Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Kansas City, MO

Issued

Aug 27, 2004, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)

Expired

Aug 28, 2004, 2:15 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Kansas City, MO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Caldwell County, MO, Daviess County, MO, Livingston County, MO

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS53 KEAX 280115
FFWEAX
MOC025-061-117-280715-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 804 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE KINGSTON...GALLATIN
  AND CHILLICOTHE AREAS.  RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
  AREA POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CHILLICOTHE...ALTAMONT...AVALON...BEDFORD...BRAYMER...
  BRECKENRIDGE...CARLOW...CHULA...COFFEY...DAWN...FARMERSVILLE AND
  GALLATIN.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. STREAMS AND CREEKS AFFECTED INCLUDE
SHOAL...LITTLE OTTER...BRUSHY...HONEY...MARROWBONE CREEKS...AS
WELL AS TRIBUTARIES OF THE GRAND AND THOMPSON RIVERS IN WESTERN
LIVINGSTON COUNTY.

BE AWARE THAT LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE IN YOUR AREA...WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

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 3997 9338 3970 9339 3970 9329 3964 9330
      3964 9377 3956 9379 3955 9423 4012 9420
      4012 9379 3994 9378

$$

SF

000 
WGUS73 KEAX 280338
FFSEAX
MOC025-061-117-280730-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1037 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR CALDWELL...
LIVINGSTON AND DAVIESS COUNTIES...

AT 1025 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
RUNOFF FROM EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS ROAD
CLOSURES ACROSS DAVIESS AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES. HIGHWAY 136
NEAR CHILLICOTHE IS CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY
AND THE WATER IS EIGHT INCHES DEEP NEAR THE INTERSECTION
OF ROUTE V AND 190. IN CALDWELL COUNTY...RURAL AREAS EAST
KINGSTON AND NORTH OF BRAYMER LIKELY ARE EXPERIENCING
FLOODING.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS CAUSING FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF COTTONWOOD
...LITTLE OTTER AND SHOAL CREEKS IN CALDWELL COUNTY...ALONG SHOAL
AND MUD CREEKS IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY AND BIG MUDDY...MUDDY...MARROWBONE
AND HONEY CREEKS AND LICK FORK IN DAVIESS COUNTY.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3996 9376 3996 9337 3971 9338 3970 9330
      3962 9328 3963 9373 3960 9378 3954 9378
      3954 9421 4013 9421 4013 9378

$$

SF

000 
WGUS73 KEAX 280703
FFSEAX
MOC061-280730-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
203 AM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR DAVIESS COUNTY HAS 
BEEN CANCELLED...

WHILE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS DAVIESS COUNTY 
OVERNIGHT...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING 
PROBLEMS.  THE EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS HAS ENDED OVER 
THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED 
...THUS 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 4010 9382 3983 9382 3981 9420 4011 9418

$$

LVQ

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.