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Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 2004, 10:52 PM CDT for Johnson County, Miami County, Kansas; Cass 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 23, 2004, 10:52 PM CDT (03:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2004, 4:45 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, Miami County, KS, Cass County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 2446 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 513 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.3
- Supercell composite
- 21.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KEAX 240356 FFWEAX KSC091-121-MOC037-240945- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1052 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS MIAMI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 445 AM CDT * AT 1049 PM 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... OLATHE...HARRISONVILLE...PAOLA...BELTON...BUCYRUS...CLEVELAND... EDGERTON KS...FREEMAN...GARDEN CITY...GARDNER...GUNN CITY...HILLSDALE AND LOUISBURG VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY AND MIAMI COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OVER TWO INCHES POSSIBLE. ADDITIONALLY...THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO CASS COUNTY. THIS RAINFALL WILL FALL ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FROM RAINFALL WHICH FELL EARLIER TODAY ACROSS CASS COUNTY...RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING. LAT...LON 3881 9413 3851 9412 3848 9504 3885 9505 $$ SEAMAN
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KEAX 240416 FFSEAX KSC091-121-MOC037-240945- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1111 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR CASS...MIAMI AND SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTIES... BETWEEN 10 AND 11 PM...3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY EAST OF GARDNER...WHILE 2.95 INCHES FELL AT NEW CENTURY AIRPORT. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ALSO INDICATE 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS NORTHERN MIAMI COUNTY DURING THIS TIME. THE THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING THIS RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...WITH ADDITONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY THROUGH 1 AM. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO CASS COUNTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THIS RAIN WILL FALL ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FROM EARLIER RAINFALL...LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HARRISONVILLE...PAOLA...STRASBURG...RAYMORE...PLEASANT HILL... PECULIAR...GUNN CITY...GARDEN CITY...FREEMAN...CLEVELAND...BELTON AND SPRING HILL. LAT...LON 3881 9413 3851 9412 3848 9504 3885 9505 $$ SEAMAN
000 WGUS73 KEAX 240651 FFSEAX KSC091-121-MOC037-240945- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 145 AM CDT TUE AUG 24 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR CASS...MIAMI AND SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTIES... SINCE 10 PM MONDAY NIGHT RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN JOHNSON AND NORTHERN MIAMI COUNTIES...WITH 1.5 TO 3 INCHES INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR ACROSS NORTHERN CASS COUNTY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR TOPEKA AND LAWRENCE ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST...AND WILL AFFECT THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 4 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 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 3882 9415 3850 9410 3842 9504 3883 9505 $$ SEAMAN
000
WGUS73 KEAX 240936
FFSEAX
KSC121-MOC037-241000-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
435 AM CDT TUE AUG 24 2004
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CASS AND MIAMI
COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 445 AM...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL.
LAT...LON 3880 9417 3849 9412 3851 9461 3843 9503
3869 9506
$$
SEAMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 9:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson | 87 min |
| Aug 23, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 66 min |
| Aug 23, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 40 min |
| Aug 24, 7:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 4:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Nodaway | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 7:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 58 min |
| Aug 24, 11:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Henry | 8 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.