Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Oct 4, 1998, 7:12 PM CDT for Johnson County, Wyandotte County, Kansas; Clay County, Jackson County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 4, 1998, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 1998, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Johnson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1167 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KMCI 050013
FFWMCI
KSC091-209-MOC047-095-050400-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY-PLEASANT HILL MO
712 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JOHNSON COUNTY IN KANSAS
WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN KANSAS
CLAY COUNTY IN MISSOURI
JACKSON COUNTY IN MISSOURI
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 712 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM
KEARNEY TO KANSAS CITY TO OLATHE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
RAINFALL RATES OF OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL LEAD TO RAPID
RUN-OFF AND THE DANGER OF FLASH FLOODING.
THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO JACKSON COUNTY AFTER 715 PM AND PRODUCE
VERY HEAVY RAIN IN AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED FLASH
FLOODING. THIS WILL RESULT IN A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD THREAT FOR
JACKSON COUNTY THIS EVENING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.
BUNTING
LAT...LON 3876 9503 3891 9423 3943 9425 3951 9500
3916 9476What 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 Oct 4, 3:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 4, 3:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 300 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 1998 WL NEED FFW TNGT FOR LRG PTN OF CWA. HVY RAINS FROM MRNG MCS OVR W CNTRL MO/E CNTRL KS AND MORE HVY RAIN ON THE WAY FM DVLPG KS CNVTN POINT TO POTNL FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS TNGT. OTHR CONCERN IS POSSIBILITY OF SVR. AMS RECOVERY THE BIG KEY IF WE CAN GET SVR IN CWA TNGT. 18Z LAPS DATA HAS INSTABILITY GRADIENT HUGGING EXTRM SRN BORDER OF CWA. MCS HAS REINFORCED WARM FRONT...KEEPING IT FROM MAKING A NORTHWARD MOVE SO FAR. EXPCT THIS BNDRY TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH TNGT AND PERHAPS BEST SVR THREAT CONFINED TO NR THIS BNDRY. HOWEVR...STG DYNAMIC SYS WILL LIKELY GET (IN THE WORDS OF STL FCSTR) "RIP SNORTING SQUALL LINE" TO MOVE ACROSS AREA LTR TNGT. LATEST WV IMAGERY SHOWING THE STG MID/UPR LVL JET MAX PUSHING INTO CNTRL PLAINS...WITH STG TSTMS RAPIDLY DVLPG OVR CNTL KS. WIND PROFILES QUITE FAVORABLE FOR SVR WITH NEODESHA PROFILER SHOWING 50 KTS FROM 850 TO 500. NMRS WARNINGS NOW COMING IN FM KS AND NEB SO IT LOOKS LIKE SVR OUTBREAK UNDERWAY. LONGER TERM....ETA SEEMS TO FAST WITH MVG SYS EAST WHILE AVN MAYBE A TAD TO SLOW. MAIN GIST AT THIS TIME IS TO KP PCPN GOING THROUGH MONDAY...TAPERING OFF FM WEST TO EAST AND THEN BRINGING PCPN BACK INTO THE FCST AS UPR LOW DUMBBELLS BACK INTO THE AREA. MRF SHOWING UNSETTLED WX FOR EXTND PD FCSTID = 54 .EAX... MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES MOZ001>00R5... MOZ011>014...MOZ020>022...MOZ028>030...MOZ037>038...MOZ043>045... MOZ053>054. KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES KSZ025...KSZ057... KSZ060...KSZ102>105.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 4, 2:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
203 PM CDT SUN OCT 04 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0153 PM WARRENSBURG MO 1 INCH HAIL
10/04/98 JOHNSON REPORT FROM SHERIFF/S
OFFICELocal storm report, Oct 4, 2:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
203 PM CDT SUN OCT 04 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0153 PM WARRENSBURG MO 1 INCH HAIL
10/04/98 JOHNSON REPORT FROM SHERIFF/S
OFFICELocal storm report, Oct 4, 2:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
225 PM CDT SUN OCT 04 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0205 PM WARRENSBURG MO 1 INCH HAIL
10/04/98 JOHNSON FROM SPOTTER 4 NORTH
AND 1 EAST OF WARRENSBURGLocal storm report, Oct 4, 2:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
225 PM CDT SUN OCT 04 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0205 PM WARRENSBURG MO 1 INCH HAIL
10/04/98 JOHNSON FROM SPOTTER 4 NORTH
AND 1 EAST OF WARRENSBURGLocal storm report, Oct 4, 5:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
534 PM CDT SUN OCT 04 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0308 PM LEES SUMMIT MO FLOOD
10/04/98 JACKSON PEOPLE EVACUATED FROM
BASEMENT APARTMENTS IN
LEES SUMMIT
0420 PM LEES SUMMIT MO FLOOD
10/04/98 JACKSON WATER UP TO DOORS ON
CARS ON 3RD STREET
0455 PM 2 E HIGGINSVILLE MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
10/04/98 LAFAYETTE
0515 PM CARROLLTON MO .75 INCH HAIL
10/04/98 CARROLL
0515 PM CARROLLTON MO FLOOD
10/04/98 CARROLL WATER RUNNING 2 FEET
DEE P OVER STREETS IN
DOWNTOWN CARROLLTONLocal storm report, Oct 4, 5:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
534 PM CDT SUN OCT 04 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0308 PM LEES SUMMIT MO FLOOD
10/04/98 JACKSON PEOPLE EVACUATED FROM
BASEMENT APARTMENTS IN
LEES SUMMIT
0420 PM LEES SUMMIT MO FLOOD
10/04/98 JACKSON WATER UP TO DOORS ON
CARS ON 3RD STREET
0455 PM 2 E HIGGINSVILLE MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
10/04/98 LAFAYETTE
0515 PM CARROLLTON MO .75 INCH HAIL
10/04/98 CARROLL
0515 PM CARROLLTON MO FLOOD
10/04/98 CARROLL WATER RUNNING 2 FEET
DEE P OVER STREETS IN
DOWNTOWN CARROLLTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 44 min |
| Oct 4, 9:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan | 3 hr |
| Oct 4, 10:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 4 hr |
| Oct 4, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Daviess | 47 min |
| Oct 4, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy | 39 min |
| Oct 4, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Harrison, Mercer | 49 min |
| Oct 4, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Putnam, Sullivan | 39 min |
| Oct 4, 8:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Ray | 4 hr |
| Oct 4, 9:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll | 4 hr |
| Oct 4, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Ray | 47 min |
| Oct 4, 9:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 2 hr |
| Oct 4, 9:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew | 3 hr |
| Oct 4, 10:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cass | 4 hr |
| Oct 4, 11:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Ray | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1998Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998
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.