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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 16, 1995Johnson County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 1995, 2:14 AM CDT for Johnson County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 2:14 AM CDT (07:14 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 6:15 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Johnson County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1995-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1995-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-819 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1753 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
318 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 160715
FFWMCI
KSC091-209-MOC047-095-161115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
214 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...JOHNSON COUNTY...WYANDOTTE COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...CLAY COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY
 
AT 210 AM VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING IN THE KANSAS CITY
METROPOLITAN AREA WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE SAME
AREA AND PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES
OF AN INCH AN HOUR WITH REPORTS OF FLOODING AT 25TH ST AND SOUTHWEST
TRAFFICWAY.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVJE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
 
JULY/BROWNING

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 2:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXWyandotte4 hr
May 16, 3:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMiami4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.