Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Kansas City, MO

Issued

Aug 27, 2004, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)

Expired

Aug 27, 2004, 11:30 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Kansas City, MO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Grundy County, MO

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000 
WGUS53 KEAX 272235
FFWEAX
MOC079-280430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
534 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 528 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE TRENTON...SPICKARD
  AND GALT AREAS. RAINFALL RATES OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR
  ARE OCCURING WITH THESE STORMS.

* THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND
  RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  TRENTON...BRIMSON...DUNLAP...EDINBURG...GALT...LAREDO...SPICKARD
  AND TINDALL.  THE THOMPSON RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES...INCLUDING
  HICKORY AND MUDDY CREEK...AS WELL AS HONEY AND MEDICINE CREEKS
  WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.

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.

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

LAT...LON 4027 9339 3998 9338 3996 9376 4025 9377

$$

SF

000 
WGUS73 KEAX 272336
FFSEAX
MOC079-280430-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
635 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR GRUNDY
COUNTY...

AT 607 PM CDT...HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED THAT NUMEROUS
ROADS ACROSS EASTERN GRUNDY COUNTY...INCLUDING STATE ROUTE
J NEAR 100TH STREET...ARE COVERED WITH WATER. DOPPLER RADAR
ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS
GRUNDY COUNTY...IN THE TRENTON...DUNLAP AND GALT AREAS SINCE
5:30 PM.

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRAIN ACROSS THE SAME AREA AND 
ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS GRUNDY COUNTY.
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...
TRENTON...TINDALL...SPICKARD...LAREDO...GALT...EDINBURG...DUNLAP AND
BRIMSON.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLOODING ALONG TRIBUTARIES OF
THE THOMPSON RIVER...INCLUDING MUDDY AND HICKORY CREEKS...
AS WELL AS ALONG LITTLE MEDICINE AND NO CREEKS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

LAT...LON 4025 9338 4020 9339 4004 9339 3998 9338
      3998 9374 4024 9378

$$

SF

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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.