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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2005, 6:42 PM CDT for Atchison County, Doniphan 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
- May 12, 2005, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2005, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1153 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 395 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 122344 FFWEAX KSC005-043-130545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 642 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... DONIPHAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS * UNTIL 1245 AM CDT * AT 637 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 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...ATCHISON...CUMMINGS...DENTON...DONIPHAN...FANNING... HIGHLAND...LANCASTER KS...PURCELL...SEVERANCE...SPARKS AND TROY. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN PLEASANT HILL. LAT...LON 3987 9496 3943 9518 3943 9543 3990 9529 $$ NRR
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KEAX 130042 FFSEAX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 738 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 KSC005-043-130545- DONIPHAN KS-ATCHISON KS- 738 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DONIPHAN AND EASTERN ATCHISON COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM CDT... AT 733 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN DONIPHAN COUNTY REPORTED THAT WATER COVERED THE ROAD AT K20 AND ROUTE 120...AND U36 AND ROUTE 120. ATCHISON COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED PONDING OF WATER ON NUMEROUS STREETS IN ATCHISON AND WALNUT CREEK WAS BANK FULL ALONG CHARITON ROAD. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. LAT...LON 3987 9496 3943 9518 3943 9543 3990 9529 $$ NRR
000 WGUS73 KEAX 130149 FFSEAX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 849 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 KSC005-043-130159- DONIPHAN KS-ATCHISON KS- 849 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR DONIPHAN AND ATCHISON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3987 9496 3943 9518 3943 9543 3990 9529 $$ NRR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan | 46 min |
| May 12, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 35 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.