Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Kansas City, MO

Issued

Jun 30, 2003, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)

Expired

Jun 30, 2003, 9:30 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Kansas City, MO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Randolph County, MO

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS53 KEAX 302039
FFWEAX
MOC175-010230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
336 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 335 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE
  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
  INCLUDE...MOUNT AIRY...HUNTSVILLE AND CLIFTON HILL.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES HAS FALLEN 
ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN THE PAST HOUR...WITH 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 
RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES...AND THE THREAT OF FLASH 
FLOODING...ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS.

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.

LAT...LON 3935 9272 3929 9253 3942 9252 3949 9269

$$


SEAMAN

000 
WGUS73 KEAX 010126
FFSEAX
MOC175-010245-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
812 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR WESTERN 
RANDOLPH COUNTY...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED THE 
HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE DISSIPATED OR HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA DURING 
THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM RECENT 
STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY 
ROADS...AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 

MOUNT AIRY AND LOCATIONS TO THE SOUTHWEST RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST 
RAINFALL. CREEKS AFFECTED WITHIN THIS AREA INCLUDE...SILVER CREEK.   

LAT...LON 3933 9271 3928 9254 3943 9252 3950 9271

$$

DB

000 
WGUS73 KEAX 010230
FFSEAX
MOC175-010330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
926 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM FOR 
WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL.

LAT...LON 3933 9272 3931 9253 3954 9252 3955 9270

$$

DB

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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.