Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Heavy Rain August 16-17

Much of Central and Northwest Missouri experienced heavy rainfall with a weak stationary front that slowly drifted SE through the state earlier this week.

Here is a list of the highest 2-day storm totals in the Kansas City area.

Location Rainfall Total (inches)
Chillicothe, MO (DCP) 12.32"
Chillicothe, MO (COOP) 9.6"
Prairie Hill, MO 8.07"
Plattsburg, MO 7.20"
Leavenworth, KS 6.25"
Brookfield, MO 6.12"
Brunswick, MO 5.27"
Kansas City Int 5.05"
Trenton, MO 3.56"
St. Joseph, MO 3.15"
Lees Summit, MO 2.42"
Olathe, KS 2.75"
Kirksville, MO 2.14"
Sedalia, MO 0.45"
(Source: NWS Kansas City)

And their radar estimated totals...

(Source: NWS Kansas City)


The Cooling Continues

Besides a few warm days in the beginning of the month, it has been a carbon copy of July. On Monday, we experienced our first "dreary" day where the sun was nowhere to be seen. A reminder of things to come!
We are on the mark as of today in the rain bucket for August with a total of 3.61", only 0.03" behind the average for Fulton. Seems with the strong cold front passing through today we will have another above average month.

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