Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2005, 3:41 PM CDT for Grundy 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
- Aug 28, 2005, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2005, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Grundy County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 964 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1288 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 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 282044 FFWEAX MOC079-290245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 341 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 338 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR OCCURRING. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... TRENTON...DUNLAP...GALT...LAREDO AND TINDALL. SOME STREAMS OF CONCERN WILL MUDDY CREEK...HONEY CREEK AND NO CREEK AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN PLEASANT HILL. LAT...LON 4000 9338 4021 9337 4021 9369 4004 9368 $$ PC
4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KEAX 282150 FFSEAX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 446 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 MOC079-290245- GRUNDY MO- 446 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GRUNDY COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM CDT... AT 444 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR WITH THIS SHORT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THIS LINE OF STORMS EXTENDS FROM BETWEEN JAMESON AND COFFEY TO GALT. THE STORMS ARE DRIFTING TO TH EAST SOUTHEAST AND ARE MOVING ACROSS AREAS WHICH HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SO FAR BETWEEN TINDALL AND TRENTON TO NEAR GALT. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...TRENTON...DUNLAP...GALT...LAREDO AND TINDALL. SINCE 2:30 PM...1.46 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN TRENTON. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. LAT...LON 4000 9338 4021 9337 4021 9369 4004 9368 $$ MJ
000 WGUS73 KEAX 282231 FFSEAX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 527 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 MOC079-290245- GRUNDY MO- 527 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GRUNDY COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM CDT... AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL SOUTH OF AN EDINBURG TO LAREDO LINE. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN A NARROW BAND FROM SOUTH OF BRIMSON TO GALT. SINCE 2:00 PM 4.40 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED 1 MILE WEST OF DUNLAP. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...TRENTON...DUNLAP...GALT...LAREDO AND TINDALL. 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. 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 4000 9338 4021 9337 4021 9369 4004 9368 $$ MJ
000 WGUS73 KEAX 282308 FFSEAX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 603 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 MOC079-290245- GRUNDY MO- 603 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GRUNDY COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM CDT... AT 601 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY STILL BE PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER WAS COVERING ROUTE N JUST WEST OF DUNLAP. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM SOUTH OF BRIMSON TO NEAR GALT. SINCE 2:00 PM...4.40 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED 1 MILE WEST OF DUNLAP. THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN EDINBURG AND OVER 2 INCHES IN TRENTON. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...TRENTON...DUNLAP...GALT...LAREDO AND TINDALL. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL. LAT...LON 4000 9338 4021 9337 4021 9369 4004 9368 $$ MJ
000 WGUS73 KEAX 290243 FFSEAX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 943 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 MOC079-290253- GRUNDY MO- 943 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR GRUNDY COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... 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 4000 9338 4021 9337 4021 9369 4004 9368 $$ MJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Livingston | 36 min |
| Aug 28, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy | 44 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.