash Flood Watch through late tonight for MOZ001>008-011>017-
020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054.
&&
Discussion...Leighton
Aviation...73HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 501 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-031015- 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- 501 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY WITH FLASH FLOODING...RIVER FLOODING AND STRONG STORMS ALL CONTINUING TO BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EAX/HWO
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:32 UTC.
9 flood, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The bridge on NE 124th Street to the east of Mosby was not passable due to high water.
Highway 45 at Dry Lake Road was closed due to water over the road.
A low water bridge was flooded at 6th and West Streets in Parkville.
There was a water rescue just north of Higginsville. The road was closed, but the victim may have driven around the barrier before the vehicle stalled in the middle of standing water. No injury was reported from this incident.
Law enforcement across the county reported several roads closed due to lingering flooding from heavy rains.
Several roads were closed across eastern Jackson County due to lingering flooding from heavy rains.
Several roads across Johnson County Missouri were closed due to lingering flooding from heavy rain.
County Road J south of Interstate 70 was closed due to lingering flooding from heavy rain.
Between Emma and Sweet Springs 125th Road was closed due to lingering flooding from heavy rain.
County Road VV was closed north of Emma due to lingering flooding from heavy rain.
County Road UU was closed due to lingering flooding from heavy rain.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, July 2016
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: 650181, 650182, 650183, 650184, 650185, 650186, 650187, 650188, 650189, 650190, 650191.