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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 10, 20034 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2003, 5:36 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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 10, 2003, 5:36 AM CDT (10:36 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2003, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cooper County, MO, Howard County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:35 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 173 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 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
173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-412 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
422 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KEAX 101036
FFWEAX
MOC053-089-159-195-101630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
536 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  COOPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 530 AM 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...SEDALIA...MARSHALL...BOONVILLE...SWEET SPRINGS...
  SLATER...PLEASANT GREEN...PILOT GROVE...NEW LEBANON...NEW
  FRANKLIN...NELSON...NAPTON AND MALTA BEND.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 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 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.

LAT...LON 3922 9344 3866 9341 3860 9313 3872 9308
          3877 9266 3925 9247 3930 9269 3920 9292
          3934 9315

$$


SP
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KEAX 101324
FFSEAX
MOC053-089-159-175-195-101615-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
824 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR 
PETTIS...COOPER...HOWARD...AND SALINE COUNTIES...AND UNTIL NOON FOR  
RANDOLPH COUNTY.

RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM 
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WHICH OCCURRED OVERNIGHT WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 
OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 
SEDALIA...MOBERLY...MARSHALL...BOONVILLE...SWEET 
SPRINGS...SLATER...ROANOKE...PLEASANT GREEN...PILOT GROVE...NEW 
LEBANON...NEW FRANKLIN AND NELSON.

COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICES HAVE PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING REPORTS.

IN SALINE COUNTY...HIGHWAY 240 AND COUNTY ROAD 40 ARE FLOODED. IN 
ADDITION...WATER WAS FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY H.

IN RANDOLPH COUNTY...THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 24 AND JJ IS UNDER 
WATER.

IN HOWARD AND PETTIS COUNTIES...MANY ROADS ARE FLOODED.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 
ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3921 9344 3854 9345 3860 9314 3875 9310
          3872 9265 3902 9260 3958 9231 3959 9266
          3931 9270 3915 9287 3935 9318

$$

SP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson59 min
May 9, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette63 min
May 9, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline38 min
May 9, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward, Randolph67 min
May 9, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass62 min
May 9, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson65 min
May 9, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette66 min
May 9, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMacon64 min
May 9, 9:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCass6 hr
May 9, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCass30 min
May 9, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson59 min
May 9, 10:03 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXLafayette42 min
May 9, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass63 min
May 9, 10:16 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXSaline59 min
May 9, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson62 min
May 9, 10:44 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJohnson61 min
May 9, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis39 min
May 9, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson45 min
May 10, 3:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper53 min
May 10, 3:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry46 min
May 10, 3:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson37 min
May 10, 3:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson56 min
May 10, 3:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay62 min
May 10, 4:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis40 min
May 10, 4:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte39 min
May 10, 4:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline57 min
May 10, 4:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper37 min
May 10, 4:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson60 min
May 10, 4:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRay65 min
May 10, 5:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass64 min
May 10, 5:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette67 min
May 10, 5:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward49 min
May 10, 5:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson72 min
May 10, 5:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXRandolph6 hr
May 10, 6:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass13 min
May 10, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll55 min
May 10, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Ray60 min
May 10, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDeKalb, Gentry43 min
May 10, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson67 min
May 10, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison50 min
May 10, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess44 min
May 10, 3:39 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXDaviess, Harrison51 min
May 10, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXLinn58 min
May 10, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCarroll58 min
May 10, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMercer64 min
May 10, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette, Saline59 min
May 10, 4:18 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXChariton42 min
May 10, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXAdair, Sullivan65 min
May 10, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXSaline43 min
May 10, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMacon47 min
May 10, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPutnam60 min
May 10, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXPutnam65 min
May 10, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Howard53 min
May 10, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRandolph63 min
May 10, 5:21 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXRandolph39 min
May 10, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCooper46 min
May 10, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXRandolph32 min
May 10, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXPutnam29 min
May 10, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXHenry47 min
May 10, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline45 min
May 10, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton38 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.