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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2004, 2:01 AM CDT for Johnson County, Miami County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2004, 2:01 AM CDT (07:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2004, 8:00 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
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:04 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2:11 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Olathe, KS | WATER OVER ROAD AT SHERIDAN BRIDGE ROAD AND LINDENWOOD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 1439 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1070 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KEAX 190707 FFWEAX KSC091-121-191300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 201 AM CDT WED MAY 19 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS MIAMI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 800 AM CDT * AT 200 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST JOHNSON AND NORTHEAST MIAMI COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...OLATHE...STANLEY...PAOLA...BUCYRUS...GARDNER...SPRING HILL...HILLSDALE...LOUISBURG...AND SOMERSET. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS. ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE WARNED AREA AS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THIS SAME AREA. 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 3905 9462 3849 9463 3848 9504 3897 9503 $$ STOFLET
2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KEAX 191126
FFSEAX
KSC091-191315-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
625 AM CDT WED MAY 19 2004
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR JOHNSON COUNTY
KANSAS...
AT 612 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL THAT FELL OVERNIGHT WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE THE THREAT OF FLOODING. FLOODING OF THE BLUE
RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES WILL
CONTINUE...ALONG WITH DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
MORNING COMMUTERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AS WATER ON ROADWAYS
CAN QUICKLY LEAD TO HYDROPLANING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO
GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING
WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3903 9462 3872 9462 3873 9468 3873 9504
3897 9505 3899 9502 3898 9495 3899 9494
3898 9492 3904 9487
$$
SF000 WGUS73 KEAX 191154 FFSEAX KSC121-191215- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 654 AM CDT WED MAY 19 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MIAMI COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL. 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 3871 9464 3841 9466 3841 9504 3872 9504 $$ NRR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.