Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1986
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 1986, 9:24 PM CDT for Leavenworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1986, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1986, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Leavenworth County, KS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 56 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 469 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 070224 FFWMCI KSC103-070600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INT'L AIRPORT MO 924 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTHEAST KANSAS...LEAVENWORTH AT 910 PM CDT VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING IN LEAVENWORTH KANSAS. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER. STAY AWAY FROM FLOODING CREEKS.. STREAMS AND STORM DRAINS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WALK OR DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LEAVENWORTH KANSAS HAS RECEIVED NEARLY 11 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR TODAY. DURING THE PAST 90 MINUTES ALMOST 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE CITY OF LEAVENWORTH. THIS RAIN HAS FALLEN ON SATURATED GROUND AND RUNOFF WILL BE VERY HIGH. THIS HEAVY RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR. STREAM WILL CONTINUE TO REACT TO yTHIS RECENT RAINFALL FOR THE NEXT 3 TO 5
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 330 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 1986 . . .FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI INCLUDING BOTH THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS FOR THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 330 PM...AN AREA OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RETURNED TO THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS. A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS SOME 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA KANSAS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA WITH POSSIBLE HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN BETWEEN 430 AND 500PM THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON...CAUSING FLOODING IN THOSE AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE OR THOSE AREAS THAT ARE PRONCE TO FLOODING WHEN HEAVY RAIN OCCURRS. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 435 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 1986 . . .FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI INCLUDING BOTH THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS FOR THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 430 PM...SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..COVERED MUCH OF NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. STORMS PRODUCING HEAVIEST RAIN WERE SCATTERED TO THE EAST OF TOPEKA KANSAS AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY AREA..PARTICULARLY NORTH OF THE RIVER..BETWEEN 530 AND 600 PM THIS AFTERNOON. BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN THOSE AREAS WITH POuOR DRAINAGE OR THOSE AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 535 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 1986 . . .FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI INCLUDING BOTH THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS FOR THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 530 PM...SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..COVERED MUCH OF NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED TO THE WEST OF ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI AND 25 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST..NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND AS THEY MOVE ACROSS AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM RAIN RECIEVED EARLIER TODAY..FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING MAY OCCURR. PERSONS IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH OR RAPIDLY RISING WATER.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO
635 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 1986
. . .FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI
INCLUDING BOTH THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS FOR
TONIGHT...
AT 630 PM...SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN..COVERED MUCH OF NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI.
STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM TOPEKA KANSAS TO
EMPORIA KANSAS..AND OTHER STORMS WERE 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA
KANSAS AND 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST..NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.
AS THEY MOVE ACROSS AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM RAIN
RECIEVED EARLIER TODAY..FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND AREAS PRONE
TO FLOODING MAY OCCURR. PERSONS IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH THE WATCH
AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WATER.Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO
735 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 1986
. . .FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI
INCLUDING BOTH THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS FOR
TONIGHT...
AT 730 PM...SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN..COVERED MUCH OF NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI.
STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM 30 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA KANSAS.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST..NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH
AND WILL BE MOVING INTO AND THROUGH THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH
AREAS BETWEEN 815 PM AND 915 PM TONIGHT. MUCH OF THE GROUND IN THIS
AREA IS SATURATED WITH RIVERS AT OR NEAR BANKFULL. PERSONS IN OR
TRAVELING THROUGH THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBLITY OF
HIGH OR RAPIDLY RISING WATER.Special weather statement, Jul 6, 8:37 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO
835 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 1986
. . .FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI
INCLUDING BOTH THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS FOR
TONIGHT...
AT 830 PM...SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN..COVERED MUCH OF EASTCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST
MISSOURI.
STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM 20 MILES
NORTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH
AND WILL BE MOVING INTO AND THROUGH THE KANSAS CITY AREA BETWEEN
830 PM AND 945 PM TONIGHT. MUCH OF THE GROUND IN THIS AREA IS
SATURATED FROM RAIN RECIEVED DURING THE DAY AND SOME RIVERS ARE AT
OR NEAR BANKFULL. PERSONS IN..OR TRAVELING THROUGH THIS AREA SHOULD
SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBLITY OF HIGH OR RIS\ING WATER.Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1986Every flash flood warning in 1986
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.