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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 27, 2000Cooper County, Pettis County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2000, 1:35 AM CDT for Cooper County, Pettis County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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
May 27, 2000, 1:35 AM CDT (06:35 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2000, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Cooper County, MO, Pettis County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:37 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 213 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2000-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1527 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2000-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1527 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1270 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
10.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KEAX 270638 COR
FFWMCI
MOC053-159-271230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
135 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COOPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT

* AT 129 AM CDT...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY 
RAIN LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHERN TIER OF BOTH PETTIS AND COOPER 
COUNTIES. AS MUCH AS 3 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS 
MUCH OF PETTIS AND COOPER COUNTIES WITH THE HEAVIEST CONCENTRATED IN 
THE LAMINE RIVER BASIN BETWEEN CLIFTON CITY AND PILOT GROVE.

* ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES...AND THE THREAT
  OF FLASH FLOODING...ON THE LAMINE RIVER AND THE FLAT CREEK. 

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 UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.

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.

LAT...LON 3891 9347 3858 9347 3819 9077 3890 9066

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson53 min
May 26, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Daviess62 min
May 26, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay51 min
May 26, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass54 min
May 26, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette66 min
May 26, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLivingston64 min
May 26, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson46 min
May 26, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson67 min
May 26, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn60 min
May 26, 8:19 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCarroll26 min
May 26, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline55 min
May 26, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton39 min
May 26, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Putnam, Schuyler57 min
May 26, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSullivan57 min
May 26, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis67 min
May 26, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMacon, Randolph51 min
May 26, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Johnson45 min
May 26, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis55 min
May 26, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward60 min
May 26, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJohnson65 min
May 26, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper60 min
May 26, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis62 min
May 26, 10:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper, Pettis3 hr
May 26, 10:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJohnson3 hr
May 26, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates57 min
May 27, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass46 min
May 27, 3:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry48 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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.