Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 11, 2005, 7:49 PM CDT for Doniphan County, Leavenworth County, Kansas; Buchanan County, Platte County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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
- Apr 11, 2005, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2005, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Doniphan County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Buchanan County, MO, Platte County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KEAX 120049
FFWEAX
KSC043-103-MOC021-165-120645-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
749 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
EASTERN DONIPHAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
NORTHEASTERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 145 AM CDT
* AT 742 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE
MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
* SLOW MOVING 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...ST JOSEPH...AGENCY...BEAN LAKE...DEARBORN...EASTON...
EDGERTON...ELWOOD...FARLEY...FAUCETT...KCI AIRPORT...LANSING AND
LEAVENWORTH.
AT 74O PM...THE LEAVENWORTH SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED STREET
FLOODING IN THE CITY OF LEAVENWORTH.
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.
LAT...LON 3987 9511 3989 9496 3981 9488 3981 9463
3917 9462 3922 9481 3921 9499 3941 9501
3942 9496 3952 9509 3954 9502 3957 9501
3990 9517
$$
PREDMORE1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KEAX 120211
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
908 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005
KSC043-103-MOC021-165-120218-
DONIPHAN KS-LEAVENWORTH KS-BUCHANAN MO-PLATTE MO-
910 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BUCHANAN...EASTERN
DONIPHAN...NORTHEASTERN LEAVENWORTH AND PLATTE COUNTIES HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. LIGHT
RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER BUCHANAN...PLATTE...AND DONIPHAN COUNTIES
FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BUT NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED. STREAMS AND
CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN
OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3987 9511 3989 9496 3981 9488 3981 9463
3917 9462 3922 9481 3921 9499 3941 9501
3942 9496 3952 9509 3954 9502 3957 9501
3990 9517
$$
PREDMOREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 50 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.