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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2005, 7:27 PM CDT for Doniphan County, Kansas. 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
- Aug 18, 2005, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2005, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Doniphan County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 8:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Severance, KS | RAINS OF UP TO 5 INCHES CAUSED SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS TO FLOOD AND BECOME IMPASSABLE. |
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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 3273 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 14.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KEAX 190027 FFWEAX KSC043-190630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 727 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... DONIPHAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS * UNTIL 130 AM CDT * AT 723 PM 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... DENTON...FANNING...HIGHLAND...SEVERANCE...SPARKS AND TROY. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. LAT...LON 3982 9492 3964 9505 3965 9533 3995 9533 $$ NRR
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KEAX 190245 FFSEAX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 943 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 KSC043-190630- DONIPHAN KS- 943 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DONIPHAN COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM CDT... AT 937 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM LEONA TO TROY. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...DENTON...FANNING...HIGHLAND... SEVERANCE...SPARKS AND TROY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL. LAT...LON 3982 9492 3964 9505 3965 9533 3995 9533 $$ NRR
000 WGUS73 KEAX 190431 FFSEAX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1125 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 KSC043-190630- DONIPHAN KS- 1125 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DONIPHAN COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM CDT... AT 1120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE HIGHWAY 36 CORRIDOR FROM MARYSVILLE THROUGH HIAWATHA TO TROY. CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE REPEATEDLY MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS PRODUCING ROUNDS OF SEVERAL ROUNDS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS BETWEEN A HALF INCH AND AN INCH ARE LIKELY IN THE HIGHLAND...TROY... SEVERANCE...AND DENTON AREAS BETWEEN 1130 PM AND 130 AM. 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. LAT...LON 3982 9492 3964 9505 3965 9533 3995 9533 $$ KOCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 8:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 6 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.