Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jan 12, 2005, 5:56 PM CST for 11 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 12 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
- Jan 12, 2005, 5:56 PM CST (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2005, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bates County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Henry County, MO, Howard County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Macon County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saline County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 376 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 392 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KEAX 122356
FFWEAX
MOC013-041-053-083-089-101-107-121-159-175-195-131200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
556 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BATES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.
CHARITON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.
COOPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.
HENRY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.
HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.
JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.
LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.
MACON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.
PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.
RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.
SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.
* UNTIL 600 AM CST.
* AT 554 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE
WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...CLINTON...MARSHALL...MOBERLY...
SEDALIA...WARRENSBURG...ADRIAN...ALMA...ALTONA...AMORET AND
AMSTERDAM.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
A FLASH FLOODING WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
LAT...LON 3930 9231 3925 9247 3869 9263 3870 9305
3854 9309 3851 9351 3822 9353 3822 9405
3804 9408 3806 9461 3806 9461 3846 9461
3845 9406 3913 9411 3923 9337 3939 9311
3970 9328 3969 9286 4004 9283 4003 9236
$$
PREDMORE2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KEAX 130335
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
919 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
MOC107-130400-
LAFAYETTE MO-
935 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR LAFAYETTE COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3930 9231 3926 9247 3870 9263 3871 9304
3853 9350 3823 9353 3823 9403 3804 9408
3807 9460 3807 9460 3845 9461 3844 9408
3891 9408 3892 9351 3922 9348 3940 9309
3970 9326 3969 9286 4004 9281 4003 9236
$$
MOC013-041-053-083-089-101-121-159-175-195-131200-
MACON MO-CHARITON MO-RANDOLPH MO-SALINE MO-HOWARD MO-COOPER MO-
PETTIS MO-JOHNSON MO-HENRY MO-BATES MO-
935 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BATES...CHARITON...COOPER...
HENRY...HOWARD...JOHNSON...MACON...PETTIS...RANDOLPH AND SALINE
COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM CST...
AT 8 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN BATES COUNTY
REPORTED THAT EAST NURSERY STREET...ONE-QUARTER MILE EAST OF
BUTLER....AND SOUTH MAIN STREET...JUST SOUTH OF BUTLER...WERE
FLOODED.
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO OCCUR OVER
CHARITON...SALINE...PETTIS...COOPER...HOWARD...AND RANDOLPH
COUNTIES. RAINFALL OVER OTHER COUNTIES HAS DIMINISHED.
HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA IS
STILL FLOWING INTO STREAMS...PRESENTING IN A CONTINUING FLOOD THREAT.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 3930 9231 3926 9247 3870 9263 3871 9304
3853 9350 3823 9353 3823 9403 3804 9408
3807 9460 3807 9460 3845 9461 3844 9408
3891 9408 3892 9351 3922 9348 3940 9309
3970 9326 3969 9286 4004 9281 4003 9236
$$
PREDMORE000
WGUS73 KEAX 131121
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
514 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005
MOC013-041-053-083-089-101-121-159-175-195-131124-
MACON MO-CHARITON MO-RANDOLPH MO-SALINE MO-HOWARD MO-COOPER MO-
PETTIS MO-JOHNSON MO-HENRY MO-BATES MO-
514 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BATES...CHARITON...
COOPER...HENRY...HOWARD...JOHNSON...MACON...PETTIS...RANDOLPH AND
SALINE COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED WELL TO THE EAST...ALLOWING THE EXCESS
RUNOFF TO COME TO AN END ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...THUS ENDING THE
FLASH FLOOD THREAT. HOWEVER...SOME AREA ROADS MAY STILL BE
UNDERWATER FROM LAST NIGHTS RAIN...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD BE CAREFUL.
IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3930 9231 3926 9247 3870 9263 3871 9304
3853 9350 3823 9353 3823 9403 3804 9408
3807 9460 3807 9460 3845 9461 3844 9408
3891 9408 3892 9351 3922 9348 3940 9309
3970 9326 3969 9286 4004 9281 4003 9236
$$
CUTTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 9:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 34 min |
| Jan 12, 2:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 40 min |
| Jan 12, 2:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Pettis, Sullivan | 77 days |
| Jan 12, 2:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Mercer, Saline | 77 days |
| Jan 12, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cooper | 89 days |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.