Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 31, 2003, 11:46 AM CDT for Johnson County, Kansas; Jackson County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 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
- Aug 31, 2003, 11:46 AM CDT (16:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2003, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Johnson County, KS, Jackson County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KEAX 311652 FFWEAX KSC091-MOC095-312045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1146 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 1144 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE REGION. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS AND ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING ALONG THE INDIAN CREEK RIVER BASIN THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE AREA SINCE SATURDAY MORNING HAVE BEEN IN THE 6 TO 9 INCH RANGE. AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 11:30 AM THE STAGE AT OVERLAND PARK WAS 12.4 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. THE FLOOD CREST IS EXPECTED TO REACH 13 FEET BY 2 PM ON INDIAN CREEK IN OVERLAND PARK. 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 3905 9446 3884 9446 3884 9474 3903 9474 $$ MJ
2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KEAX 311952
FFSEAX
KSC091-MOC095-312015-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
252 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN JACKSON AND
NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL.
LAT...LON 3892 9437 3891 9459 3893 9473 3898 9480
3904 9463 3907 9454 3914 9445
$$
SCHMIT000
WGUS73 KEAX 312005 CCA
FFSEAX
KSC091-MOC095-312015-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
252 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN JACKSON AND
NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
AT 2:45 PM INDIAN CREEK AT OVERLAND PARK HAD FALLEN BELOW FLOOD
STAGE.
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 3892 9437 3891 9459 3893 9473 3898 9480
3904 9463 3907 9454 3914 9445
$$
SCHMITThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 8:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson | 3 hr |
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.