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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 5, 2001Adair County, Sullivan County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 5, 2001, 6:33 PM CDT for Adair County, Sullivan County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 5, 2001, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2001, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Whole counties

Counties Adair County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 253 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 240 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 310 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 052341
FFWMCI
MOC001-211-060230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
633 PM CDT THU APR 5 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 633 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 10 MILES WEST OF MILAN
  EAST TO 10 MILES EAST OF KIRKSVILLE. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES
  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH THESE STORMS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES
  OF RAIN LIKELY THROUGH 8 PM AS THE STORMS MOVE EAST AT 35 MILES AN
  HOUR. 

  THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 6 HAS
  BEEN CLOSED AT THE JUNCTION OF ROUTE 129.

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

  LOCUST CREEK
  SPRING CREEK 
  FLOYD CREEK
  HOG CREEK 
  MEDICINE CREEK 

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.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 1:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison	46 min
Apr 5, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Nodaway, Worth	38 min
Apr 5, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Harrison	49 min
Apr 5, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Mercer	65 min
Apr 5, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Putnam, Sullivan	38 min
Apr 5, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Putnam, Sullivan	45 min
Apr 5, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Sullivan	46 min

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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.