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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 14, 2004Macon County, Randolph County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2004, 7:00 PM CDT for Macon County, Randolph County, Missouri. It was in force for 8 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 14, 2004, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2004, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Macon County, MO, Randolph County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 277 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2004-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 266 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2004-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
266 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1304 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KEAX 150002
FFWEAX
MOC121-175-150800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
700 PM CDT MON JUN 14 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED 
  AREA...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MACON COUNTY AND THE 
  NORTHERN HALF OF RANDOLPH COUNTY.

* 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...
  MOBERLY...ANABEL...AXTELL...CAIRO...CALLAO...CLIFTON HILL...COLLEGE
  MOUND...EXCELLO...HUNTSVILLE...JACKSONVILLE...LONG BRANCH STATE
  PARK AND MACON

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
PLEASANT HILL.

LAT...LON 3992 9232 3929 9234 3935 9269 3965 9266
      3981 9283

$$

PC
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KEAX 150325
FFSEAX
MOC033-041-121-175-195-150400-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1024 PM CDT MON JUN 14 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SALINE...
RANDOLPH...CARROLL...CHARITON AND MACON COUNTIES 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. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL.

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.

LAT...LON 3964 9237 3927 9236 3939 9283 3895 9309
      3900 9347 3929 9344 3933 9373 3960 9377
      3961 9325 3969 9330 3969 9283 4003 9286
      4002 9240 3991 9234

$$

CUTTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson58 min
Jun 14, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette46 min
Jun 14, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis, Saline94 min
Jun 14, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte62 min
Jun 15, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDeKalb55 min

Nearby

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

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.