Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 18, 2004, 4:51 AM CDT for Clay County, Jackson County, Missouri. 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
- Sep 18, 2004, 4:51 AM CDT (09:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2004, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 5:50 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Liberty, MO | FLASH FLOODING REPORTED ALONG OLD HIGHWAY 210 BETWEEN BLUFF ROAD AND RAINES ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -819 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1757 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KEAX 180952
FFWEAX
MOC047-095-181545-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
451 AM CDT SAT SEP 18 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
* AT 450 AM 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...
AVONDALE...BLUE SPRINGS...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...GLADSTONE...GRAIN
VALLEY...GRANDVIEW...INDEPENDENCE...KEARNEY...LAKE LOTAWANA...LEES
SUMMIT...LIBERTY AND LONE JACK
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA THROUGH 7 AM.
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.
LAT...LON 3942 9425 3914 9423 3886 9415 3886 9459
3910 9455 3942 9460
$$
LVQ5 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KEAX 181225
FFSEAX
MOC047-095-181545-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
724 AM CDT SAT SEP 18 2004
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL
1045 AM CDT...
AT 724 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTY.
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN
THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...BLUE SPRINGS...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...GLADSTONE...GRAIN
VALLEY...INDEPENDENCE...KEARNEY...LAKE LOTAWANA...LEES
SUMMIT...LIBERTY AND LONE JACK.
THE FLOODING PROBLEMS SHOULD MOSTLY BE OCCUR IN THE CENTRAL AND
EASTERN PORTIONS OF CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTIES...WHERE THE MAJORITY
OF THE RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3942 9425 3914 9423 3886 9415 3886 9459
3910 9455 3942 9460
$$
LVQ000
WGUS73 KEAX 181236
FFSEAX
MOC047-095-181545-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
735 AM CDT SAT SEP 18 2004
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL
1045 AM CDT...
AT 735 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTY.
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN
THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...BLUE SPRINGS...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...GLADSTONE...GRAIN
VALLEY...INDEPENDENCE...KEARNEY...LAKE LOTAWANA...LEES
SUMMIT...LIBERTY AND LONE JACK.
THE FLOODING PROBLEMS SHOULD MOSTLY BE OCCUR IN THE CENTRAL AND
EASTERN PORTIONS OF CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTIES...WHERE THE MAJORITY
OF THE RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED.
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 3942 9425 3914 9423 3886 9415 3886 9459
3910 9455 3942 9460
$$
LVQ000 WGUS73 KEAX 181459 FFSEAX MOC047-095-181545- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO ISSUED BY NWS SPRINGFIELD MO 958 AM CDT SAT SEP 18 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 AM CDT... AT 950 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL HAD DIMINISHED OVER CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTIES. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SOME MINOR FLOODING CONTINUED IN LOW LYING AREAS OF CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTIES SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE LOW LYING AREAS AROUND BLUE SPRINGS...CLAYCOMO...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...GLADSTONE...GRAIN VALLEY... GRANDVIEW...I INDEPENDENCE...KEARNEY...LAKE LOTAWANA...LEES SUMMIT...LIBERTY AND PLEASANT VALLEY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. $$ TERRY
000 WGUS73 KEAX 181549 FFSEAX MOC047-095-181545- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO ISSUED BY NWS SPRINGFIELD MO 1048 AM CDT SAT SEP 18 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... 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. $$ TERRY
000 WGUS73 KEAX 181550 CCA FFSEAX MOC047-095-181545- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO ISSUED BY NWS SPRINGFIELD MO 1048 AM CDT SAT SEP 18 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. $$ TERRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 67 min |
| Sep 17, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 45 min |
| Sep 17, 11:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 6 hr |
| Sep 17, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 74 min |
| Sep 18, 12:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Clinton, DeKalb | 6 hr |
| Sep 18, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew | 62 min |
| Sep 18, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clinton | 89 min |
| Sep 18, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | DeKalb | 74 min |
| Sep 18, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew | 52 min |
| Sep 18, 2:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 72 min |
| Sep 18, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 49 min |
| Sep 18, 8:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 4 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.