Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Kansas City, MO

Issued

May 27, 2004, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)

Expired

May 27, 2004, 10:30 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Kansas City, MO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Linn County, MO

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000 
WGUS53 KEAX 272129
FFWEAX
MOC115-280330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
428 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LINN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 425 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...BROOKFIELD...BUCKLIN...LINNEUS...MEADVILLE...NEW
  BOSTON...PURDIN...SHELBY AND LACLEDE

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 3972 9286 3972 9286 3972 9290 3973 9291
      3974 9334 4002 9334 4002 9299 4003 9297
      4003 9286

$$

SRP

000 
WGUS73 KEAX 272331
FFSEAX
MOC115-280330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
630 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR LINN COUNTY...

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER WATER. RAIN IS 
CURRENTLY EXITING THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...WATER HAS NOT YET RECEDED 
FROM THESE ROADWAYS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.

LAT...LON 4001 9288 3973 9290 3973 9335 4000 9333

$$

SRP

000 
WGUS73 KEAX 280202
FFSEAX
MOC115-280230-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
900 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR LINN COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...

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. EARLIER THIS EVENING WATER WAS 
REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 11 NEAR BROOKFIELD, BUT THE WATER HAS RECEDED.

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3971 9286 3971 9286 3971 9336 4003 9336
      4003 9286

$$

KOCH

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.