Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2004, 3:36 AM CDT for Johnson County, Leavenworth County, Wyandotte County, Kansas; Clay County, Jackson County, Platte County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2004, 3:36 AM CDT (08:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2004, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Platte County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 5:35 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | De Soto, KS | WATER RESCUE |
| Jul 6, 6:10 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ese Raytown, MO | 75TH ST EAST OF WESTRIDGE UNDER WATER. |
| Jul 6, 6:10 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lake Lotawana, MO | HIGHWAY 7 UNDER 1 FOOT OF WATER IN LAKE LOTAWANA. |
| Jul 6, 6:12 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Kansas City Ks, KS | STREET CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING AT 9TH AND LAKE, 14TH AND OSAGE, COY AND KANSAS AVE, 12TH AND MIAMI. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 1253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KEAX 060837 FFWEAX KSC091-103-209-MOC047-095-165-061430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 336 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS * UNTIL 930 AM CDT * AT 333 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * 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... KANSAS CITY...OLATHE...AVONDALE...BASEHOR...BLUE SPRINGS...BONNER SPRINGS...DE SOTO...EDWARDSVILLE...FARLEY...GLADSTONE...GRAIN VALLEY AND GRANDVIEW DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3940 9426 3886 9418 3885 9499 3937 9512 $$ NRR
1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KEAX 061458
FFSEAX
KSC091-103-209-MOC047-095-165-061530-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
958 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 2004
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR
JACKSON...CLAY...PLATTE...JOHNSON...WYANDOTTE AND LEAVENWORTH
COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL.
LAT...LON 3946 9426 3905 9417 3887 9417 3883 9465
3878 9504 3901 9505 3901 9514 3940 9514
$$
STOFLETThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 4:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte | 69 min |
| Jul 6, 4:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 54 min |
| Jul 6, 7:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Howard | 12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.