Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2003, 5:37 PM CDT for Buchanan County, DeKalb 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 12, 2003, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2003, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Buchanan County, MO, DeKalb County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1237 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KEAX 122237
FFWEAX
MOC021-063-130415-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
537 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 520 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT
CASTILE CREEK WAS PRODUCING FLOODING IN SOUTHWEST DEKALB COUNTY.
ROUTE O...FROM ROUTE N TO ROUTE J...WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
HEAVY RAINFALL SINCE 2 PM WILL ALSO RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG THIRD
FORK CREEK IN NORTHEAST BUCHANAN COUNTY. THE BUCHANAN COUNTY TOWNS
OF EASTON...SAN ANTONIO AND HURLINGEN ARE IN THE AREA OF HEAVIEST
RAINFALL AND ASSOCIATED FLOODING. IN ADDITION...HIGHWAYS
36...31...AND 6 ARE ALSO IN THE WARNED AREA AND MAY EXPERIENCE
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 4003 9426 3977 9426 3975 9463 3970 9463
3975 9474 3981 9472 3981 9461 4002 9460
$$
SP2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KEAX 130104
FFSEAX
MOC021-063-130400-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
800 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2003
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
BUCHANAN AND DEKALB COUNTIES...
AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED NORTH
AND OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS EARLIER
THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A FLOODING PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL
MORE HOURS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
FELL FROM WEST OF SAN ANTONIO TO CLARKSDALE.
RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL EARLY THIS EVENING WILL CAUSE
FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW
WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...WEATHERBY...MAYSVILLE...FAIRPORT...EASTON...CLARKSDALE AND
AMITY.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 4005 9437 4003 9424 3981 9423 3976 9437
3976 9459 3970 9463 3970 9475 3981 9471
3981 9463 3985 9458 4005 9455
$$
MJ000
WGUS73 KEAX 130415
FFSEAX
MOC021-063-130715-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1115 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2003
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
BUCHANAN AND DEKALB 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.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4005 9437 4003 9423 3976 9423 3975 9461
3966 9463 3965 9477 3981 9471 3982 9461
4003 9462
$$
MJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 6:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Randolph, Saline | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Howard | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Livingston | 6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.