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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 30, 2005Miami County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2005, 8:14 PM CDT for Miami County, Kansas. 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
Jun 30, 2005, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2005, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Miami County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2005-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 145 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2005-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
145 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-261 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KEAX 010119
FFWEAX
KSC121-010715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
814 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MIAMI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO
  TRACK 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...
  PAOLA...BEAGLE...FONTANA AND OSAWATOMIE.

RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN FELL
WITH STORMS THAT ALREADY HAVE TRACKED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO ONE AND ONE QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE
WITH STORMS MOVING INTO THE REGION.  MOUND CREEK...POTTAWATOMIE
CREEK AND THE JORDAN BRANCH OF THE MARAIAS DES CYGNES MAY 
EXPERIENCE FLOODING.

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 3867 9507 3840 9505 3839 9463 3851 9458

$$

SF
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KEAX 010348
FFSEAX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1047 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005

KSC121-010357-
MIAMI KS-
1047 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005

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

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER MIAMI COUNTY...ENDING 
THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT 
TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3867 9507 3840 9505 3839 9463 3851 9458

$$

CUTTER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Miami43 min
Jun 30, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Miami45 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.