Heavy late winter and spring precipitation, mixed with a loaded snow pack caused the Missouri River to flood in March. Consistent heavy rains continued the Missouri River flooding into and through June.
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The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
Heavy late winter and spring precipitation, mixed with a loaded snow pack caused the Missouri River to flood in March. Consistent heavy rains continued the Missouri River flooding into and through June. Some locations along the Missouri River were in major flood for several weeks as heavy rains continued. While the flooding continued through June, there was some gradual and steady improvement across the Missouri River flood plain by the end of the month.
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 May 31, 11:01 PM CST, 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 1201 AM CDT Sat Jun 1 2019 .Discussion... Issued at 328 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2019 Primary forecast focus is on thunderstorms Saturday Afternoon. Currently, fairly hazy, especially aloft, as copious amounts of smoke continue to stream in from the wildfires in western Canada. Looking at GOES GeoColor RGB, the swath of smoke spans from the central plains to the Great Lakes all the way to the northeast. Temperatures have a few more degrees to go, but highs will be in the upper 70s around 80 with steady southwest winds. On Saturday, the weak negatively tilted ridge, extending from the Texas Gulf Coast to the Rockies, will remain in place, with a frontal boundary sliding southeast through the morning, associated with a short wave trough swinging through the Great Lakes. Boundary layer return flow will be enough for surface dew points in the upper 60s near 70. However, the general wind field aloft is not overly supportive, with northwest flow from 850mb and north. However, given MLCAPE values in the 2000 to 3000 J/Kg range, we'll see storms go up along the front as it advances into central Missouri, mid to late afternoon. We could see some stronger updrafts capable of damaging hail and wind, within the broader area of convection. Remaining rain and thunderstorms will slide southward, on the Ozark Plateau, through midnight. A surface ridge will develop over the region through Sunday, with fairly quiet weather through Monday, before a weak ridge develops over the region, with short waves traversing near daily, bringing shower and thunderstorm chances, near daily, through mid-week, before a 500mb trough lifts across the Rockies, bringing another chance of appreciable rainfall to close out next week. && .Aviation...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Saturday Night) Issued at 1157 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2019 Little change to this aviation forecast. Still expecting southwest winds to pick up through the day on Saturday preceding a sagging cold front which will at minimum cause winds to shift more to the west/northwest. There could be some isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms along that boundary as it moves through the terminals, so will hold VCTS for now. If the terminals are affected by the thunderstorms it will likely be rather brief in duration, with storms moving south and east of the terminals by late evening. && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. MO...NONE. && Discussion...Kurtz Aviation...Leighton
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy spring rains caused ongoing flooding along the Missouri River to Continue through the month. Some locations along the Missouri River experienced major flooding at times during the month. Damage estimates from roads washed out and crop damage are unknown at this time.
Heavy spring rains caused ongoing flooding along the Missouri River to Continue through the month. Some locations along the Missouri River experienced major flooding at times during the month. Damage estimates from roads washed out and crop damage are unknown at this time.
Heavy spring rains caused ongoing flooding along the Missouri River to Continue through the month. Some locations along the Missouri River experienced major flooding at times during the month. Damage estimates from roads washed out and crop damage are unknown at this time.
Heavy spring rains caused ongoing flooding along the Missouri River to Continue through the month. Some locations along the Missouri River experienced major flooding at times during the month. Damage estimates from roads washed out and crop damage are unknown at this time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 2019
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: 840593, 840594, 840595, 840596.