Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Kansas City, MO
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Miami | 43 min |
| Jun 30, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Miami | 45 min |
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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.