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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 1, 2004Daviess County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2004, 10:01 AM CDT for Daviess 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
Aug 1, 2004, 10:01 AM CDT (15:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2004, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Daviess County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2004-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 936 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2004-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
936 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-322 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KEAX 011505
FFWEAX
MOC061-012100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1001 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 959 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EAST OF A LINE FROM COFFEY  
  TO JAMESON TO GALLATIN. 

* THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA.
  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE 7 AM ACROSS 
  THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 
  FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 
  FLOODING INCLUDE...ALTAMONT...CARLOW...COFFEY...GALLATIN...
  JAMESON...JAMESPORT ...PATTONSBURG AND WINSTON

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE ADDITIONAL 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 4012 9378 3980 9379 3981 9419 4012 9420

$$

DB
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KEAX 011656
FFSEAX
MOC061-012100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1155 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR DAVIESS
COUNTY...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF 
DAVIESS COUNTY. HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 
FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 
AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH 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 4012 9380 3980 9379 3980 9418 4012 9419

$$

DB
000 
WGUS73 KEAX 011821
FFSEAX
MOC061-011845-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
120 PM CDT SUN AUG 1 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR DAVIESS 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. 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 4011 9379 3981 9379 3982 9418 4012 9421

$$
LS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison41 min
Aug 1, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMercer57 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.