Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 5, 2001Clay County, Ray County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2001, 10:25 PM CDT for Clay County, Ray 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
Jun 5, 2001, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2001, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Clay County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:25 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 2001-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 449 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2001-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 261 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
449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
293 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
7.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KEAX 060327
FFWMCI
MOC047-177-060730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1025 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  RAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 1025 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA 
OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST FROM GLADSTONE TO 
CHILLICOTHE.  TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER 
THE NEXT 2 HOURS WHICH MAY RESULT IN RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND 
STREAMS AS WELL AS FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

* ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES...AND THE THREAT
  OF FLASH FLOODING...ON THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND CREEKS

  LITTLE PLATTE
  FISHING
  CROOKED
  WEST FORK
  EAST FORK  

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.

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 3952 9389 3945 9423 3944 9459 3914 9457
   A       3914 9454 3915 9453 3915 9442 3924 9431
          3922 9418 3919 9418 3919 9406 3922 9379
          3952 9379

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 9:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Holt4 hr
Jun 5, 11:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJackson6 hr
Jun 6, 3:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXClay, Ray119 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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.