Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2004, 4:07 PM CDT for Johnson 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
- Jul 24, 2004, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2004, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Johnson County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 750 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KEAX 242113 FFWEAX MOC101-250300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 407 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 406 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 8 INCHES OF WATER WAS FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 2 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ZZ HIGHWAY NEAR LA TOUR. * EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM RAINFALL TODAY IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...WARRENSBURG...CENTERVIEW...CHILHOWEE...COLUMBUS... FAYETTEVILLE...HOLDEN...KNOB NOSTER...LA TOUR...LEETON... PITTSVILLE...WHITEMAN AFB AND KINGSVILLE. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 8 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 2 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ZZ HIGHWAY NEAR LA TOUR...CAUSING CARS TO STALL. ADDITIONALLY WATER WAS RISING IN THE VICINITY OF B HIGHWAY NEAR THE HENRY COUNTY LINE...AND IS EXPECTED TO OVERTOP B HIGHWAY SOON. SEVERAL RURAL ROADS NEAR BIG CREEK ARE ALSO REPORTED UNDER WATER. 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 3892 9352 3856 9353 3857 9410 3890 9413 $$ SEAMAN
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KEAX 250152 FFSEAX MOC101-250215- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 850 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR JOHNSON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 845 PM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER COVERING THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 2 AND ZZ WAS RECEDING...AND OTHERWISE ALL MAJOR ROADWAYS IN THE COUNTY ARE NOW OPEN. AS A RESULT THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL. LAT...LON 3891 9353 3859 9356 3861 9410 3890 9408 $$ SEAMAN
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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.