Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 2002, 8:16 PM CDT for Johnson County, Lafayette 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 as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2002, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2002, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 2385 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.4
- Supercell composite
- 11.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KEAX 120116 FFWMCI MOC101-107-120715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 815 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 215 AM CDT * AT 813 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WELLINGTON TO GREENWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES...AND THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING...ON THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND CREEKS DAVIS CREEK...THE BLACK WATER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...WARRENSBURG... WHITEMAN AFB...WELLINGTON...WAVERLY...PITTSVILLE...ODESSA... MAYVIEW...LA TOUR...KNOB NOSTER...HOLDEN...HIGGINSVILLE AND FAYETTEVILLE. 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...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. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN PLEASANT HILL. 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 3912 9409 3859 9410 3860 9353 3922 9353 PC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 6 hr |
| May 11, 9:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Linn | 6 hr |
| May 12, 12:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Macon | 4 hr |
| May 12, 12:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll | 4 hr |
| May 12, 1:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton | 4 hr |
| May 12, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper | 63 min |
| May 12, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 39 min |
| May 12, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 28 min |
| May 12, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 63 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002
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.