Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 1995, 2:10 AM CDT for Miami County, Kansas; Bates County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 1995, 2:10 AM CDT (07:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1995, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Miami County, KS, Bates County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 426 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -256 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 170728 COR FFWMCI KSC091-121-209-MOC053-089-159-195-095-013-037-083-101-107-171315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED TO ADD WYANDOTTE COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 210 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...JOHNSON COUNTY...MIAMI COUNTY...WYANDOTTE COUNTY... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...COOPER COUNTY...HOWARD COUNTY...PETTIS COUNTY ...SALINE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...BATES COUNTY...CASS COUNTY...HENRY COUNTY...JOHNSON COUNTY ...LAFAYETTE COUNTY THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXPANDED AND EXTENDED OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. AT 2 AM...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BOONVILLE TO WARRENSBURG TO BUTLER LINE. FURTHER NORTH...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN TUESDAY EVENING AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING ACROSS KANSAS AND WILL LIKELY SPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE SATURATED AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AROUND 6 AM. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UPN TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. PC
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.
NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 16, 9:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 16, 9:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 850 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995 FIRST ROUND THROUGH...NEXT ROUND IN THE WINGS. SATL IMAGERY SHOWS UPR LOW LIFTG INTO AZ TNGT WITH S/W TROF IN SW FLOW MOVG INTO W KS. GOOD TROPICAL PLUME INDCATED AND PWS ABOVE 1.3 ON 00Z SNDGS. 850 MB FLOW HAS BECOME MORE WESTERLY BUT WILL LIKLY BACK AS S/W APPROACHES. BIGGEST CONCERN IS FLOODING. TROPICAL RAINFALL AND SOME TRAINING WAS EVIDENT AND APPEARS TO BE SETTING UP AGAIN AS TSTMS MOVE EAST OUT OF KS. CURRENT FCSTS WELL COVERED. BROWNING
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 16, 8:29 PM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
830 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995
...STORM REPORTS FOR THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OF MAY 16...
TIME/DATE LOCATION/COUNTY STATE EVENT/REMARKS
05/16/95
450 PM CDT METRO/JACKSON MO 1 IN HAIL AT METRO MALL
NORTH
05/16/95
450 PM CDT CLAY COUNTY MO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT 69
HIGHWAY AND STOCKDALE ROAD
05/16/95
516 PM CDT CLAY CO MO WIN IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH TREE
LIMBS BROKEN
05/16/95
517 PM CDT CLAY CO MO 60 MPH WIND IN GLADSTONE
05/16/95 CLAY CO MO KEARNEY PD REPORTS WIND IN
531 PM CDT EXCESS OF 60 MPH
05/16/95 MIAMI CO KS PAOLA PD DEPUTY REPORTS TREES
543 PM CDT AND ROAD SIGNS DOWN...WIND IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH AT HILLSDALE
05/16/95 GRUNDY CO MO 4 INCHES OF RAIN JUST NORTH OF
505 PM CDT TRENTON IN ABOUT 1 HOUR
05/16/95 JOHNSON CO MO SO REPORTS WINDS IN EXCESS OF
635 PM CDT 70 MPH NEAR HOLDEN
05/16/95 LINN-MACON MO LARGE TREES DOWN BROOKFIELD AND
636 PM CDT COUNTIES PP HIGHWAY
05/16/95 PETTIS CO MO WIND IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH LARGE
640 PM CDT TREES DOWN 2 MILES NW LF LA MONTE
IN PETTIS COUNTY
05/16/95 CASS CO MO TREES AND POWER LINE DOWN IN
649 PM CDT RAYMORE AREA AT J AND 195
HIGHWAYS
05/16/95 MACON CO MO MACON 911 REPORTS TREE LIMBS
652 PM CDT DOWN AROUND THE CITY-LOCALIZED
FLOODING-SEVERE LIGHTNING
STEVENSONLocal storm report, May 17, 2:10 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
210 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1995
...STORM REPORTS FOR THE EVENING HOURS OF MAY 16 AND EARLY MORNING
HOURS OF THE 17TH...
TIME/DATE LOCATION/COUNTY STATE EVENT/REMARKS
05/16/95
949 PM CDT JOHNSON CO KS 50-60 MPH WINDS IN EDGERTON
05/16/95
955 PM CDT JOHNSON CO KS BASEBALL SIZE HAIL 5 WEST
OF SPRINGHILL
05/16/95
1004 PM CDT JOHNSON CO KS 70-80 MPH WINDS AT 199TH AND
CLARE
05/16/95
1008 PM CDT MIAMI CO KS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND 50-60
MPH WINDS
05/16/95 MIAMI CO KS TORNADO AT 215 AND 69 NEAR
1020 PM CDT SPRINGHILL
05/16/95 MIAMI CO KS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL JUST NORTH
1023 PM CDT OF LEWISBURG
05/16/95 CASS CO MO GOLBALL SIZE HAIL IN BELTON
1031 PM CDT
05/16/95 CASS CO MO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 2 WEST OF
1036 PM CDT PECULIAR
05/16/95 CASS CO MO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL P AND HWY 7
1058 PM CDT NEAR PLEASANT HILL
05/16/95 JOHNSON CO MO NICKEL SIZE HAIL 5 NORTH
1130 PM CDT WARRENSBURG
05/16/95 LAFAYETTE CO MO POWER LINES AND SIGNS DOWN
1130 PM CDT
05/16/95 JOHNSON CO MO DIME SIZE HAIL 2 NORTH OF
1135 PM CDT OLATHE
05/17/95 JACKSON CO MO QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN LEES
1203 AM CDT SUMMIT
05/17/95 MIAMI CO KS 1 INCH HAIL AT HILLSDALE
1210 AM CDT LAKE
05/17/95 MIAMI CO KS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL HILLSDALE
1215 AM CDT LAKE
05/17/95 SALINE CO MO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT SWEET
113 AM CDT SPRINGS
05/17/95 BATES CO MO TREES DOWN ON HWY 18
117 AM CDT
GAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 50 min |
| May 16, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Miami | 42 min |
| May 16, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson | 33 min |
| May 16, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 47 min |
| May 17, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 21 min |
| May 17, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 6 hr |
| May 17, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 42 min |
| May 17, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 40 min |
| May 16, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 62 min |
| May 16, 10:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass | 52 min |
| May 16, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 42 min |
| May 16, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette | 65 min |
| May 16, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis, Saline | 51 min |
| May 16, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 46 min |
| May 17, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 54 min |
| May 17, 12:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 38 min |
| May 17, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 59 min |
| May 17, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Pettis | 42 min |
| May 17, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton | 41 min |
| May 17, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline | 6 hr |
| May 17, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Howard | 6 hr |
| May 17, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Morgan | 42 min |
| May 17, 2:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Benton, Morgan | 4 hr |
| May 17, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miller | 48 min |
| May 17, 4:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Camden, Miller | 4 hr |
| May 17, 4:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Maries | 4 hr |
| May 17, 8:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton | 44 min |
| May 17, 8:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Morgan | 35 min |
| May 17, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miller | 51 min |
| May 17, 9:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miller | 30 min |
| May 17, 9:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Maries | 45 min |
| May 17, 9:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | St. Clair | 44 min |
| May 17, 9:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | St. Clair | 38 min |
| May 17, 10:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton | 36 min |
| May 17, 10:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Benton | 25 min |
| May 17, 10:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Hickory | 14 min |
| May 17, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 70 min |
Nearby
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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.