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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 19, 1996Atchison County, Holt County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 19, 1996, 9:00 PM CDT for Atchison County, Holt County, Missouri. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 1996, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 1996, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Atchison County, MO, Holt County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 1996-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2700 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 1996-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2700 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1347 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 200155
FFWMCI
MOC005-MOC087-200900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
900 PM CDT MON AUG 19 1996

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  ATCHISON COUNTY - NORTHWEST MISSOURI
  HOLT COUNTY - NORTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT TUESDAY AUGUST 20TH

* RIVER AFFECTED
   TARKIO RIVER

* CAUSE AND EFFECT
    DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN 
FELL     THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE RAINS HAVE 
CAUSED     THE RIVER AT FAIRFAX TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THEY 
WILL ALSO 
    CAUSE THE TARKIO RIVER TO RISE OUT OF ITS BANKS FROM SOUTHERN   
  ATCHISON COUNTY MISSOURI INTO HOLT COUNTY.

* FORECAST CONDITIONS
    THE TARKIO RIVER WILL REMAIN OUT OF ITS BANKS THROUGH EARLY
    TUESDAY MORNING. PERSONS ALONG THE RIVER WILL WANT TO WATCH FOR 
     RISING WATER AND TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT 
LIFE      AND PROPERTY.

REMEMBER...DON'T DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS!  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS
OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

HUDSON

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 Aug 19, 3:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 3:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
335 PM CDT MON AUG 19 1996

AWIPS 1KM VSBL IMAGERY SHOWS CNVTN DVLPG ALG SFC FNT OVR NRN KS/SRN NEB
INTO SRN IA.  MAX LO LVL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE OVR SE NEB SHOULD PROVIDE
LIFT NEEDED FOR STG TSTM DVLPMNT NEXT FEW HRS.  EXPCT TSTM ACTIVITY TO
MOVE EAST ALONG BNDRY AND SAG SWRD INTO NRN MO THIS EVENING.  MDLS
SUGGEST CONTINUED CONVERGENCE OVER NORTH CNTRL KANSAS TOWARD MIDNIGHT
AND EXPECT TO SEE ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT UPSTREAM.  POTENTIAL FOR
TSTSMS MAY LINGER INTO THE MORNING HOURS OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
STATE ON TUESDAY.

LONGER TERM...MODELS SUGGEST SUMMER.  STG SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVES INTVO
THE NORTHERN ROCKIES 36 TO 48 HRS WHICH RESULTS IN RIDGING ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PLAINS.  WARMER TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER 90S AND LOWER POPS
AS SFC FRONT LIFTS WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA.

MCI BU 70/90 71/93 70 99531

BROWNING

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.