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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 25, 2003Andrew County, Gentry County, Nodaway County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2003, 4:02 PM CDT for Andrew County, Gentry County, Nodaway 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
Jun 25, 2003, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2003, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Andrew County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Nodaway County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 2003-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2175 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 265 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2175 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
803 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
368 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
10.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KEAX 252103
FFWEAX
MOC003-075-147-260300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
402 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ANDREW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
  GENTRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
  NODAWAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 352 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH   FLOODING TO 
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 
MARYVILLE...WHITESVILLE...STANBERRY...SAVANNAH... ROSENDALE... 
ROCHESTER...RAVENWOOD...QUITMAN...PICKERING...  HOPKINS...GUILFORD 
AND GENTRYVILLE.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER THREE INHCES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 
PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA SINCE 1 PM. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 
RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES...AND THE THREAT OF FLASH 
FLOODING...ON THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND CREEKS...TURKEY 
CREEK...WILDCAT CREEK...AGEE CREEK...AND THE GRAND RIVER.

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.

LAT...LON 4038 9425 4006 9427 4005 9464 3984 9465
          3985 9489 4017 9504 4027 9504 4030 9520
          4056 9519 4055 9467 4038 9466

$$

SP
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KEAX 260108
FFSEAX
MOC003-075-147-260115-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
806 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR ANDREW...GENTRY 
AND NODAWAY COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. IF 
FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT 
HILL.

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.

LAT...LON 4044 9462 4040 9462 4040 9436 4009 9437
          4002 9494 4048 9507

$$

NRR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass57 min
Jun 25, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson61 min
Jun 25, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXNodaway40 min
Jun 25, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClinton28 min
Jun 25, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette, Ray56 min
Jun 25, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy38 min
Jun 25, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess45 min
Jun 25, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMercer55 min
Jun 25, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Macon35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.