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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 10, 2001Pettis County, Saline County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 10, 2001, 5:45 PM CDT for Pettis County, Saline 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2001, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2001, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Pettis County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 12:00Z on 2001-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2001-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 276 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-302 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
302 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KEAX 102248
FFWMCI
MOC159-195-110145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
545 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 545 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAIN 9 MILES   
  NORTHWEST OF LA MONTE...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF WARRENSBURG...
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. AROUND 2 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 
  PITTSVILLE IN 20 MINUTES AND NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 
  MINUTES IN LEES SUMMIT WITH THIS COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

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

MUDDY CREEK 
SOUTH FORK OF THE BLACKWATER RIVER
DAVIS CREEK

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH 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 3916 9332 3915 9348 B3870 9350 3872 9340
          3872 9333 3873 9332 3873 9328 3874 9326
          3876 9307 3897 9306 3905 9295 3916 9292

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward42 min
Apr 9, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson48 min
Apr 9, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette, Saline56 min
Apr 9, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRandolph48 min
Apr 9, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRandolph51 min
Apr 9, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates59 min
Apr 9, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry49 min
Apr 9, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates43 min
Apr 9, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass60 min
Apr 9, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis41 min
Apr 9, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson59 min
Apr 9, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass41 min
Apr 9, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis41 min
Apr 9, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson37 min
Apr 9, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette61 min
Apr 10, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline58 min
Apr 10, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper54 min
Apr 10, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward66 min
Apr 10, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette57 min
Apr 10, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline58 min
Apr 10, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates39 min
Apr 10, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCass33 min
Apr 10, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson45 min
Apr 10, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette53 min
Apr 10, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass53 min
Apr 10, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCass, Johnson55 min
Apr 10, 5:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette4 hr
Apr 10, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXPettis46 min
Apr 10, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline52 min
Apr 10, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCooper61 min
Apr 10, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew41 min
Apr 10, 6:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard112 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.