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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Kansas City, MO
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 53 min |
| May 26, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Daviess | 62 min |
| May 26, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 51 min |
| May 26, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 54 min |
| May 26, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 66 min |
| May 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Livingston | 64 min |
| May 26, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 46 min |
| May 26, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 67 min |
| May 26, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 60 min |
| May 26, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Carroll | 26 min |
| May 26, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Saline | 55 min |
| May 26, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton | 39 min |
| May 26, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Putnam, Schuyler | 57 min |
| May 26, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Sullivan | 57 min |
| May 26, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 67 min |
| May 26, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Macon, Randolph | 51 min |
| May 26, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Johnson | 45 min |
| May 26, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 55 min |
| May 26, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard | 60 min |
| May 26, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson | 65 min |
| May 26, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper | 60 min |
| May 26, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 62 min |
| May 26, 10:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis | 3 hr |
| May 26, 10:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson | 3 hr |
| May 26, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 57 min |
| May 27, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 46 min |
| May 27, 3:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 48 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.