Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998

Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 29, 1998Macon County, Randolph County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 1998, 9:52 PM CDT for Macon County, Randolph County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 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
Jun 29, 1998, 9:52 PM CDT (02:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1998, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Macon County, MO, Randolph County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 277 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 1998-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2102 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 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
2102 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2166 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
236 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
20.8

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 Jun 29, 3:15 PM CDT, 6 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 3:15 PM CDT, 6 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
315 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998

LTL TIME FOR DISC AS SVR WX NEARS CWA. EXTREME NSTABILITY... STEEP
LAPSE RATES...CDFNT AND INCREASING MID LEVEL WNDS WILL PROVIDE FOR A
GOOD CHANCE OF SVR WX. WITH HI DWPTS AND CORRESPONDING HI PW AND LO
FFG VALUES...WL ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TNGT FOR NRN 2/3RDS OF
CWA.

DRIER AND COOLER AIR TO ARRIVE LATE TNGT AND TUES WITH FWC GUID
GENERALLY FOLLOWED.IFT INTO 2ND PD FFA.

.EAX...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
MO ZONES MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-046
KS ZONES KSZ 102>105-025-

DB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 29, 9:03 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
903 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATFION....

0900 PM    BELTON                    MO    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/98   CASS
Local storm report, Jun 29, 9:03 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
903 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATFION....

0900 PM    BELTON                    MO    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/98   CASS
Local storm report, Jun 29, 9:39 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
939 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0840 PM    HILLSDALE                 KS    70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/98   MIAMI

0900 PM    PAOLA                     KS    1 INCH HAIL
06/29/98   MIAMI

0900 PM    1 N DREXEL                MO    75 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/98   CASS

0900L PM    1 N PAOLA                 KS    75 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/98   MIAMI

0905 PM    DREXEL                    MO    70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/98   CASS
Local storm report, Jun 29, 9:39 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
939 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0840 PM    HILLSDALE                 KS    70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/98   MIAMI

0900 PM    PAOLA                     KS    1 INCH HAIL
06/29/98   MIAMI

0900 PM    1 N DREXEL                MO    75 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/98   CASS

0900L PM    1 N PAOLA                 KS    75 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/98   MIAMI

0905 PM    DREXEL                    MO    70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/98   CASS
Local storm report, Jun 29, 9:47 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
947 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATpION....

0946 PM    LA CYGNE                  KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/98   LINN                            TREE AND LINES DOWN IN
                                           CITY OF LACYGNE
Local storm report, Jun 29, 9:47 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
947 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATpION....

0946 PM    LA CYGNE                  KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/98   LINN                            TREE AND LINES DOWN IN
                                           CITY OF LACYGNE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXPlatte60 min
Jun 29, 7:03 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXAdair27 min
Jun 29, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay47 min
Jun 29, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson60 min
Jun 29, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson62 min
Jun 29, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMacon30 min
Jun 29, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass40 min
Jun 29, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates54 min
Jun 29, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates51 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.