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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 17, 2001Daviess County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2001, 6:44 PM CDT for Daviess County, Missouri. It was in force for 76 min. 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 17, 2001, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2001, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 76 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Daviess County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 186 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2833 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 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 
WGUS53 KEAX 172349
FFWEAX
MOC061-180115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
644 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 600 PM CDT...DAVIESS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT SEVERAL
ROADS REMAINED CLOSED...INCLUDING HIGHWAY B NEAR COFFEY AND HIGHWAY
13 NEAR ITS INTERSECTION WITH COUNTY ROAD UU.

FLOODING ALONG HICKORY AND BIG MUDDY CREEKS WAS PRODUCING WATER
OVER THE ROADWAYS IN THESE LOCATIONS.  THESE RIVERS WILL REMAIN
OUT OF THEIR BANKS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE
FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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 4013 9391 4002 9404 3993 9404 3984 9396
          3993 9377 4013 9377

SF

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 May 17, 3:55 AM CDT, 14 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 3:55 AM CDT, 14 hours 49 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
355 AM CDT THU MAY 17 2001

LOCATION OF FNTS/OUTFLOW BNDRYS...PCPN...CLDS WILL HV AN IMPACT ON
TEMPS THRU FRI MRNG. MID/UPR LVL PATTERN HAS BCM MORE ACTV AS
MID/UPR LVL RDG HAS FLATTENED...WITH PREDOMINANT ZONAL FLOW NOW IN
PLACE. QSTNRY FNTL BNDRY LIES FM NRN IL ACRS EXTRM SRN IA INTO N
CNTRL KS. UPSTRM CDFNT FM WRN MN CURVES SW THRU NRN NEB. STG/ISOLD
SVR TSTMS OCRG WITH SRN MOST BNDRY NR MO/IA BDR WHERE CAPES RUNNING
ARND 3000J. SUF INSTBY PRESENT TO SUPPORT SOME LRG HAIL FOR THE REST
OF THIS MRNG. CNVTV COMPLEX SHUD TRK E THIS MRNG WITH MAIN PCPN
THREAT FAR NRN MO CNTYS THIS MRNG. WATCHING LRG CNVTV COMPLEX OVR
ERN CO/WRN KS. ETA/AVN MODELS HV BEST HANDLE WITH THIS FEATURE...AND
TRK THIS PCPN COMPLEX EWD THIS MRNG ACRS KS. DFCLT TO SEE VORT LOBE
MODELS ATTACH TO THIS FEATURE BUT FEEL IT IS MORE OF A CNVTVLY
INDUCED VORT MAX WHICH WILL BCM MORE APPARANT LTR THIS MRNG.

FNTL BNDRY EXPCD TO SAG SWD THIS MRNG AND BCM THE FOCUS FOR ACTV
CNVTN PSBLY BY ERY AFTN. H7 TEMPS PROGD TO COOL A CPL DEGREES TDY SO
AMS WILL BE LESS CAPPED. HI CAPE VALUES WILL CONT TO SUPPORT LRG
HAIL/DMGG WIND THREAT THRU ERY THIS EVE ACRS SE HLF CWA. GIVEN HIGH
POPS FM PROGS AND ABV SCENERIO FEEL LIKELY POPS WARRANTED FOR LRG
PART OF CWA. SINCE PCPN SHUD HOLD OFF FOR ALL BUT FAR NRN CNTYS TILL
THIS AFTN THINK MOST OF CWA WILL EXCEED GUID MAX TEMPS.

UPSTRM CDFNT PROGD TO ENTER NW MO THIS AFTN AND COULD BE ANOTHER
SOURCE FOR AFTN CNVTN. HIGH PWS SUS HVY RAIN WILL CONT TO BE A
THREAT. MAY SEE SOME POST FNTL CNVTN AS SLOW MOVG MID LVL SHRTWV
MOVS E INTO CWA LT THIS AFTN/EVE.

EXTV CLDNS EXPCD TO LAST THRU TNGT AND THIS LIKELY TO SUPPORT WRMR
MIN TEMPS THAN PROGD. COOLER AND DRIER AIR MOVS INTO CWA FRI AS SFC
HI BUILDS IN.

NEXT CHC OF RAIN IS SAT NGT/SUN AS STGR SHRTWV MOVS ACRS SRN PLAINS
WITH INVERTED SFC FNT PUSING E ACRS KS AND INTO MO.

LTST AVN/MRF SHOW A STGR CDFNT WITH MUCH COOLER AIR MOVG IN FOR
TUE/WED. HV LOWERED TEMPS SVRL CAT TO REFLECT THIS.

.EAX...
KS...NONE
MO...NONE

JULY

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 17, 6:04 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
604 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001

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

0140 AM    3 NW ELMO                 MO   1 INCH HAIL
05/17/01   NODAWAY                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm report, May 17, 6:07 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
607 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001

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

0855 AM    1 W MT MORIAH             MO   .88 INCH HAIL
05/17/01   HARRISON                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Special weather statement, May 17, 6:11 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

KSZ057-060-103>105-MOZ023>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-172330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
611 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 238 HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM FOR
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN MISSOURI...
PLATTE      CLAY        RAY         CARROLL     CHARITON
RANDOLPH    JACKSON     LAFAYETTE   SALINE      HOWARD
CASS        JOHNSON     PETTIS      COOPER      HENRY
LINN        MACON       LIVINGSTON

IN KANSAS...
LEAVENWORTH     WYANDOTTE       JOHNSON     MIAMI

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 242 STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR

IN MISSOURI...
BATES

IN KANSAS...
LINN
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LVQ

Local storm report, May 17, 6:15 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
615 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001

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

0340 AM    2 E BURLINGTON JCT        MO   1 INCH HAIL
05/17/01   NODAWAY                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Special weather statement, May 17, 6:39 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

KSZ060-MOZ053-172355-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
639 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 242 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BATES COUNTY ICN
MISSOURI...AND LINN COUNTY IN KANSAS.

LVQ

Local storm report, May 17, 6:42 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
642 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001

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

0220 PM    RIVERSIDE                 MO   WIND DAMAGE
05/17/01   PLATTE                         THUNDERSTORM WINDS
                                          UPROOTED SEVERAL TREES,
                                          LARGE TREE BRANCHES 4
                                          TO 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER
                                          DOWNED, POWER LINES
                                          DOWNED, OVERSEAS
                                          STORAGE CONTAINERS
                                          MOVED 25 FEET.
                                          OCCURRED 1/2 MILE WEST
                                          OF I-635 ON 9 HIGHWAY.
                                   9       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 17, 1:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Nodaway	55 min
May 17, 3:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Nodaway	44 min
May 17, 3:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Worth	43 min
May 17, 4:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Putnam	40 min
May 17, 8:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Harrison	26 min
May 17, 10:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Sullivan	45 min
May 17, 11:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy	38 min
May 17, 11:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew	46 min
May 17, 12:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	DeKalb	40 min
May 17, 12:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy	58 min
May 17, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Clinton	65 min
May 17, 1:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Linn	57 min
May 17, 1:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Ray	40 min
May 17, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll	49 min
May 17, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	37 min
May 17, 2:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay	40 min
May 17, 2:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	114 min
May 17, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	42 min
May 17, 2:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Livingston	2 hr
May 17, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson	42 min
May 17, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Lafayette, Ray	50 min
May 17, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Howard	40 min
May 17, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Howard	44 min
May 17, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	65 min
May 17, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Howard	45 min
May 17, 4:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	114 min
May 17, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates	37 min
May 17, 6:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	97 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.